Champions League Draw 8/30

[GersMan]

Did I miss this somewhere else?

[tronix]

Group A
LIVERPOOL
Porto
Marseille
Besiktas


Group B
CHELSEA
Valencia
Schalke 04
Rosenborg


Group C
REAL MADRID
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiakos


Group D
AC MILAN
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk


Group E
BARCELONA
Lyon
Stuttgart
Rangers


Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dynamo Kiev


Group G
INTER MILAN
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce


Group H
ARSENAL
Sevilla/AEK Athens
Steau Bucharest
Slavia Prague

[tronix]

Groups B & E look interesting...

Looking forward to the Man U/Roma games. Wouldn't surprise me to see Sevilla pip Arsenal for #1 in Group H, either...

[9_kezman]

Group G
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
FENERBAHÇE

hahah....i'm so happy for this draw...:):)

[Fry36]

Group G
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
FENERBAHÇE

hahah....i'm so happy for this draw...:):)


Dude I made 2 sets of groups in my head and this was the first one I was hoping to get. We just might have a chance. :D

[tigerdave]

Wow. Hardly a straight-forward group, and three of them look particularly tricky at some level or another.

Group E is easily the hardest group, and could be even more competitive if Rangers play well. They're capable of stealing some points from Lyon and Stuttgart, but they're just as capable of getting shut out altogether.

Group B is also tough, and I think that Manchester United might find their group a little more difficult than it looks on paper.

Milan, Inter, Real Madrid and Liverpool should all win their groups comfortably, but that second knockout spot and the Uefa Cup spot from each group are wide open for the taking in those groups.

Predictions guaranteed to go wrong:

Advancing to knockout stages - Liverpool, Marseille, Chelsea, Valencia, Real Madrid, Lazio, Milan, Celtic, Barcelona, Stuttgart, Man United, Roma, Inter, PSV, Arsenal, Sevilla (it'll be Steaua if AEK somehow overturn that first-leg deficit).

Uefa Cup - Porto, Schalke, Werder Bremen, Benfica, Lyon, Sporting, Fenerbahce, Steaua

[Cris 09]

Out of habit, I was looking for Bayern Munich...LOL!! Wierd to not see them play in the CL!

[GersMan]

Out of habit, I was looking for Bayern Munich...LOL!! Wierd to not see them play in the CL!

THAT'S what's missing here. That IS weird.

For Rangers this year, it was just a matter of qualifying and getting the TV money. A league title has to be a priority of any sort of CL run (and after THIS draw, that shouldn't be hard to remember.

[pablo85]

group B the hardest, followed by group E.