Football

Real Madrid’s 2022-2023 Champions League group: which opponents could touch the defending champions

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3 years ago

August 22, 2022

Sophia

Real Madrid’s 2022-2023 Champions League group: which opponents could touch the defending champions

The Real Madrid He has won 5 of the last 9 editions of the Champions League, including the latest in 2021-2022. Carlo Ancelotti’s men reopen the 2022-2023 campaign against each other favorite to repeat the titlemaintaining it same winning structure of recent years, practically without related casualties.

The first thing to know at the European level is their potential opponents in the 2022-2023 Champions League group stage. With which clubs can Real Madrid cross in the first phase? The review of all alternatives, below.

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Real Madrid’s potential opponents in the 2022-2023 Champions League group stage

What champion of the last Champions League (and the League), Real Madrid has won and is part of Pot 1. Unable to cross against opponents from Spain, it is known that there are three rejections from Pot 2: Barcelona, Seville and Atlético de Madrid. Therefore, one of his opponents in the zone will leave Liverpool, Chelsea, Juventus, Leipzig and Tottenham.

Another opponent for Carlo Ancelotti’s men will emerge from Pot 3, with Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen and Benfica (if he passes the Playoff match against Dynamo Kyiv) as alternates.

Finally, in Pot 4 it will be Marseille, Bruges and Celtic as potential opponents, in addition to those resulting from the six Playoff series, where clubs such as Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, PSV or Rangers.

According to UEFA’s rankings, the most complicated group for Real Madrid to play is a Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Rangers.

In the same sense, the simplest area that could be created for the inhabitants of the capital is one next to it Tottenham, Bayer Leverkusen and Trabzonspor.

Author:

John Esteves

Source: Sporting News

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

Champions League

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Gary

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.

The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.

“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.

Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.

Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.

Source: Sport UA

Gary

I am a sports journalist who has written for a number of Sportish. I have a background in journalism and have been writing since I was young. My main focus is sports news, but I also write about general news. I am currently working as an author at Sportish.

Football

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

Al-Nasr forward Cristiano Ronaldo he received an award from the Globe Soccer Awards as the best player from the Middle East. The ceremony took place on Sunday evening.

Ronaldo has been performing in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2023.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

World Cup

Secrets of the Real Madrid dressing room: Kroos told how he got along with Vinicius

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8 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

Secrets of the Real Madrid dressing room: Kroos told how he got along with Vinicius

Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos He talked about his interaction with Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and other representatives of Brazil within the scope of the “royal club”.

“The Brazilians aroused my sympathy even as a child. While playing for Real Madrid, I developed excellent relationships with Vinicius, Casemiro and Militao.

It is very easy to find a common language with these guys: they know how to enjoy life, and their mentality is significantly different from that of the Germans.

Casemiro and Vinicius and I understood each other perfectly on the field and developed a unique football bond with Vini.

We communicated warmly in daily life. I believe that if there is no contact between players off the field, it is extremely difficult to achieve harmony in the game.

I used Vini’s high-speed bursts effectively and he masterfully directed my passes,” AS Kroos reports.

Let’s remember that Kroos defended the jersey of Real Madrid from 2014 to 2024. During this decade the German midfielder won the Champions League five times.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.