Champions League Grp Stage Draw [28-08-08]

[dukeofdavinci]

just a few hours away till our fate is know.

seedings for the draw:

Pot 1
1 Manchester United FC (ENG, holders)
2 Chelsea FC (ENG)
3 Liverpool FC (ENG)
4 FC Barcelona (ESP)
5 Arsenal FC (ENG)
6 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
7 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
8 Real Madrid CF (ESP)

Pot2
9FC Bayern München (GER)
10 PSV Eindhoven (NED)
11 Villarreal CF (ESP)
12 AS Roma (ITA)
13 FC Porto (POR)
14 Werder Bremen (GER)
15 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
16 Juventus (ITA)

Pot 3
17 Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
18 FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS)
19 FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
20 Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
21 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
22 Celtic FC (SCO)
23 FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
24 Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)

Pot 4
25 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
26 ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
27 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
28 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
29 CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
30 Aalborg BK (DEN)
31 Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
32 FC BATE Borisov (BLR)


we got another chance to meet roma, and if we meet again i say uefa is whole lots of bullshit and this isnt a draw anymore but a setup.

[dukeofdavinci]

we are in grp E

E:
Manchester United
Celtic
Vilareal
A&B

spanish giants this time around and this fuckin crap celtic???again...man this is not a draw its a sided setup....we get the next toughest grp then grp h.well poor A&B they got to face 3 heavy weights in their first try.inter and barca gets a walk in the park grp while arsenal have a stroll too.

full grp draw:

GRP A
ROMA
Chelsea
Bordeaux
CFR

GRP B
Inter
Bremen
Panathiniakos
Anorthosis

GRP c
Barcelona
Sporting
Basel
Shaktar

GRP D
Liverpool
Marseille
PSV
Atletico

GRP E
Manchester United
Celtic
Vilareal
A&B

GRP F
Lyon
Bayern
Steau
Fiorentina

GRP G
Arsenal
Porto
Fenerbache
Dynamo Kiev

GRP H
Real Madrid
Juventus
Zenit
Bate

[jlae11]

ouch.....

barcelona and inter EASILY have the weakest groups, with arsenal a distant third really.

our group and H are by far the most difficult on paper....

it will definitely be a challenge

[usamu]

Great draw for us. We don't have to travel far, and Villareal is the only squad I can really see pushing us. It will be interesting to see Rossi play against us.

I don't envy Arsenal's group, traveling to Kiev and Fenerbache will not be easy. Liverpool's draw is worse than ours as well. Groups F, G and H look the toughest to me.

[dukeofdavinci]

we come in 2nd place compared to grp h in the killer list.celtic will be a tough test, not just villareal imo.

while barca and inter might as well just give them a spot now in the last 16 setup, i mean draw


here is our full fixture list:


MD1: Manchester United - Villarreal-------[17-09-08]
MD2: AaB - Manchester United-------------[30-09-08]
MD3: Manchester United - Celtic-----------[21-10-08]


MD4: Celtic - Manchester United-----------[05-11-08]
MD5: Villarreal - Manchester United-------[25-11-08]
MD6: Manchester United - AaB-------------[10-12-08]

[kyan]

There's no big deal, I can't see why it would be a fix, I'm happy with the draw, we'll have 2 tough away games v Villarreal & Celtic, but even then they're still matches that can be won.

I doubt Villarreal will just sit back and defend like last time we played them, and United have improved a lot since then.

Qualification should not be a problem at all considering the relative strengths of our team and the others in the group