“Among the rivals are two German giants”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The only representative of Ukraine in the main club tournament of the continent learned the names of his opponents in the updated format of the competition. Shakhtar Donetsk will play eight matches against different teams in the coming months, based on the results of these matches, the miners will find out their place in the overall table of the tournament.
At home (and the home stadium will be the arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany), “Shakhtar” will play against German “Bavaria”, Italian “Atalanta”, Swiss “Young Boys” and French “Brest”.
On the road, the Donetsk team competes with the German “Borussia Dortmund”, the English “Arsenal”, the Dutch PSV and the Italian “Bologna”.
UEFA plans to announce the dates of the Champions League matches of the new season on Saturday, August 31.