AC Milan's opponents: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Brugge, Leverkusen, Red Star, Dinamo, Girona, Bratislava
Benfica's opponents: Barcelona, Bayern, Atletico, Juventus, Feyenoord, Red Star, Bologna, Monaco.
Arsenal's opponents: PSG, Inter, Atalanta, Shakhtar, Dinamo, Sporting, Monaco, Girona.
Leverkusen's opponents: Inter, Liverpool, Milan, Atletico, Salzburg, Feyenoord, Sparta Prague, Brest.
Club Brugge's opponents: Dortmund, Man City, Juventus, Milan, Sporting, Celtic, Aston Villa, Sturm Graz.
Atalanta's opponents: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal, Shakhtar, Celtic, Young Boys, Sturm Graz, Stuttgart.
Atletico's opponents: Leipzig, PSG, Leverkusen, Benfica, Lille, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague.
23:42: Determine the opponents of the teams in Group 2.
PSG's opponents: Man City, Bayern, Atletico, Arsenal, PSV, Salzburg, Girona, Stuttgart.
Liverpool's opponents: Real Madrid, Leipzig, Leverkusen, Milan, Lille, PSV, Bologna, Girona.
Real Madrid's opponents: Dortmund, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart, Brest.
Barcelona's opponents: Bayern, Dortmund, Atalanta, Benfica, Young Boys, Red Star Belgrade, Brest, Monaco.
Dortmund's opponents: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Club Brugge, Celtic, Dinamo, Strurm Graz, Bologna.
RB Leipzig's opponents: Liverpool, Inter, Juventus, Atletico, Sporting, Celtic, Aston Villa, Sturm Graz.
Bayern Munich's opponents: PSG, Barcelona, Benfica, Shakhtar, Dinamo, Feyenoord, Slovan Bratislava, Aston Villa.
The next team is Inter Milan, the Serie A representative's 8 opponents are Leipzig, Man City, Arsenal, Leverksen, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys, Monaco, Sparta Prague.
23:30: Buffon draws the first draw in Group 1: Man City. Ronaldo presses the button, revealing the opponents: Inter Milan, PSG, Club Brugge, Juventus, Feyenoord, Sporting, Sparta Prague and Slovan Bratislava.
23:22: UEFA General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti appeared on stage, along with Buffon and Ronaldo, to prepare for the draw.
23:18: An all-star video to explain the new Champions League format, featuring Ceferin, Buffon, Rodri, Ruben Dias, Ousmane Dembele, Luis Figo, Kate Abdo, Robbie Keane and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Ceferin joked about Ibra never winning the Champions League. It doesn't seem to be going too well.
“If we think about the Champions League, we think about Ronaldo. If we think about football, we think about Ronaldo,” said Ceferin.
The UEFA president then said he hopes we will see Ronaldo playing in the Champions League soon, and Ronaldo said: “I play in the Asian Champions League, it is also the Champions League!”.
23:11: Mr. Ceferin presented Ronaldo with an award, a silver ball with stars on it. Ronaldo has won the Champions League 5 times and is the best scorer in the history of the tournament.
23:05: UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin was present on stage to present the UEFA President's Award to former goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who has spent many years playing football, contributing, leaving his mark and many achievements on the international arena.
President Ceferin said: "For me personally, Buffon is the best goalkeeper in history."
23:00: The draw begins. The famous Champions League theme song is played with the voice of Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins.
According to bookmakers, the odds for the 2024-2025 Champions League title candidates are as follows:
Man City: 5/2
Real Madrid: 3/1
Arsenal: 10/1
Bayern Munich: 12/1
Liverpool: 14/1
Barcelona: 14/1
PSG: 18/1
Inter Milan: 25/1
Leverkusen: 28/1
Atalanta : 33/1
Atletico Madrid: 33/1
Dortmund: 33/1
Juventus: 33/1
AC Milan: 33/1
RB Leipzig: 50/1
Aston Villa: 50/1
22:55: Cristiano Ronaldo is present at the draw ceremony. CR7 will no longer play in the Champions League but UEFA will honor him for his records and the mark he has made in this arena.
Information before the draw
At 11:00 p.m. on August 29 (Vietnam time), football fans will head to the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, where the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ) will conduct the draw for the 2024-2025 Champions League groups.
36 clubs from 16 European countries have been confirmed to compete in the new format. Although not the strongest football leagues on the continent, Germany and Italy each have five representatives, while England, Spain and France each have four.
Although experts believe that the top candidates for the championship will still only come from England, Spain, and Germany, until the champion is determined next summer, fans will follow, observe carefully and evaluate each stage, starting from the draw ceremony with a combination of manual and technological.
There are many possibilities with the new draw method and new format, which promises to bring remarkable big matches. And of course, with new details, fans will be more eager to watch the draw live.
Seed groups
Group 1: Real Madrid (UEFA ranking coefficient 136,000), Manchester City (148,000), Bayern Munich (144,000), Paris Saint-Germain (116,000), Liverpool (114,000), Inter Milan (101,000), Borussia Dortmund (97,000), RB Leipzig (97,000), Barcelona (91,000).
Group 2: Bayer Leverkusen (90,000), Atletico Madrid (89,000), Atalanta (81,000), Juventus (80,000), Benfica (79,000), Arsenal (72,000), Club Brugge (64,000), Shakhtar Donetsk (63,000), AC Milan ( 59,000).
Group 3: Feyenoord (57,000), Sporting CP (54,500), PSV Eindhoven (54,000), Dinamo Zagreb (50,000), Red Bull Salzburg (50,000), Lille (47,000), Red Star Belgrade (40,000), Young Boys (34,500) , Celtic (32,000).
Group 4: Slovan Bratislava (30,500), Monaco (24,000), Sparta Prague (22,500), Aston Villa (20,860), Bologna (18,056), Girona (17,897), VfB Stuttgart (17,324), Sturm Graz (14,500), Brest (13,366).
