The 2024-205 edition of the Champions League took shape in Monte Carlo, with a new formula and combinations decided by algorithms: each team will face 8 in a championship open to 36 teams with a final ranking.
Inter and Juventus meet Manchester City: the Nerazzurri away, the Bianconeri at home. For Inzaghi's men, in the first phase, also Leipzig, Arsenal, Leverkusen, Red Star, Young Boys, Monaco and Sparta Prague.
Juve will also face Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and Stuttgart at home and Leipzig, Bruges, Lille and Aston Villa away.
Milan will have Liverpool, Brugge, Red Star and Girona at home and Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Dinamo Zagreb and Slovan Bratislava away.
For Atalanta there will be Real Madrid, Arsenal, Celtic and Sturm Graz at home and Barcelona, Shakhtar, Young Boys and Stuttgart away.
Finally Bologna, who will face Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar, Lille and Monaco at home, and Liverpool, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Aston Villa away.
The top eight teams will advance directly to the round of 16, while the teams ranked ninth to 24th will play-offs to advance to the knockout stage.
The winners of the play-offs will then advance to the round of 16, with the competition continuing with the “classic” knockout format.
(Online Union)
