Champions League Draw

[Juventus FC]

WTF how are Sevilla, Arsenal in pool A and Real Madrid in Pool B.

What a joke the groups the Italian teams draw and the English get out easy.

Bayern
Juve
Bordeax
Maccabbi Hifa


Inter
Barca
Dinamo
Ruban Kazam

AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

[Blue Mastiff]

The Champions League draw has hardly been kind to Italian clubs with Milan set to take on Real Madrid’s Kaka and Inter facing Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Barcelona in the group stages.

The Rossoneri, who sold the Brazilian international to the Spaniards in the summer for £56m, were among the top seeds but have been paired with Real Madrid, Marseille and FC Zurich in Group C.

Inter, on the other hand, will have to play the European champions just months after the two clubs swapped Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto’o.

Joining the Nou Camp and San Siro giants in Group F are Dinamo Kiev and Russian minnows Rubin Kazan.

Juventus, who are seriously targeting top honours this season after their summer spending spree, won’t have it easy in the group stages either.

The Old Lady have been paired with German giants Bayern Munich, the dangerous Bordeaux and Maccabi Haifa of Israel in Group A.

Fiorentina were expecting a tough section given that they were only among the third seeds and so it proved.

Although Debrecen of Hungary shouldn’t pose too many problems, they’ll also have to face Champions League specialists Liverpool and Lyon – a side they played last term.

Meanwhile, Manchester United will have to navigate some tough away trips but will be confident of qualification for the last 16.

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, formerly of Milan, will have to guide the Blues through a pool that contains Porto, Atletico Madrid and APOEL Nicosia.

Group G looks to be the weakest of all the sections with Sevilla, Rangers, Stuttgart and Unirea Urziceni .

And Arsenal will be confident of topping Group H given that they have been paired with AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege.

The group stage games will take place on: 15/16 September, 29/30 September, 20/21 October, 3/4 November, 24/25 November, 8/9 December.

[El Pibe D'Oro]

WTF how are Sevilla, Arsenal in pool A and Real Madrid in Pool B.

What a joke the groups the Italian teams draw and the English get out easy.

Bayern
Juve
Bordeax
Maccabbi Hifa


Inter
Barca
Dinamo
Ruban Kazam

AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

Real havent got past the second stage for about 5-6 years and their co-efficient is garbage now.

Arsenal have made 2 semi's and a final in the last three years.

Bit confused about sevilla though.

[TOPGUNJIMMYAUFC]

we are groub B.

an we ain't favorites for once in our group...

how good ey,

go man united oleeeeeeee

[BTAC]

we are groub B.

an we ain't favorites for once in our group...

how good ey,

go man united oleeeeeeee

How are you not favourites for your group?....

[Chelsea4thewin]

you could of posted all the groups :?

[Juventus FC]

you could of posted all the groups :?

Could have

[TOPGUNJIMMYAUFC]

Champions League match schedule



August 27, 2009 12:00am
MATCH schedule for the first round of games in the Champions League group stage after the draw was made.

Group A
Bayern Munich (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Bordeaux (FRA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

Group B
Manchester United (ENG)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Besiktas (TUR) favorite i think...
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

Group C
AC Milan (ITA)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Marseille (FRA)
Zurich (SUI)

Group D
Chelsea (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Atletico Madrid (ESP)
APOEL (CYP)

Group E
Liverpool (ENG)
Lyon (FRA)
Fiorentina (ITA)
Debrecen (HUN)

Group F
Barcelona (ESP)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
Rubin Kazan (RUS)

Group G
Sevilla (ESP)
Rangers (SCO)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Unirea Urziceni (ROM)

Group H
Arsenal (ENG)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Standard Liege (BEL)



Tuesday, Sept 15

Group A
Juventus (ITA) v Bordeaux (FRA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v Bayern Munich (GER)

Group B
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) v CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Besiktas (TUR) v Manchester United (ENG)

Group C
FC Zurich (SUI) v Real Madrid (ESP)
Marseille (FRA) v AC Milan (ITA)

