Last season our youngsters achieved handsome results in the UEFA Youth League. This year, Club NXT is also participating in the tournament, which was put into a different format due to the corona crisis.
2 PADS
Thus, there are no more group stages, but we move straight to the knockouts. As many as 64 teams enter the draw, divided into two parts: the UEFA Champions League path, to which Club NXT belongs, and the domestic championship path. Thus, in the first two rounds, Club NXT can only draw teams from the Champions League path, only then do the two paths cross on the way to the final in Nyon, Switzerland. Moreover, only an outward match will be played.
WHO CAN DRAW CLUB NXT?
UEFA has already divided the Champions League path into four groups for Wednesday afternoon's draw. Thus, each group will enter the bowl separately (8 balls) and a match will be drawn. The first team drawn will play at home. The match will take place on Tuesday, March 2 or Wednesday, March 3. Club ends up in Group 2 and so can draw one of the following seven teams: RB Leipzig (GER), Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Manchester United (ENG), Atalanta (ITA), Ajax (NED), Krasnodar (RUS) or İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR).
UPDATE: Club NXT draws Istanbul Başakşehir in the UEFA Youth League!