The Champions League draw is eagerly awaited.
A German TV presenter will lead through the event - in a foreign language.
Istanbul - The football world is looking forward to Istanbul.
The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League * will take place in the Turkish metropolis on Thursday evening (at 6 p.m., on tz.de in the live ticker).
Do the German teams FC Bayern *, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg have the famous lucky draw and are they even threatened with a hammer group?
The drawing of the lottery balls will be followed by an audience of millions - and in the middle of it is a German TV presenter.
Champions League: TV presenter Laura Wontorra moderates the draw - in English
Laura Wontorra * will host the event through the evening. A great honor for the young sports presenter. Wontorra will host the draw for the 30th Champions League season * for the first time in her TV career. The 32-year-old even has to prove herself to the international audience in a foreign language - in English. "Yes, I can!" Said the usual self-confident Wontorra of the
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. She even stays in Istanbul one day longer, because the Europa League draw will take place on Friday.
Wontorra is the daughter of the famous sports presenter Jörg Wontorra.
Born in Bremen, who is married to the Bochum football professional Simon Zoller, has already been in front of the camera for Sky, Sport1 and RTL.
She has been working for the DAZN * streaming service since the current season and reports from the Bundesliga.
On Sunday, Wontorra was still in action in the game between FC Bayern and 1. FC Köln.
Champions League: Draw in Istanbul - FC Bayern threatens hammer group
FC Bayern is appropriately in pot one at the draw and escapes, for example, Manchester City or defending champion Chelsea FC and team manager Thomas Tuchel.
Because of the mode of the drawing, however, the French champions OSC Lille, Portugal’s champion Sporting Lisbon and Europa League winners FC Villarreal will join them.
This consideration of the national champions and reigning tournament winners for the first pot leads to the fact that the BVB pot number two only accumulates the international reputation.
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Manchester United, Juventus Turin or Jürgen Klopps FC Liverpool: They are all potential opponents of Bayern or RB Leipzig in pot three and VfL Wolfsburg in pot four.
For the latter, there are many signs of a death group.
As a result, Dortmund could emerge from the draw as the winner.
A group with Villarreal, Zenit St. Petersburg and Malmö FF is possible.
Bayern would also hardly complain about FC Sevilla, Zenit St. Petersburg and Young Boys Bern.
The final will take place in St. Petersburg on May 28, 2022.
Champions League: coach of the year - will Tuchel follow Flick?
The freestyle of the best coaches and players provides additional spotlight. One year after Hansi Flick, another German soccer teacher could win the election with Champions League winner Thomas Tuchel *. The former BVB coach competes for the title with the Italian Roberto Mancini, who led the Azzurri to the European Championship, and Pep Guardiola, who won the championship with Manchester City and reached the Champions League final.
A new name is entered on the list of honor for the player of the year. The fact that the series winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could not place in the top three for the second time in a row documents the end of an era. Nobody from Bayern's squad is there either. Instead, three midfielders are competing for the crown in Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and the two Chelsea stars N'Golo Kanté and Jorginho.
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