Manchester City could face Serious Madrid in very first Champions League qualifying round after staying drawn in very same group

Manchester Metropolis deal with the challenging prospect of a tie with Authentic Madrid if they want to advance to the second round of 2022/23 Champions League qualifying.

City have been drawn from FC Tomiris Turan of Kazakhstan in their initial Team 4 match, and if they occur as a result of that – and True Madrid get their ‘semi-final’ versus Sturm Graz – the two European behemoths will face off in qualifying for the 2nd time in a row.

Last yr, Los Blancos saw off the Citizens in round two to arrive at the Champions League right.

The level of competition has been revamped for the impending time, with the 1st-round ties to be played about just one leg and in a single spot in each and every team, which will be from one of the groups in the group.

Town and Genuine Madrid are in just the ‘League Path’ section of the draw, from which four teams will arise into the round two hat.

Also in that segment are Glasgow City who must defeat Roma and then 1 of Paris or Servette in the Team 1 closing.

There will be 11 teams progressing from the ‘Champions Path’ area. In that component of the draw, Team 2 sees a attainable British closing amongst Swansea City and Rangers.

The semi-finals of the group matches will be performed on August 18, with the finals on August 21.

There are two qualifying rounds this time just before the 16-crew group phase of the level of competition kicks off. The second qualifying spherical will feature 24 groups, with 12 teams generating it as a result of to be a part of the 4 by now-certified sides, which are Chelsea, Barcelona, Wolfsburg and holders Lyon.

This season’s group phase draw is set for Oct 3, with the motion beginning on October 19/20.

This year’s last will be held at the PSV Stadion in Eindhoven on possibly June 3 or 4.