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What nice pairings that came out this year for the next Champions League
Big matches like Real Madrid - Manchester city, Real Madrid - Liverpool, Chelsea - Barcelona, Inter - Liverpool, PSG - Bayern Munich and many more.

I think this edition will be tougher than last season.
Do you think Juventus will make it into the round of 16 this time? XD

Yeah there are really lovely matchups and I already can't wait to watch them. Grin

By the way I thought the draw was going to be made on August 30th haha.

When it comes to Juventus, I don't actually find their draw is a bad one honestly. But it is still hard to forget how they got eliminated by PSV last season. Tongue

I can't be sure of anything before watching some performances.

Surely Juventus fans have not yet forgotten what happened last year in the Champions League.

Juventus has not excessively difficult matches to face.
Real Madrid, Dortmund, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Monaco, Villareal, bodo glimt and Pafos

So technically they should at least make the play-offs.
Or maybe not! Cheesy

You are right that the attack has been working its way. Ronaldo continues to score (100th club goal + scoring in the shootout). Félix and Coman brought in $64.65m worth of creativity. But, Al Nassr conceded in the 45+6' and 89'... literally the "championship minutes" where elite teams lock down games. Jorge Jesus kept pressing high with 30+ year-old CBs (Martínez 34, Laporte 31) and then subbed like-for-like at 78' and 86' instead of bringing on a DM/3rd CB to close the 82' lead. Then, corner, Bento comes out and flaps, 2–2

People forget: they spent big on the attack, while the only "reinforcement" in defense was Martínez on a free. Meanwhile, Al Hilal dropped €25m on defenders and look how balanced they look. So there is nothing wrong with applauding Jesus, but unless they lower the line or shuffle the squad (and maybe push youth like Salem Al-Najdi, 22, into the rotation), they will continue to perform this movie: sterile possession, even xG/shot (0.143 vs 0.144) and lapses that cost trophies