The Champions League draw .. When, where and how?

 The draw for the group stage of the Champions League will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, at five o'clock according to British summer time this Thursday evening. This occasion provides an opportunity for observers to speculate on the group's shape, after the completion of the contract of the 32 qualified teams for this round.

It is expected that the first level of the participating teams, according to the latest classification approved by the European Football Association "UEFA", includes Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and Ajax, which are the winning clubs in their country's leagues in addition to the winning club. European League Championship.

As for the second level, it will include Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham (England), Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Seville (Spain), Juventus (Italy) and Leipzig (Germany).

The third level will include Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Inter Milan and Napoli (Italy), Benfica, Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Salzburg (Austria) and Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine).

As for the fourth level, it includes Celtic and Rangers (Scotland), Dinamo Zagreb (Serbia), Marseille (France), Copenhagen (Denmark), Club Brugge (Belgium), Victoria Plzen (Czech) and Maccabi Haifa (Israel).

This means that 4 teams from 4 countries will participate in the strongest regional football tournament at the club level, which are Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham (England), Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Seville (Spain), Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan and Naples (Italy), while Germany will witness the participation of 5 teams are: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Leipzig, in addition to Eintracht Frankfurt as the European League champion.

As always, the teams will be divided into 8 groups, by selecting a team from each level in one group, while avoiding choosing two teams from one country in the same group.