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Broadcast, favorites, upset calendar ... 10 questions about the Champions League

2022-09-05T10:53:36.607Z


DECRYPTION – Everything you need to know about the 2022-23 edition of the Champions League, which begins this Tuesday with the first day of the group stage.


On which channel and at what times to see the matches?

The broadcast of the Champions League will, like last season, be shared.

Canal+

and

RMC Sport

will co-broadcast the best poster of the group stage each evening.

Often, the two channels will favor the two French clubs involved, PSG and OM, who will never play on the same day.

All other matches will be broadcast on

beIN Sports

.

To discover

  • Champions League fixtures and results

For the match schedule, there too, nothing changes: 8 matches on Tuesday, and 8 matches on Wednesday.

Each evening, two meetings will begin at 6:45 p.m., and the others at 9 p.m.

Marseille will be affected by this advanced schedule on October 4, during the 3rd day, for the reception of Sporting Portugal at the Vélodrome stadium.

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Why does the Champions League start so early?

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Usually, the Champions League group stage ends in December.

This year, it's impossible, the fault of the World Cup in Qatar which begins on November 20th.

It was therefore necessary to move forward and condense the C1 calendar.

The first two days will take place only one week apart, unprecedented in the Champions League.

Same gap between the 3rd and 4th day, then between the 5th and the 6th, scheduled for Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 November.

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Who are the favourites?

Defending champion, Real Madrid has the arguments to keep its crown.

Its workforce has changed little, its experience remains out of category.

But Manchester City, finalists in 2021 and semi-finalists in 2022, could finally seize their chance with their new star striker, Erling Haaland.

PSG, which has grown from last summer, is obviously a contender.

It will also be necessary to be wary of Liverpool, Bayern Munich and even FC Barcelona, ​​which did not cross the group stages last year but which has piled up recruits since (Christensen, Koundé, Raphinha, Lewandowski…).

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Beware, however, of one element: the 2022 World Cup. Who will come back fresh physically and mentally?

Who are the players who will leave feathers there?

The truth of fall is rarely that of spring, and that should be all the more true with a Worlds in between.

What should we expect from PSG and OM?

As we have said, Paris Saint-Germain is a credible candidate for final victory.

It is clearly superior, on paper, to the three teams in Group H (Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa).

Olympique de Marseille does not have this ambition.

But he inherited a favorable draw in Group D (Tottenham, Frankfurt, Sporting) which gives him hope of hanging on to the knockout stages.

Or at least to finish third to be transferred to the Europa League.

Difficult, but OM are not going away defeated.

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How is the transfer to the Europa League going?

Like last year, a play-off (which acts as the round of 16) will oppose the 2nd of the Europa League groups to the 3rd of the Champions League groups.

A draw will be made at the beginning of November to determine the posters.

Each winner will be qualified for the 8th of the C3.

As for the 3rd of Europa League groups, they will be donated in the same way to the Europa League Conference.

What is the group of death in this Champions League?

Group C is, without possible debate, the group of death this year.

We find Bayern Munich, eternal candidate for the coronation, FC Barcelona, ​​​​which is regaining its brilliance, and Inter Milan, vice-champion of Italy, who had stood up to Liverpool, future finalist, in the round of 16 there. at six months (0-2, 0-1).

The unfortunate Czech club Viktoria Plzen accompanies the three behemoths.

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Who is Tom Thumb?

Based on the UEFA coefficient, Maccabi Haifa is by far the Tom Thumb of this Champions League.

The Israeli champion had not played in the C1 since the 2009-2010 season, where he finished last in a group comprising Bayern Munich, Juventus and… the Girondins de Bordeaux.

Last season, he also finished last in his Europa League Conference group, behind Feyenoord Rotterdam, Union Berlin and Slavia Prague.

Suffice to say that, against Juventus, Benfica and Paris SG this season, he does not expect much.

Does France play big in the UEFA coefficient?

Yes, like almost every year.

But perhaps more than ever in 2022-23.

Different reforms will be introduced from the 2024-25 Champions League, and one of them concerns the country 5th in the UEFA coefficient ranking (France currently).

There will no longer be two but three clubs directly qualified for the C1.

For example, this year, Monaco would not have had to go through two preliminary rounds, where they were eliminated by PSV Eindhoven (1-1, 2-3).

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France, 5th in the UEFA coef, has 50,164 points, just ahead of the Netherlands (49,100) and Portugal (47,049).

The Dutch have only one club engaged in C1 this season (Ajax Amsterdam), against three for the Portuguese (Benfica, Porto, Sporting), including two of them who will meet Marseille and Paris.

But performances in the Europa League and Europa League Conference could make the difference.

Where will the final be played?

One year after the Stade de France, it's time for Turkey.

The C1 final is scheduled for the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.

With more than 75,000 seats, this stadium is famous for having hosted the 2005 final, where Liverpool, led 3-0 at half-time, overthrew AC Milan (3-3, 5-4 on penalties ).

Turkey had not hosted a Champions League final since.

Ronaldo absent, is this an event?

Yes.

Cristiano Ronaldo had always played in the Champions League since the 2002-03 season.

He is the player who has played the most matches (187), scored the most goals (141) and delivered the most assists (42) in the history of the competition.

The Portuguese striker (37) therefore stops at twenty consecutive appearances in C1, a record co-held with Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, FC Porto).

Unless he leaves Manchester United this winter for a club qualified in the eighth...

Source: lefigaro

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