Group A: Liverpool (ENG), Udinese (ITA), Young Boys (SUI), Anzhi (RUS) Group B: Atletico Madrid (SPN), Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), Academica (POR) Group C: Marseille (FRA), Fenerbahce (TUR), Borussia Monchengladbach (GER), AEL Limassol (CYP) Group D: Bordeaux (FRA), Club Brugge (BEL), Newcastle United (ENG), Maritimo (POR) Group E: Stuttgart (GER), FC Copenhagen (DEN), Steaua Bucharest (ROU), Molde (NOR) Group F: PSV Eindhoven (NED), Napoli (ITA), Dnipro (UKR), AIK Solna (SWE) Group G: Sporting Lisbon (POR), FC Basel (SUI), Genk (BEL), Videoton (HUN) Group H: Internazionale (ITA), Rubin Kazan (RUS), Partizan Belgrade (SRB), Neftci (AZE) Group I: Lyon (FRA), Athletic Bilbao (SPN), Sparta Prague (CZE), Hapoel Kiryat Shmona (ISR) Group J: Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Panathinaikos (GRE), Lazio (ITA), Maribor (SVN) Group K: Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Metalist Kharkiv (UKR), Rosenborg (NOR), Rapid Vienna (AUT) Group L: Twente (NED), Hannover (GER), Levante (SPN), Helsingborg (SWE)
Translation: Galliani: "We are going to suck so bad this year so I will throw Allegri under the bus (so I don't get fired) so we can start fresh next summer with a new direction"
If there was such a thing as a Europa League group of death, Group A is it. I actually think that all 4 Italian teams will get through to the round of 32. Liverpool will be so focused on making up ground in the league that they'll not care about the Europa League, and they'll finish third behind Anzhi and Udinese. Napoli will go through with PSV, and I think the matches between those two will be very entertaining. Inter will go through with Rubin Kazan, and Lazio and Spuds will go through. All in all, I think the draws have been very favorable to all Italian teams.
I said at the beginning of the summer that we should just write Atletico a check for 50m euros and be done with it. But no... Bendtner.
I agree completely. This shouldn't even be a debate. He should have signed a top striker before even spending one second on depth and shit.
It's called being shewd. You do it fast. Don't let anyone else into the shit. Last summer Ferguson had three players he wanted to sign. July 3rd he had them all. That's how you do business. All this fucking around for a couple mil means we don't get shit.