🏆 The draw for the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw was made in Istanbul, Türkiye on Thursday 25 August 2022. There are 4 Italian Serie A teams participating: AC Milan, Inter, Juventus, and Napoli.
As reported by UEFA, teams were divided into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients. One team from each of the pots was then drawn into the eight groups, A–H. There were a few caveats: no team could play a club from their own association, and sides from the same association were paired to ensure they play on different nights. The UEFA Champions League Final will be on 10 June 2023 in Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
⚽️ Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers
⚽️ Group B: Porto, Atlético, Leverkusen, Club Brugge
⚽️ Group C: Bayern, Barcelona, Inter, Viktoria Plzeň
⚽️ Group D: Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting CP, Marseille
⚽️ Group E:AC Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Dinamo
⚽️ Group F: Real Madrid, Leipzig, Shakhtar, Celtic
⚽️ Group G: Man. City, Sevilla, Dortmund, Copenhagen
⚽️ Group H: Paris, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa
When are the Champions League group matches?
👉 Matchday 1: 6/7 September
👉 Matchday 2: 13/14 September
👉 Matchday 3: 4/5 October
👉 Matchday 4: 11/12 October
👉 Matchday 5: 25/26 October
👉 Matchday 6: 1/2 November
👉 Champions League Round of 16 Draw: 7 November 2022
👉 Champions League Final: on 10 June 2023 in Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
Photo via uefa.com
🏆👉 2022/23 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw.
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 17 March 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 17 March 2022.
Front Pages La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 17 March
👉Italy canceled from the Champions League
Juve hit the wall
👉Milan
The Origi idea
👉Inter, everyone in the balance
From Lautaro to Perisic, who is leaving and who isn’t
🏆👉 Juventus failed big time losing the Champions League Round of 16, Second Leg game against Villarreal on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. Juventus eliminated and it is Villarreal to qualify for the Quarterfinals. Juventus come out for the third consecutive year in the round of 16, after Lyon and Porto. The European adventure for Juventus ends badly. Villarreal Coach Emery reaches the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in his career after the two eliminations he suffered at the helm of PSG and the one with Valencia.
Villarreal opened the score in the 78th minute. Referee Szymon Marciniak gave a penalty to Villarreal conceded by Daniele Rugani. It is Gerard Moreno to defeat Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny converting the penalty with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
🏆👉Juventus 0 – 1 Villarreal, 78th minute, goal by ⚽️ Gerard Moreno converting a penalty for @VillarrealCFen with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Daniele Rugani.
Juventus falling….. Villarreal increased the score in the 85th minute for the 0-2. It is Pau Torres to score from very close range with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Serge Aurier following a corner conceded by Danilo.
🏆👉Juventus 0 – 2 Villarreal, 85th minute, goal by ⚽️ Pau Torres for @VillarrealCFen from very close range with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Serge Aurier following a corner conceded by Danilo. https://t.co/VfHwMnQCf9pic.twitter.com/htba94W0EZ
Total chaos for Juventus !!!! Another penalty for Villarreal in the 92nd minute converted by Arnaut Danjuma.
🏆👉Juventus 0 – 3 Villarreal, 92nd minute, goal by ⚽️ Arnaut Danjuma for @VillarrealCFen converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Matthijs de Ligt after a handball. pic.twitter.com/3ZAGaUiE4P
✅ Stats before the game. Juventus have not won any of their last seven first leg matches in the knockout stages of the Champions League (3D, 4L), only to be eliminated in four of the five most recent. The last time he made it through the round in this phase was in 2018-19 against Atletico Madrid. Juventus have lost just three of their previous 23 home games against Spanish sides in the Champions League (12V, 8N), keeping clean sheets in seven of their last nine. This will be Villarreal’s first away match against Juventus, and only their second ever match against the Bianconeri after the first leg. Four of Villarreal’s last five games in the Champions League round of 16 have ended in a draw (1W), with the Spanish side having made it through on both of their last two occasions: beating Rangers in 2005-06 and Panathinaikos in 2008 -09. Villarreal have won both of their last two Champions League away games, as many as in the previous 15 away games (5N, 8P). However, the last clean sheet of the Yellow Submarine away from home in the tournament dates back to 2008 (0-0 against Man Utd), since then 10 away games in a row with goals on the back. Juventus have won all of their last six Champions League home games, only once previously they have achieved multiple home wins in a row in the tournament: 10 between 1996 and 1997, which is the longest streak by an Italian team in the competition.
🏆👉Lineup JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Szczęsny; Danilo, Rugani, De Ligt, De Sciglio; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Arthur, Rabiot; Morata, Vlahovic. Allenatore: Allegri.
📺 Click the video to watch Juventus – Villarreal highlights including all goals on Wednesday 16 March 2022
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Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Pawel Raczkowski (POL). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Bartosz Frankowski (POL). The Referee Observer will be Björn Kuipers (NED)
🏆👉 Here are Juventus vs Villarreal official starting lineups for the Champions League Round of 16, Second Leg game on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy at 21:00.
Subs: Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Gerard Moreno, Foyth, Iborra, Chukwueze, Dia, Coquelin, Pena, Mandi, Moi Gomez, Pedraza.
Coach: Emery.
Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Pawel Raczkowski (POL). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Bartosz Frankowski (POL). The Referee Observer will be Björn Kuipers (NED)
🏆👉 Here are Juventus official called up players for the Champions League Round of 16, Second Leg game on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy at 21:00.
Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Pawel Raczkowski (POL). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Bartosz Frankowski (POL). The Referee Observer will be Björn Kuipers (NED)
By Anna Italia
