The draw for the group stage of the Champions League is taking place Rolls to Monaco, discover the opponents of the French clubs. Huge challenge ahead of Lille with this sublime match against Liverpool away. Barcelon inherits two of the four French clubs lined up, Brest and Monaco. After drawing FC Barcelona, Brest will host Real Madrid, as will Lille! What a difficult draw for PSG who will face Bayern in Munich, a few minutes after drawing Manchester City. The Monegasques have just met their first opponent with Inter Milan, who they will face away from home. A big clash is coming up at the Parc des Princes. The date is not yet known but already a huge poster. Here we go for the draw of the 9 teams of hat 1, among them, PSG. It's always good news when Giorgio Marchetti speaks, he announces the approach of the draw by dissecting the modalities of the protocol. UEFA, through a humorous video full of football stars (Figo, Rodri, Ibrahimovic, Dembele among others), defends its new format. A micro film that precedes the draw that will begin in a few moments. After an introductory video on his career, the Portuguese makes his entrance on the scene. He received the prize for top scorer in the history of the competition with his 140 goals. The Italian is present in Monaco to carry out the manual draw for future matches. He also received the distinction of winner of the UEFA President's Award, Aleksander Ceferin. The ceremony got underway with the famous anthem of the most prestigious European competition being sung by Katherine Jenkins with a retrospective video of the history of the Champions League in the background. For the first time in history, four French clubs will participate in this competition. As a reminder, PSG, Monaco, Brest and Lille will not be able to face each other. À Conversely, if we are optimistic, we could see a French club face these opponents who seem the most affordable in their hat: Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Club Bruges, Shakhtar Donetsk, Young Boys Bern, Celtic Glasgow, Sparta Prague and Sturm Gaz. In a context of enormous bad luck, we could imagine a very difficult draw for PSG, Monaco, Brest or even Lille: Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Madrid, Sporting CP, PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa and Stuttgart. READ MORE
18:38 – Lille will face Liverpool à Anfield
18:37 – Barca on the menu for Brest and Monaco
18:37 – Real Madrid for Lille and Brest!
18:32 – Bayern for PSG!
18:31 – Monaco will challenge Inter
18:30 – We start with the draw of hat 1
18:23 – Giorgio Marchetti takes the lead
18:20 – An explanatory video of the format
18:11 – Cristiano Ronaldo receives an award
18:07 – Buffon at the draw
18:02 – Start of the ceremony
17:56 – Four French clubs waiting
17:45 – The easiest draw (on paper)
17:30 – The most difficult draw for French clubs
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116