In this extraordinary season for European footballworld Cup in Qatar divided the Champions League into a sprint and a marathon.
The group The theater kicks off Tuesday and afternoon six rounds of games in eight full weeks with The last group matches on November 2nd.
congestion caused by shutdown of European first class football During the World Cup, which takes place from November 20 to December. 18 in The coldest months are in Qatar.
in the regular season, teams Start play Champions League games in consecutive weeks and group will stage run In the middle of December.
This time, the Champions League games come thick and fast in Three separate groups of back-to me-back Able to accomplish groups before many players are invited to national-team duty.
for teams off for the poor start in Domestic leagues, the Champions League does not offer any respite with two games By September 14 to set tone in All of The eight groups.
“You can only enjoy Champions League when all goes well in (Local) league Leipzig said coach Domenico Tedesco on Saturday after him team Lost 4-0 in Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga. Leipzig hosts Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday in Group F and goes to defending champion Real Madrid next week.
Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen – who lost four of Five matches in the German league games – And Seville, without a win and 16th place in Spanish leagueAll start Champions League play From the bottom half of their local ranking. Seville has the toughest thing to do, as it hosts Manchester City in Group G on Tuesday. Leverkusen go to Club Brugge in group b on Wednesday.
The schedule Gives a little time to set things straight but a lot of Time to think later during mid-season pause for The competition That will last more of three months.
On February 14, the Champions League will resume with Knockout phase It lasted nearly four months.
The final on June 10 is latest It had never been scheduled – except for the 2020 season, which was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic – since the inaugural European Cup title was decided. on June 13, 1956.
everything adds up to 59 days group stage then wait 220 days for The trophy to win the prize in Istanbul.
how team It can maintain the form between the two phases of between special challenges of This is unprecedented schedule.
Manchester currently It looks like a juggernaut, feed it new Signing Erling Haaland’s 10 goals in for him first six Premier League gamesIt is preferred by many for a first European Champions League title.
still , unknown is the effect on Norway forward of duty sixOne week break from competition games While most of Haaland club colleagues play The World Cup is physically and emotionally taxing.
until in Normal season when the Champions League round-of -16 pairing will be made in mid december, club Draw executives at UEFA headquarters will refuse to protest intermarriage with a opponent Then the lack of achievement locally. The accepted wisdom is that version of The opponent do you see in December may not be it one You get it when the legs series I played in February and March.
That’s even more true This time when last- 16 draws will be made November 7 at the UEFA headquarters by the lake in Nyon, Switzerland.
The World Cup is a big commitment in the middle of the season for many key playersand the conversion window in January when teams Their lists can be reloaded set to be more volatile
The first trading The post-World Cup period is often fueled by demand for unpromising players who stood up out on The global The theater.
Whatever stories the Champions League tells in this is group From Tuesday, seeing the bigger picture feels like a long time way off.
