Seeding pot 1 Bayern MunichTH CC: 146.922 Barcelona CC: 157.605 Chelsea CC: 137.592 Real Madrid CC: 136.605 Manchester United CC: 130.592 Arsenal CC: 113.592 Porto CC: 104.833 Benfica CC: 102.833 Seeding pot 2 Atlético Madrid CC: 99.605 Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 94.951 Milan CC: 93.829 Schalke 04 CC: 84.922 Marseille CC: 78.800 CSKA Moscow CC: 77.766 Paris Saint-Germain CC: 71.800 Juventus CC: 70.829 Seeding pot 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 70.766 Manchester City CC: 70.592 Ajax CC: 64.945 Borussia Dortmund CC: 61.922 Basel CC: 59.785 Olympiacos CC: 57.800 Galatasaray CC: 54.400 Bayer Leverkusen CC: 53.922 Seeding pot 4 Copenhagen CC: 47.140 Napoli CC: 46.829 Anderlecht CC: 44.880 Celtic CC: 37.538 Steaua București CC: 35.604 Viktoria Plzeň CC: 28.745 Real Sociedad CC: 17.605 Austria Wien CC: 16.575 The Estádio da Luz will host the final.
GRUPPO A: United, Schakhtar, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad. GRUPPO B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenaghen GRUPPO C: Benfica, Psg, Olympiakos, Anderlecht GRUPPO D: Bayern Monaco, Cska Mosca, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen GRUPPO E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basilea, Steaua GRUPPO F: Arsenal, Marsiglia, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli GRUPPO G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit, Austria Vienna GRUPPO H: Barcellona, Milan, Ajax, Celtic
The Italian teams caught few breaks. Lord is Napoli's group difficult! Juve going against probably the 2nd best team in the tournament. Milan getting Barca again while having to contend with two teams that won't be easy. Chelsea, PSG, and group G got off easy.
I think Juve style will be better suited against Real Madrid. They don't like top quality teams who defend well that can hit at counters easily.. They like playing against opened ended teams but struggle against organized defense. They are used to play fast counter attacking football, not patient possession.. Who knows this could go in your favor
“It’s a tough draw with fascinating challenges,” Conte told the officialJuventus website. “Real Madrid are one of the favourites for the trophy, one of Juve’s historic rivals in Europe and facing a side of such prestige will be very motivating. “Galatasaray are a team to be feared, have notable quality and can count on a fiery home atmosphere in Istanbul. “From our experience with Nordsjaelland last year, we learned about Danish football. Our focus has to be absolute against Copenhagen too. “Unlike last season, we all know what awaits us now and the sensations you get facing the best teams in the world. “We take on this competition with more experience and awareness of our capabilities, but also a precise idea in our minds: for us Europe is a dream to be chased, knowing that the more we can keep that dream going, the better we’ll get.”
CL: Juve visit Madrid in October By Football Italia staff Juventus start their Champions League campaign in Denmark, conclude in Istanbul and visit Real Madrid on October 23. Copenhagen-Juventus (Sep 17) Juventus-Galatasaray (Oct 2) Real Madrid-Juventus (Oct 23) Juventus-Real Madrid (Nov 5) Juventus-Copenhagen (Nov 27) Galatasaray-Juventus (Dec 10)
First two are a must win given that the first fixture involves the weakest side and the second a home tie. As long Juve can start in a positive manner, the Madrid situation is less worrying as long as Madrid also take full points off everyone else. Group has a similar feel to last year accept Real > Chelsea and perhaps Gala a bit < Shaktar.
i say its pretty much the same. altho real might be > chelsea, the diff is the chelsea game was our very first game in CL and it was away. at least with madrid we have some cushion if we win the first 2 and they win theirs..that way those games are less stressful. Shakhtar is same as gala to me. and the danish side is better than that other side we faced last year.
Let's say it could have come worse. Let's hope that Conte's guys won't drop points against Copenhagen again.
Sneijder, Drogba and Burak are the most dangerous players of Galatasaray, and Real Madrid speaks for itself. I think a draw in Turin is possible, a draw in Bernabeu can only be possible if you park the bus imo. The quest to become 2nd in this group will be interesting.
Yeah like last time ADP ripped you apart by himself at the Bernabeu and Madrid haven't won in Torino since 1961. Good Luck buddy.
Galatasaray are about to sell their best player to Lazio. Shakthar were a much better team in my opinion. In fact they still might be.
All Italian teams have the chance to reach the quarter finals. For all 3 it won't be easy, but obviously, we are ranked as 2nd best in this group and we might stunt against Madrid. We have done it in the past with a worse team than we have now. Napoli won't get ahead of Dortmund, but Arsenal are a mess and have had a horrible transfer window. Arsenal are one of my fav teams but i don't see them doing better than Napoli. Milan should defeat Ajax like they did with PSV and losing away to Celtic isn't horrible. Just win it at home to take the 3 points. It would be pretty cool if we get 3 Italian teams in the QF this season.
I can't see Milan and Napoli make 1st in their group so they probably will not advance from R16... They will be playing 1st place group heavy weights most likely.. I can see Juve make it to QF at least.
Drogba is worrisome. A clutch beast of a player who can decide a match through willpower and often has. I hope he has declined sharply.
Juventus have this afternoon submitted a 24-man squad for this season’s Champions League group stages to UEFA. The full selection is as follows: 1 Buffon 3 Chiellini 4 Caceres 5 Ogbonna 6 Pogba 7 Pepe 8 Marchisio 9 Vucinic 10 Tevez 11 De Ceglie 12 Giovinco 13 Peluso 14 Llorente 15 Barzagli 19 Bonucci 20 Padoin 21 Pirlo 22 Asamoah 23 Vidal 26 Lichtsteiner 27 Quagliarella 30 Storari 33 Isla 34 Rubinho