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Draw For Preliminary Round
The preliminary drawing was held on June 8, 2021. Where we seen Folgore draw against Prishtina, HB Torshavn against Inter Club d'escaldes. Then the Winners. Prishtina and Inter Club d'escaldes faced. Prishtina won and proceeded in the tournament. -
First Qualifying Round Draw and Matches
The first qualifying round draw in the Champions League was held on June 15, 2021. Then the first and second legs were played July 5th and 6th. Where we seen 32 teams from 32 different countries face off. Some of the biggest games being Sheriff Tiraspol 5-0 win to Teuta, and HJK's 7-1 slashing over southeastern European Montenegro team Buducnsost. Winners proceeded through the tournament, losers got a bye into lower ranked tournament Europa League. -
Second Qualifying Round Draw and Matches
The Second Qualifying round draw was held on June 16,2021. Then the legs were played on 20th and 21st July, 2021. Where we seen the winners from Round 1 face off to continue the Champions path. Some of the highlights was Swedish team Young Boys late winner against Slovan Bratislava (3-2 agg.). And Fan favorite Seriff Tiraspol winning against first Champions league appearance Alashkert (4-1 agg). The winners of this continue to the 3rd round. -
Third Qualifying Round and Draw
The third round draw was held on July 19th, 2021. Then the first and second legs were played on August 9th and 10th. Some of the exciting games were Olympiacos v Ludogorets Razgrad 3-3 draw leading to a Razgrad win in penalties (1-4). Another close game was from Sheriff Tiraspol v Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. Where the Sheriff's won 2-1 with a late game goal. -
Play-off Round
The Play-off round drawing was held on August 2, 2021. The first legs were held on 17th and 18th, and the second legs were on the 24th and 25th. This playoff had some very exciting games, like Young Boys v Ferencvaros 10 goal game. Where Young Boys won (6-4). And Swedish team Malmo FF won (3-2) in the last 10 minutes against Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad. The winners proceeded into the group stages and losers were transferred to the Europa League group stage. -
Group Stage Drawing
The Group Stage drawing happened in Istanbul, Turkey on August 26th, 2021. The 32 qualified teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4. The biggest story from this was Ukrainian and Russian teams would not be drawn to play each other due to their conflict. Traditionally, one group is classified as a group of death. Where we see a group of strong teams. This years was group A, featuring Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain, RB Leipzig, and Club Brugge. -
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Group Stage Matches
The group stage matches were held between September 14th - December 9th 2021. Over those 3 months many exciting games happened. An important one being former Champions Chelsea smashing Italian side Juventus 4-0. Of the 32 teams that entered the group stage only these 16 proceeded: Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, Sporting CP, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Manchester United, Villareal, Lille, RB leipzig, Juventus, and Chelsea. -
Ajax v Sporting CP
This game was held on December 7th, 2021. In Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ajax came into this game undefeated in their group. Winning all 5 of 5 games. This game was pretty close then Ajax started to run away with it. A huge role in their group stage performance was from forward, Sebestian Heller scoring in all of the games including this. Ajax defeated Sporting CP (4-2) to complete the perfect group stage run. -
Bayern Munich v Barcelona.
This matchup was one of the most exciting since it was one of the final games of the group stage. Bayern Munich won the first leg 3-0. The Germans beat Barcelona knocking them out of the tournament. An early exit that many didn't expect. This is the first time Barcelona has been knocked out this early since the 2000/01 season. -
AC Milan v Liverpool
This match was played on December 8th, 2021. This game was huge for AC milan because they needed a win to stay alive. They opened up the scoring in the 28' minute. Then liverpool equalized before halftime. The second half, Divrock Origi scores to put Liverpool up and send AC Milan back to Italy. -
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Round of 16
This is the period after the group stages. Where the remaining teams are split and put into a draw where they are drawn into games. Those games are split into 2 home games for both teams (legs). They play eachother on set days and the team with the most goals from both games wins. This year the draw was 'unfair' and had to have a redraw. This upset many supporters, staff, and more. Overall the redraw was held and the games were redrawn. -
Atletico Madrid v Manchester United
This round of 16 match is one of the most anticipated in the r16. The first leg match will be played on February 16, and the second leg on March 8. The highlight from the round of 16. Is the redraw that happened after a technical difficulty. UEFA had to redraw the teams because of a claimed 'technical difficulty' that made some of the draws unfair. I predict Manchester United will win this game. -
Paris Saint Germain v Real Madrid
This is another highly anticipated matchup. The first leg of this match will be held on February 15th, 2022, and the second leg on March 9th, 2022. This was another match that was influenced from the redraw. I predict Paris Saint Germain will win this match. -
Liverpool v Inter Milan
This is the third most 'hyped' match of the round of 16. Liverpool are on top of the premier league (the united kingdom's highest league) and inter milan have a very strong team and are performing well in Italy. The first leg will be held on Feburary 16, 2022. and the second on March 8th 2022. I predict Liverpool will win this game.