Paris Saint-Germain will face Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Newcastle United, Athletic Bilbao, Tottenham, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta and Sporting Lisbon in the league phase. Real Madrid will play Manchester City, Liverpool, Juventus, Marseille and Monaco and will travel to Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan, a 6,420-kilometre trip from Madrid. Liverpool will host Real Madrid and visit Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille and Galatasaray. Bayern Munich will meet Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain in rematches of recent finals and will travel to Pafos. Manchester City will travel to Bodo/Glimt in Norway.
The draw for the league phase of the UEFA Champions League was made in Monaco on Friday with PSG handed a tough defence. Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain will play Bayern Munich and Barcelona in this season's league phase and record 15-times winners Real Madrid will face Manchester City and Liverpool. PSG's easiest opponents, in theory, in the league phase will be fixtures against England's Newcastle United and Spain's Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid also got a challenging draw, including a trip far east to play Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan 6,420 kilometres (4,000 miles) from the Spanish capital. Madrid got two English opponents from the pot of highest-ranked teams, hosting Manchester City, which it beat in the knockout playoffs last season, and a return to Liverpool after losing 2-0 at Anfield in the league phase last year.
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