At 19 o'clock on December 18, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for this season's Champions League knockout round will be held. In this season's Champions League knockout rounds, La Liga has the most teams, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad, and the Bundesliga and Serie A are all 3 teams, including Bayern, Dort, Leipzig, Inter, Napoli, Lazio, Manchester City and Arsenal of the Premier League successfully qualified, and 1 team each in Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League, and Danish Super League, respectively, Grand Paris, Eindhoven, Porto and Copenhagen.
Serie A teams performed the best in last season's Champions League, with three teams reaching the last eight, two reaching the last four and one reaching the final. Serie A was able to achieve such results, and the explosion of signing is indeed one of the main reasons.
In the Champions League last season, Milan, Napoli and Inter Milan were in the same half, Milan met Tottenham in the first round of the knockout round, Napoli played Eintracht Frankfurt, and Inter played Porto, and their opponents were not very strong. In the second round of the knockout round, Milan beat Napoli, Inter met Benfica, and then the Milan derby. Obviously, last season's Serie A team had too good a signing.
However, this season's Serie A teams may not be so lucky. And Inter, Napoli and Lazio are all second in the group, and the first team in the group is even stronger, and they are very likely to face strong opponents. The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League!
Bayern, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dort, Manchester City and Barcelona are the first of the eight Champions League groups this season, and although Real Sociedad are the weakest on paper, they have drawn with Inter Milan in both legs when they face Serie A leaders Inter in the group stage. In addition, don't look at Barcelona's poor form recently, it's also not easy to mess with. That is to say, the teams that really don't have anything to deal with in the first group of the Champions League are all masters.
Especially Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern, of which Real Madrid is the champion of the Champions League, this season has won six consecutive group stage games. Manchester City are the defending champions and have won all of their Champions League group stage this season. Bayern is an old giant team in the Champions League, with 5 wins and 1 draw in the group stage this season, and is also the favorite to win the title.
Last season's Serie A side were full of signings in the Champions League and are likely to face signings this season. If Inter, Napoli and Lazio draw Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern, it will be difficult. Of course, it is not easy to play if you draw other teams, and the 3 teams in Serie A may really be in the first round of the tour.