Quote from: arimamib on August 30, 2023, 09:48:24 PM

Quote from: el kaka22 on August 30, 2023, 07:09:53 PM

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I hope that the big teams can be brought together in a pot. So we will see more heated competition between them to reach the round of 16. For now, it's likely that other teams don't want them in the same pot as Manchester City or Real Madrid because they could destroy their dreams early. lol

Six teams have been confirmed to qualify for the UCL play-off round this season, then they will be included in the 2023 UCL pot distribution. There are four pots available, each pot will be filled with eight teams and then a drawing will take place.

Pot 1

Manchester City
Sevilla
Barcelona
Napoli
Bayern Munich
PSG
Benfica
Feyenoord

Pot 2

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Inter Milan
Borussia Dortmund
Atletico Madrid
RB Leipzig
Porto
Arsenal

Pot 3

Shakhtar Donetsk
Salzburg
AC Milan
Braga
PSV
Lazio
Red Star Belgrade
FC Copenhagen

Pot 4

Real Sociedad
Galatasaray
Celtic
Newcastle
Union Berlin
Lens
Antwerp
Young Boys

Pot 1 is filled by the team that won last season's domestic competition and the Europa League champions, then Pots 2 to Pot 4 are determined based on the UEFA coefficient ranking. Looking at the teams that are sinking in different pots, it is very possible that Group Hell will occur. However, there is a UEFA rule that no two teams from the same country can be in the same group.

Even though there is a rule that 2 teams from the same country cannot be in the same group, it is still possible to create groups of hell like Manchester City, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Galatasaray. Or another possibility could happen after the drawing is done, it could be that 4 great clubs are in one group such as Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Milan and Newcastle.

The creation of a hell group is very likely to occur after the drawing is carried out because in previous years there were often hell groups at UCL. As happened last season, Bayern Munich, Inter and Barcelona are in one group. Viktoria Plzen became the butt of the three teams as a place to win.

Quote from: arimamib on August 30, 2023, 09:48:24 PM

Yes, the draw will be held on Thursday of course all eyes will be on each pot after the draw is finished. I hope Barcelona can be in the same group as Bayern Munich again because they seem to have a revenge mission if that becomes a reality.

It looks like your expectations will not come true at least in the Group stage because Barcelona and Bayern Munich are in the same pot. The scenario for the meeting of these two teams could have happened in the next round based on their performances while still in the UCL.