In a unique season that will feature a fall World Cup, the 2022-23 Champions League group stage is complete after Thursday’s group stage draw—and it features quite a formidable Group of Death.
For the second straight season, Bayern Munich and Barcelona were drawn into the same group, and their chances of reaching the knockout stage were made more complicated when Serie A title favorite Inter Milan was added to the mix along with Czech champion Viktoria Plzeň.
Real Madrid, the 14-time champion, enters the season as the reigning champion and was given a favorable draw featuring RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic. Meanwhile, the general atmosphere of Group A is sure to entertain with the legendary fanbases of Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli and Rangers all present.