The great party of European football took place at the Grimaldo Forum in Monaco, where UEFA carried out the expected Champions League draw, establishing the path that the teams must travel in their search for the prestigious trophy. He real Madridone of the most successful clubs in the competition, already knows its rivals in this new edition of the tournament.
- GROUP C: SSC Napoli, Real Madrid, Sporting Braga, Union Berlin
The whites lead the list of clubs with the most Champions League titles, holding 14 cups, surpassing Milan, which has seven. Remarkably, between 2015 and 2018, the people of Madrid won three consecutive championships, a feat only replicated by Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam.
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Of the 17 finals Madrid have competed in over the years, they have suffered defeat on just three occasions. It was Benfica who first beat them in 1962, followed by Inter Milan in 1964, and finally Liverpool in 1981.
With the ambition of succeeding in this season’s tournaments, those from the Santiago Bernabéu face challenges in their squad. The departures of Benzema, Asensio, Hazard and Mariano so far have not affected the productivity of the team, which is in first place in LaLiga, after three games played.
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City, Sevilla (winner of the Europa League) and six national champions (FC Barcelona, Naples, Bayern Munich, Paris SG, Benfica and Feyenoord), should also be wary of Inter Milan, finalist of the last edition and other great teams from the second hype: Manchester United, Atlético de Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal.
Even despite having lost Karim Benzema, heading to Saudi Arabia, and accumulating numerous injuries (Vinicius, Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao), Real Madrid always has the status of favourites. Carlo Ancelotti’s team is relying on its star signing, the young English prodigy Jude Bellingham, 20, who has already scored four goals in three league games.
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