Real Madrid defends its crown in the most open Champions League ever – MARCA.com

Real Madrid won the Champions League last season in which it defied logic. His comebacks and his epic nights at the Santiago Bernabu against PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City elevated Carlo Ancelotti’s men to the fourteenth ‘Orejona’ after beating Liverpool in the final in Paris (0-1). This is how the Champions League ended 2021-22 and 2022-23 begin with the Madridistas defending their crown. However, there are more candidates than ever. The battle for the Champions is open with many candidates. Lewandowski’s highly reinforced Barcelona, ​​Haaland’s new Manchester City, Darwin, Salah and Luis Daz’s renewed Liverpool, Messi, Neymar and Mbapp’s improved PSG, Manchester’s reconstituted Bayern… are some of the teams that opt ​​for the trophy. In addition, Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla will also give war in a tournament full of great teams. Here we analyze them all. The show begins.