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Info on the Draw
Teams and Pots:
Each team’s location on the Continent:
Where to watch: www.UEFA.com
Rules: There are 32 teams, divided into 4 pots containing 8 teams each. In the first pot there are the Reining Champions of the Champions League and Europa League, and the Champions of the most important leagues in Europe. The other pots are based on Coefficient ranking. There are 8 groups to be drawn, 4 teams each (one for each pot). Teams from the same country can’t face each other.
Info on the 22-23 UEFA Awards
Men’s Player of the Year candidates: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain and Argentina), Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)
Men’s Coach of the Year candidates: Josep Guardiola (Manchester City), Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan), Luciano Spalletti (Napoli)
Women’s Player of the Year candidates: Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona and Spain), Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia), Olga Carmona (Real Madrid and Spain)
Women’s Coach of the Year candidate: Jorge Vilda (Spain), Sarina Wiegman (England), Jonatan Giráldez (Barcelona)
LIVE EVENTS: (Monaco’s timezone, CET, used for the time)
6 PM: The event has started, with pianist Bruce Liu playing the UCL anthem on the piano
6:07 PM: An introduction video is being played before the draw
6:13 PM: Eric Abidal and Joe Cole will be the Special Guests for the draw
6:16 PM: Giorgio Marchetti, AKA Cheap Claudio Ranieri has arrived for the draw, as always
6:19 PM: An explanation on how the draw works, much like the one i gave you earlier in this thread
6:22 PM: The teams in Pot 1 are being introduced with a video
6:23 PM: THE DRAW HAS STARTED, HERE WE GO
6:24 PM: Bayern in Group A, Sevilla in Group B, Napoli to Group B, Benfica to Group D, Feyenoord to Group E, PSG to Group F, Man City in Group G and Barcelona in Group H
6:28 PM: Here comes Pot 2.
Dortmund are being drawn in… Group F! They will meet PSG in a great matchup
Arsenal are drawn into… Group B, they face Sevilla
Atletico are going to face Feyenoord in Group E
Man United will face… Bayern in Group A, with the first true clash of titans
Ball your eyes out Leipzig fans, you are facing City again in Group G
Inter meets Benfica again in Group D
Group C’s Napoli gets the worst draw possible in Real Madrid
Porto will face Barça in Group H
6:36 PM: Pot 3 is coming
Cover your eyes Shaktar fans, you are facing Barça and Porto in Group H
Red Star won’t be happy, they will face Leipzig and Man City
PSV will face Arsenal (again), and Sevilla in Group B
Cover your ears Gigio Donnarumma, Milan will face PSG (and Dortmund) in Group F
Salzburg are joining Inter and Benfica in Group D
Watch out Roma fountains, Feyenoord travels to Rome again, Lazio joins them and Atleti in Group E
Braga aren’t lucky, they get Napoli and Madrid in Group C
Copenhagen join United and Bayern in Group A
6:45 PM: POT 4 IS HERE
Real Sociedad finishes Group D, with Inter, Benfica and Salzburg
THE GROUP OF DEATH IS HERE, PSG, DORTMUND, MILAN AND NEWCASTLE IN GROUP F
Galatasaray joins United, Bayern and Coenhagen in Group A
Union Berlin faces Napoli, Braga and Real Madrid, Group C. Hello darkness my old friend…
Young Boys lands in Group G, Man City, Leipzig, and Red Star await. (Hardest Man City group:)
Lens in Group B, with Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV
Have Barça escaped the Europa, finally? Antwerp joins them, Porto and Shaktar in Group H
Celtic in Group E, with Lazio, Atleti and Feyenoord
The last ever UCL group stages are set
7 PM: The awards should soon be handed
7:02 PM: Pep Guardiola and Sarina Wiegman win the Coaching Awards!
7:10 PM: Wiegman calls out Rubiales, Based
7:15 PM: Aitana also calls out Rubiales. Read the room and resign Luis.
7:20 PM: WE ARE DONE. The stage is set, enjoy the show. The road to Wembley starts now