Champion's association is a European football link conceded by European elite division football clubs. The completion occurs yearly with the best teams in each league being participants. The United European Football Association (UEFA) organizes and controls the end. Champion's league is used to predict and choose the best football team in Europe.
The league operates from group stages whereby contestants compete along groups to get the best team out of each unit. The teams make playoffs to acquire the best two teams out of each group who proceed to the next level of the league.
At stage one, a total of 32 teams compete conceding for the 16 places in the knockout stage. Across all different phases of the league, organizations engage in a two-phase play whereby individuals engage first leg and second leg game, ensuring they give the best to their team. After the first leg and second leg, the best team proceeds to the next stage of the league except for finals with a single leg.
In the first round, winner teams from 8 group stages are seeded while others remain unseeded. The seeded teams are allowed to compete with unseeded teams to find winners to the next level of the champion's league. Seeding does not take place after knockouts towards semifinals. Teams from the same group can play each other in semifinals and finals too.
Who Are the Defending Champions of the Champion's League?
Real Madrid has defended the champion's league cup for three years up to the 2016-17 season. During the 2016-17 Real Madrid won 3-1 to Liverpool, who are the current defenders of the cup. Liverpool from the English premier league competed with Tottenham from the same league having a 2-0 win. The hopes of Liverpool conceding the trophy in this season are low.
As per grouping, Liverpool is facing considerable opposition from Napoli while their offenders Tottenham will face Bayern Munich in their group stages. With these established teams the two teams may find it challenging to enter the finals this time around.
Currently, Liverpool is at group E while Tottenham, who played them during finals are at groups H. Real Madrid in group F face such teams as Paris Saint –Germain (PSG) alongside Borussia Dortmund and Inter Millan.
Organization of the Champions League
The 2019-20 UEFA champion league has 79 participating teams from the 54 association leagues. The league is organized into rounds from the preliminary round to the finals.
Preliminary round
In the primary levels, teams were divided/ seeded based on club efficiencies for 2019. These teams are drawn to single-leg semi-finals and final ties. Those who lose in the semi-finals gain entry to Europa second round qualification.
First, second, and third qualifying rounds
Losers except for one team who draw joins the Europa second qualification. Entry into Europa is based on results obtained from first and second leg games. These data are essential in predicting the best champion team or the team with higher chances of becoming champions in Europe. The second qualifying round is split into two sections, with the primary path being the champion path and the other league path.
Losers from the two paths gain entry into the third qualification round of the Europa League. Just like the second qualifying round, the third round was split into two paths champion path and league path. Losers in this stage enter the playoffs while the losers of the league join the Europa group stages.
Play-offs round
The same as the other areas, the stage is divided into the champion path and league path. Losers of the two ways gain entry to Europa group stages. During these stages, high technology like Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is adopted.
Group stage
The 2019-20 champions league is the 65th league and the 28th after the league changed the name from Europe premierships. The group stages have eight groups A-H with 32 teams fighting for the 16 positions at knockout stages. These teams are seeded uniquely to avoid keeping teams from the same champion association together.
Group A has great competitors who are at a high stake of becoming the favourite team Real Madrid. They will work against established team PSG, Galatasaray, and Club Brugge. Real have already won the cup three times Ronaldo scoring their winning goal against Liverpool during the 2015-16 finals. With Ronaldo transferred to Juventus, poses significant challenges to their chances of winning the 2019-20 champions challenge.
Tottenham Hotspur, who played Liverpool during the previous league are in group B competing against Greek side Olympiacos who have fought hard to qualify in the 32 two best teams joining the championship. Mauricio Pachettino's boys will face the antagonistic challenge of Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade.
Manchester City has less battle. As the champions of the premier league, they will contest against Dinamo Zagreb, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Atlanta in Group C. This gives them a chance to enter the knock-out stage.
Juventus, who are highly reliable in their performance with the help of star Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the cup severally, are highly favourable for the win this time around. Based on their current performance, they have much work awaiting them to gain entry into the finals of the 2019-20 UEFA champions league. Currently, they are taking a lead of Group D in group stages.
Defending champions to the cup Liverpool have a great challenge ahead of them to conceal. Klopp has faced the fierce end of Napoli, who have taken lead of the group E stages as at now. Klopp has had his strategies in gaining entry to the finals of the UEFA championship, and the same can happen again. Maintaining the record and venturing to the finals will require great potential. The team has the capability since no significant change has taken place. For Liverpool to become favorite again it's not a big job.
Group F has Barcelona, who have faced challenges gaining entry into the finals for the last two seasons of the UEFA championship. In this group, Barcelona is contesting with Borussia Dortmund, who have taken the lead with a goal difference of 2. Other teams include Slavia Prague, who have been transferred to Europa League, and then Inter Millan.
Group G has LP Leipzig, Benefica, Lyon, and Zenit Saint Petersburg. Group H has Chelsea, who have always gained entry to the championship but lost at the end. At now Chelsea has been transferred to Europa as they are in the third position in group stages. They face the challenge of Ajax, who striked hard last season to enter the finals and currently leading the group. Other contestants in the group include Valencia and Lille.
2019-20 Champions league winner based on Odds
The strength of a team sometimes is portrayed by the type of odds awarded for their win. All the teams contesting in the UEFA champions fight to win the cup, but there are those teams that are established and with unique skills to qualify them as being favorite.
The odd table has Manchester city on top with 7/2 odds. Barcelona 5/1, Liverpool 7/1, Real Madrid 9/1, Paris Saint-Germain 12/1, Bayern Munich 13/1, Juventus 13/1, Atletico Madrid 26/1, Tottenham 33/1, Chelsea 35/1, Napoli 39/1, Borussia Dortmund 41/1, Ajax 49/1, Lyon 49/1, Valencia 49/1 and finally Inter Milan 74/1.
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Conclusion
Such great teams as Liverpool have lost a lead in the group stages as they are number two in their group lowering their winning probability. Manchester City have maintained their leadership in the premier league as the champions of the league. Man city falls under friendlier group stage competition. City have taken the lead in their group, and as seen in the favorite team odds above, they have high fan-favorite rights to win the champions league. Thats why Manchester City is the favoured team to win this season.
