Champions League Thread - Spoiling the Dreams of Europe's "Biggest Teams"

Champions League Draw is tomorrow morning.

Benfica seeded in 2nd pot.


Pot One: Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Porto, AC Milan.
Pot Two: Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Schalke, Manchester City, Braga.
Pot Three: Olympiakos, Ajax, Anderlecht, Juventus, Paris St Germain, Galatasaray.
Pot Four: Borussia Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, Malaga, Montpellier, FC Nordsjaelland.

Best case: Arsenal/Milan, Anderlecht and Nordsjaelland
Worst: Barcelona, PSG, Dortmound

VIVA BENFICA

ManCity is the champs of England and are in the 2nd Pot? And Arsenal is in the 1st? -__-

Since we are talking about Champions League now

Aimar, Javi Garcia, Witsel, Gaitan, Luisau, Garray, Maxi, Bruno, Nolito, Salvio, Yannick Djalo and Rodrigo are important to the team, and we should not risk loosing any of them
its good we have Ola john, Perez, Carlos Martins and Matic as subs.

We need a good LB, Melgarejo isn't that bad but he is not experienced LB yet. I wish Capdevila or even Emerson were there at least as subs to a good LB.

and seriously, Javi MUST stay, he is the most experienced player along with Aimar, and both are equally important.

God help us, I don't want to see our team loosing.

1 hour until the draw! Drawing Arsenal would be amazing! AC Milan without Ibra, Silva and Cassano wouldn't be bad either.

Barcelona and Benfica

Noooooooo

Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow

Just no Dortmond and Benfica should be okay, though going to Russia won't be easy.

Barcelona
Benfica
Spartak Moscow
Celtic

Celtic. Barca, Benfica, Spartak and Celtic. Not Bad

Braga has a manageable group.

City, Madrid, Dortmond and Ajax! Would love to see Madrid cash out early!!

Iniesta Player of the Year...

Bahhahaha!

Thats a joke. Messi had 74 goals last year.

All 3 Portuguese teams got decent groups.

"player of the year" Iniesta

funny thing is, is that that is how ALL the groups will finish in that exact way

I dunno man, Porto got a tough draw.

if Braga finish 2nd and Barca finish 1st then that would be a crazy rof 16

Celtic - Benfica September 18th
Benfica - Barcelona October 3rd
Spartak - Benfica Ocotber 24th
Benfica - Spartak November 6th
Benfica - Celtic November 21st
Barcelona - Benfica December 4th

screw man untd they always get it easy

BTW, Lima is in the CL list for Benfica. Not cuptied.

Zenit?

Benfica submit Champions League squad list

Benfica have submitted 38 players in total for this season's UEFA Champions League squad list which includes deadline day signing Lima from Braga.

Brazilian striker Alan Kardec, who spent last season on loan with Santos, has not been included as well as Portuguese under-20 international keeper Mika, who won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup Golden Glove in 2011.



Sqaud list:

Goalkeepers:
Artur
Paulo Lopes
Bruno Varela
José Costa

Defenders:
Maxi Pereira,
Luisão, Garay,
Miguel Vítor,
Jardel, Luisinho,
Luís Martins
João Cancelo
Fábio Cardoso
João Nunes
Bruno Gaspar

Midfielders:
André Almeida,
André Gomes
, Matic,
Carlos Martins
, Pablo Aimar
, Bruno César
, Nolito,
Gaitán
, Enzo Peréz
, Miguel Rosa,
Daniel Martins
Hélder Costa
Ivan Cavaleiro
Raphael Guzzo
João Teixeira

Forwards:

Cardozo,
Lima,
Ola John,
Salvio,
Rodrigo
, Melgarejo,
Cafú
Sancidino Silva

http://www.planetbenfica.co.uk/news.php

Dear S.L Benfica lovely fans.

Please be optimistic and relax.

Today I was thinking about my lovely team and feeling bad about whats happing.

Guess what!! I believe in the player AND the cough Jorge Jesus.

let me show you how I got so optimistic.

Starting with our Offense (Attackers)

Oscar Cardozo : I know most of us wanted him to leave (including me), but let us face the fact>> He is #1 Scorer last season with 21 Goals

Lima: He is #2 Scorer with 20 goals

Rodrigo: He is a good player who scored 3 goals in 3 matches this season and scored 9 goals last season

Guys we have the best 2 scorers in Liga Zon Sagres and another good attacker



Now lets go to our Midfield players

Eduarso Salvio: We all wanted to see him back to benfica, we finally have him

Pablo Aimar: One of the best Play Makers in the world IMO I love him, he plays well especially against good teams (watch Benfica vs Chelsea)

Nico Gaitan: He is a good player, wanted by big teams like Manchester United

Ola John: haven't seen him playing any official match but I like his way of playing and its just like how Jesus like to play ( its weird that he never let him play) but at least we have a substitute

Carlos Martins: Fantastic crossing ability (watch Real Madrid vs Benfica)

Bruno Cezar: good player, knows his teammates very well.

Nolito: Good LM, attacks very well.

Enzo Perez : I liked his goal against Madrid, but I think he is our worst player IMO

Matic: Our only CDM hope, not bad


Our defense

Luisao: He's been with us for long time now, good header.

Maxi: some times he is better than any attacker I like him.

Garay: one of the best

Melgarejo: Since he like attacking, he will be another Maxi

Jardal: good sub


Now lets remember the game against Chelsea last year. Javi played CB and Witsel RB

We did had a lot of attacks on Arturs goal, but we also attacked them very well and almost won with injured missing players and a really really bad referee.

Since that match, I really start believing in Jorge Jesus ( Most of you will have the opposite opinion)

I wrote all of this because I know how all of you feel.

Thanks for reading, and sorry for my bad writing.

T.C