In this thread
https://forum.topeleven.com/top-elev...-format-2.html

we can read this explanation why some teams are playing in a +1 CH.L. while others not
The new Champions league draw system-rule.jpg

but I can't find any criterion from above, why Sakis is playing in an equal/ -1 CH.L. again.

He won the League and CH.L. previous season and almost got the treble, he has a very good team of 7* players (here they are as 10*), young, expensive with special abilities and you can see the trophies he got the last seasons.
Also he 's farming 30 vids/day and he 's a (light) buyer too.
The new Champions league draw system-sakis-43-profil.jpg


I 'm thinking that some teams are "marked" to play in a CH.L. +1 while in others (like Sakis or my lucky friend madflo), there is an unknown factor that set them in an equal CH.L. competition (most of the times)