Barcelona will play hosts Bayern Munich in the strongest group stage matches of the European Champions League on Tuesday 13 September in the second round, according to the program announced on Saturday by the European Union for the game (Wifa).
Ahead of this long-awaited match, the German champions will start their campaign in the first continental competition on 7 September at Italy’s Inter in Milan, in the third iron group, which also includes Czech’s Viktoria Pilsen.
On September 6, Real Madrid will start the campaign to defend their title on Scottish soil Celtic in the sixth group, which includes the German Leipzig and the Ukrainian Shakhtar (Donetsk).
At the same time, France’s Paris Saint-Germain and its stars will face Juventus at the Parc des Princes, where veteran Argentinean Ángel Di Maria could return to join his former teammates in the eighth group, which also includes the Portuguese ” Benfica and Maccabi. Haifa Israel.
This year the championship will be held on a tight schedule due to the organization of the World Cup in Qatar on the eve of winter (from November 20 to December 18) due to high summer temperatures in the Persian Gulf region. The final sixth stage of the group stage will take place on 1 and 2 November.
