Nayon, Switzerland (AP) – Manchester City faces a trip north of the Arctic Circle in the middle of the winter in Europe after the date Champions League this season The game was released on Saturday.
City will play an away match on January 20th at Norwegian champion Bodeau/Grimt. That means Pep Guardiola and his team of megastars will face harsh temperatures at Asp Mira Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,000 people.
Bodo/Glimt is a tournament debutant like Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty, and his first Champions League match in Sports Lisbon is the longest trip in the history of competition.
Kairat will have to travel over three time zones and 6,500 kilometers (4,000 miles) to Lisbon from Almaty near the border with Kazakhstan’s China for the September 18 match in the first match of the Champions League.
Almaty can have temperatures as low as minus 20C (minus 4F) in January – Chillier than Bodeau/Grimt – on January 20th, Club Bruges could be the coldest match in Champions League history.
Paris Saint-Germain Opens the title defense to Atalanta at home on September 17th.
Kevin De Bruin won’t be long to wait before his match against his former longtime club Man City. He will return to Etihad Stadium on September 18th.
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