We are in Pot 2. Here are the pots: Pot 1: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg. Pot 2:Tottenham, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ajax, Benfica. Pot 3: Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, RB Salzburg, Olympiakos, Club Brugge, Valencia, Internazionale, Dinamo Zagreb. Pot 4: Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Atalanta, Lille.
Best option: Zenit Zagreb Red Star (well, anybody but Gala or Atlanta) Worst option: Barca Inter Lokomotiv/Gala Likley: Bayern Lyon Atalanta
Draw in full: Group A Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray. Group B Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos, Red Star Belgrade. Group C Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta. Group D Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moskva. Group E Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk. Group F Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Internazionale, Slavia Praha. Group G Zenit Saint Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon, RB Leipzig. Group H Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, Lille. F is definitely the group of death, City of course got the easiest group (C). Group G is the most balanced.
Geez, group F Group D is not so easy, either. I can see Gala steeling a point or three from PSG or Real Yeah, Man City Spurs are not in a bad place. Under performing is always a concern. Will need to see how Spurs handle the travel, though. Greece can be a long trip there and back.
Here is our fixture list for the CL: Wed., Sept. 18, 12:55 ET: Olympiakos (A) Tues., Oct. 1, 3 pm ET: Bayern (H) Tues, Oct. 22, 3 pm ET: Red Star (H) Wed., Nov. 6, 3 pm ET: Red Star (A) Tues., Nov. 26, 3 pm ET: Olympiakos (H) Wed., Dec. 11, 3 pm ET: Bayern (A)
can't really complain about that. a nice marquee tie in Munich and two very beatable teams from pots 3 and 4. I usually like the biggest ties possible throughout, but the way we've started, I'll take a less intimidating group.