Manchester City, Benfica, PSV and Stuttgart at home, Leipzig, Bruges, Lille and Aston Villa away: these are the rivals of the Juventus as established by the draw held in Monte Carlo for the 2024-25 Champions League.
Monaco, Champions League group draw 24-25, Buffon draws Juventus (afp)
L’Inter will face Leipzig, Arsenal, Red Star Belgrade and Monaco at home, and away against Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Young Boys and Sparta Prague.
Former Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon shows his Atalanta (ITA) ticket during the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League group stage, 29 August 2024 (Afp)
L’Atalanta In addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona, they will face Arsenal, Celtic and Sturm Graz at home, and Shakhtar Donetsk, Young Boys and Stuttgart away.
The opponents of the Bologna will be Borussia Dortmund (home), Liverpool (away), Shakhtar (home), Benfica (away), Lille (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home) and Aston Villa (away).
Milan will face Liverpool (home), Real Madrid (away), Club Brugge (home), Bayer Leverkusen (away), Crvena Zvezda (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Girona (home) and Slovan Bratislava (away).
Monaco, Champions League group draw 24-25, Buffon draws Milan (AFP)
The new format includes a championship phase with 36 teams and a single ranking: first day between 17 and 19 September, last round on 29 January.
The top eight teams advance directly to the round of 16; the teams ranked ninth to 24th play-offs for the knockout stage, with the winners advancing to the round of 16.
From that moment on, the competition will continue with the classic knockout formula.