Champions League Grp Stages Draw [28-08-08] - TalkSoccer

**dukeofdavinci** · 28-08-2008, 09:59 AM

our fates will be known in matter of hours.

hoping to avoid some of the big guns.lets have good grp stages then meet the big fishes!!

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)

well u guys can figure up all the possible teams to be paired wth us.

**sinoy1** · 28-08-2008, 02:38 PM

If we get Manchester Im going to Uefa head quarters and go on a hunger strike(if i said anything destructive im afraid some men in black suits would take me away

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**dukeofdavinci** · 28-08-2008, 04:03 PM

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If we get Manchester Im going to Uefa head quarters and go on a hunger strike(if i said anything destructive im afraid some men in black suits would take me away ).

i would go one better and freaking bomb that sorry ass place.if we draw them again its clear that its a setup and not a draw any more.

**dukeofdavinci** · 28-08-2008, 04:47 PM

GRP A:
roma
chelsea
bordeaux
CFR

another english team for us, and man i would love to kick them out early!!but they are a renewed team, and we have tough game on hand.we gotta make the most out of our home games now.we get to visit french runners up also.we get a good result wth the blues and keep our grounds strong wth the the french and romanian side then we can be safe.

here is the 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

lucky inter gets very very easy grp, along wth barca and arsenal.

**dukeofdavinci** · 28-08-2008, 06:30 PM

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Spalletti welcomes 'good' draw Thursday 28 August, 2008

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Roma Coach Luciano Spalletti is happy with the Giallorossi's Champions League draw.

The Italian runners-up were placed in Group A with Chelsea, Bordeaux and Romanian champions CFR Cluj.

And Spalletti had no complaints with the first stage of his quest to lead the Lupi to the Final in their hometown next May.

“It seems like a good group to me and it will certainly be interesting,” the Tuscan tactician said.

“It looks to me like we have been dealt a good hand by the draw and we are satisfied.

“However, clubs like Chelsea always have champions at their disposal and they have that something extra.

“But we will work hard and show the same dedication that has brought us results in recent years.”

good draw, but we need to take control of our fate, cant hope on others to drop points in order for us to qualify.

**sinoy1** · 28-08-2008, 07:04 PM

Bordeux is a tough team.Like Sporting last year they will make you work.

Chelsea should be a damn fun test.Cant wait for that game.

Forza_Roma · 28-08-2008, 07:17 PM

CFR is going to need CPR after Roma are done with them lol

**Jager** · 28-08-2008, 08:10 PM

Tougher group, that that of Inter. Not as tough as Juve's group.

Roma must not underestimate Bordeux, the problem that I have seen is that Roma are hot or cold, but I don't know how they approach this season.

LaVecchiaSignora · 28-08-2008, 10:19 PM

This is a good draw i think...chealsea will be our biggest competition...hopefully totti will be ready to go by the time we play them, and we wont have any other big injuries...

How many teams from each group move on here 1 or 2?

BOBOGOL · 29-08-2008, 03:13 AM

top 2 move on whilst third goes to the UEFA Cup

Pretty good draw.
Chelsea will try to get the best out of us...and Bordeaux were runners up last year in Ligue 1 so they will be testing as well.
It's good that Roma are finally in a group with a whipping team...usually we go into tough groups consisting of Spanish, English clubs and Shakthar Donetsk

**dukeofdavinci** · 29-08-2008, 04:23 AM

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Roma must not underestimate Bordeux, the problem that I have seen is that Roma are hot or cold, but I don't know how they approach this season.

yep, as i ve said earlier, if we can hold on to the blues games and win the ones wth the french team then we are safe.im confident wth blues game, what i worry is the cfr away game.its a tough traveling for us in particular.but at least its just to one game.

full schdule:

ROMA-CFR--------[16-09-08]
Bordeux ROMA---[01-10-08]
chelsea -ROMA---[22-10-08]

ROMA-chelsea----[04-11-08]
CFR-ROMA---------[26-11-08]
ROMA-Borduex---[09-12-08]

if we can manage 2 win and 2 draws in the first 4 games, by the time we visit CFR we can alredy have secured our qualification.

Forza_Roma · 29-08-2008, 01:12 PM

I don't mind playing Chelsea...although they are great, i think we will have an easier time then playing against Man U.

Let's hope Roma finally get some luck in England!!!!

LaVecchiaSignora · 29-08-2008, 11:14 PM

Man U is obvioulsy the better team...i know we are going to face them later in the Tournament...we need to beat them this season...it would be such sweet revenge!