This new Champions League arrives with a lot of changes that can give him an unexpected twist to the situation. The 'revolution' of the UEFA establishes that the teams of a same league will not be able to confront during the first round. The clubs will contest split against eight applicants, two by bass drum, in the first phase clasificatoria of only group.
In this context, the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid share three rivals in this first phase of the edition 2024-25: Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta and Brest. In the case of the Barcelona group, his players will have to measure in front of the Bayern Munich, Borussia, Atalanta, Benfica, Young Boys, Crash Red, Brest and Monaco.
On the other hand, the white team will confront to these clubs: Borussia, Liverpool, Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart and Brest. It fits to stand out that the BVB arrived to this edition thanks to an extra contingent assigned to the Bundesliga, with the increase of 32 teams to 36 after finish in the fifth place of the league germana. Now, the club merengue will receive to the Germans in Santiago Bernabéu in a date that has not been desvelada.
The Barça will receive to two of his rivals
The FC Barcelona will have to visit the Signal Iduna Park, the house of the Borussia. Nevertheless, in the case of the Atalanta and the Brest, the parties will take place in the Montjuïc. Whereas the institution madridista will have to displace until the Gewiss Stadium of Bérgamo and the Stadium Francis-Him Blé of Brest. In the competition, the clubs will confront to know to the successor of the entity madridista.
The Real Madrid could have a lot of confidence in one of his rivals, since the ones of Carlo Ancelotti won to the Borussia Dortmund in Wembley. The victory of the merengues helped them to achieve the doublet of LaLiga and the Champions. In the City Condal the stage is distinct, since Hansi Flick arrives to the competition with the aim to surpass the quarter-finals, something that do not achieve from the year 2020. Now, only it is missing to see how the mythical clubs confront his first duels.