Champions League: Lille to stress, Paris wants to avoid Milan ... here are the hats before the group draw

The last play-offs of the Champions League ended this Wednesday evening, with the elimination of Monaco against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Now it's time for the group stages, which will run from September 13/14 to December 7/8.

In the meantime, we will know this Thursday evening, from 6 p.m., the composition of the groups.

Here are the complete four hats, determined by both the league rankings and the UEFA index of each club.

And we summarize for you, in the process, what awaits Lille (hat 1) and Parisians (hat 2), recent semi-finalists and more than ever outsiders with the transfer window achieved this summer.

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Messi will not challenge Barça in groups

As vice-champion of France and accustomed in recent years to knockout matches, PSG is in hat 2. We find in this list of serious leaders who have not won the national title but have a good UEFA coefficient (Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Manchester United, Juventus, Dortmund).

Good news for Mauricio Pochettino's men and for Messi, who will not face his team at heart.

We must now hope to avoid a big one among the hat 1, and why not fall on Sporting Portugal or Villarreal (placed there because winner of the Europa League).

FC Porto, RB Leipzig, or Atalanta Bergamo, on the other hand, are a scarecrow in pot 3, just like AC Milan in 4. The opponent in hat 4 must absolutely be avoided for PSG, just like the Losc.

The most difficult group

: Manchester City, FC Porto, AC Milan.

The easiest group

: Villarreal, Salzburg, Sheriff Tiraspol

Le Losc will play hat 2 heavyweight

Two years after leaving it with its head down, without the slightest success in its group, the Northerners find the C1.

Their status as champion of France does not however protect them from a hen raised, because, as we have seen, hat 2 is swarming with former winners of the competition (30 cups in total).

On the other hand, two clubs from the same country could not compete, the Lille can not fall on the PSG.

In difficulty in Ligue 1, despite some signs of improvement last weekend in Saint-Etienne, the Mastiffs of Jocelyn Gourvennec hope to finally shine and do justice to their title.

The most difficult group:

Liverpool, FC Porto, AC Milan.

The easiest group

: Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Sheriff Tiraspol