Arsenal is set to compete in the Champions League in back-to-back seasons following a long absence from Europe’s top club competition.
The Gunners did well on their return this term, having been absent since 2017.
Mikel Arteta’s men reached the quarterfinals before losing to Bayern Munich and exiting the competition.
Arsenal finished second in the latest Premier League season, demonstrating they are one of the best clubs on the continent.
They took the league title race to the final day of the season, but Manchester City retained their crown.
The Gunners are now looking to make a better impression in Europe next season in the newly expanded Champions League.
Mirror Football reveals that they could face a tough draw after being placed in the second seeds pot, due to their previous six-year absence from the competition.
They are in that pot alongside teams like Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, and Atalanta.
This means they risk being drawn to face top teams such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, and Barcelona.
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We did well in the latest Champions League season and we trust our players to even outperform themselves next term.
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With good signings, I think we will go further this coming season
The tougher the better. Let’s know our strength early before we start hoping.
You don`t seem to understand the new rules. There will be 4 pots with 9 teams in each of them. Every team will paly against 2 teams in each pot, so 8 games in total in the league phase. This means Arsenal will also play against 2 teams in our own pot. So, what difference does it make in which pot Arsenal are in?
Exactly, there are a lot of these stupid articles going around about a ‘tough’ draw for Arsenal.
There is a basic misunderstanding about the new CL format being displayed by the view in this article.
Truth is that the group a team belongs offers no particular advantage or otherwise. This is because every team will play two other teams in each of the 4 groups. So what applies to a team in Group 1 applies to the one in any other.
Every team plays 8 games – 4 at home and 4 away. It’s a total departure from the former where the higher-grouped teams enjoyed some advantage
Do we care? Bring them on that’s what elite mentalis all about
Does it matter? Whatever pot you are in you will be drawn against 2 teams from each of the 4 pots, 8 games … So we will be drawn against two teams from Pot 1 if we are in pot 1 or 2. Which pot you are in seems rather less relevant in the new CL format.
If we want to be the best, we have to beat the best. Elite competition with elite opponents, isn’t this what we wanted?
Good I say, let’s test our mettle; bring them on.
if thats the new rule. There wont be any hown and away games. Thats Arsenal wil play a teams once, be it in there own home or our home.
bb, have you considered that English might not be saintj’s first language? And it would appear that you might benefit from a spell check facility 🙄
Just a reminder that every team in this new Champions League format will play 2 teams from each of the 4 seeding groups, so it doesn’t matter what seeding group we’re actually in, we’d be playing 2 teams from the top group regardless.
There’s no advantage to be gained through seeding We play two from each pot no matter where you land. 8 games total 4 away 4 home The only time you could get an advantage is if the tougher games are down as your home games