Group D
Chelsea (ENG) v FC Porto (POR)
Atletico Madrid (ESP) v APOEL (CYP)

Wednesday, Sept 16

Group E
Liverpool (ENG) v Debrecen (HUN)
Lyon (FRA) v Fiorentina (ITA)

Group F
Inter Milan (ITA) v Barcelona (ESP)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Rubin Kazan (RUS)

Group G
Stuttgart (GER) v Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
Sevilla (ESP) v Unirea Urziceni (ROM)

Group H
Olympiakos (GRE) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Standard Liege (BEL) v Arsenal (ENG)

[Chelsea4thewin]

chelsea's group is pretty tough but should get through no problems

[champion_101]

barca v inter will be good

imbra vs inter
eto vs barca

[barbarez01]

Real havent got past the second stage for about 5-6 years and their co-efficient is garbage now.

Arsenal have made 2 semi's and a final in the last three years.

Bit confused about sevilla though.

Sevilla are in Pot 1 mostly because of winning the UEFA Cup, which helped them out alot with their coefficient... also played in europe all 5 of the past years if im not mistaken?..

[BTAC]

Champions League match schedule

Group B
Manchester United (ENG)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Besiktas (TUR) favorite i think...
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

You've gotta be having a laugh..

[Le King]

pool not 2 get past group stage

[Judge Judy]

hahahahaha

now we know TGJ has been pullin' our leg this whole time

brilliant

[ruud]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

[Ronnie]

top gun jimmy
you are an absolute joker!!
besiktas? are you kidding me?
i could understand if you were saying this as a joke, but you are dead set serious.
oh and if you go blowing that whistle in the bar after the game tonight, it will be rammed down your uneducated throat!

[Litmanen]

Kaka' V AC milan. I wonder what kind of reception he'll get......

Arsenal get a free ticket in again, shiraz......

[Juvefan 08]

Arsenal have it easy!! definetly should seal qualification with 4 games.

some good games in the 1st few rounds.. milan/madrid , bayern/juve , barca/inter

gonna be a good competition this year

[don poosti]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

so do i

[TOPGUNJIMMYAUFC]

top gun jimmy
you are an absolute joker!!
besiktas? are you kidding me?
i could understand if you were saying this as a joke, but you are dead set serious.
oh and if you go blowing that whistle in the bar after the game tonight, it will be rammed down your uneducated throat!

i meant woffsberg farrrrrrrrr kennnnnnnn


sorry people......and fkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u......................

[Le King]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

hw r they a top seed when they come 3rd or 4th the last few seasons n sum1 like madrid who comes in the top 2 is in the 2nd seed????

[pires7]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

Tough away trips to consider. Plus we are the only non league champions in our group so the other sqauds should clearly be good under pressure

[Nice One Cyril]

The 'lucky' tag has always followed the Woolwich Wanderers

[MG&Son]

top gun jimmy
you are an absolute joker!!
besiktas? are you kidding me?
i could understand if you were saying this as a joke, but you are dead set serious.
oh and if you go blowing that whistle in the bar after the game tonight, it will be rammed down your uneducated throat!

your a bottle of shiraz idiot mate??

[delfino_1936]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

hw r they a top seed when they come 3rd or 4th the last few seasons n sum1 like madrid who comes in the top 2 is in the 2nd seed????

IT'S NOT BASED ON CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES!!!
it's based on EUROPEAN RESULTS!!!!!!!

Real Madrid haven't made the Quater finals in a long long time!

Arsenal 2006- final...2007- Last 16.....2008- Quaters....2009- Semi Finals

much better record than Real Madrid!

[BTAC]

top gun jimmy
you are an absolute joker!!
besiktas? are you kidding me?
i could understand if you were saying this as a joke, but you are dead set serious.
oh and if you go blowing that whistle in the bar after the game tonight, it will be rammed down your uneducated throat!

i meant woffsberg farrrrrrrrr kennnnnnnn


sorry people......and fkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u......................

Wolfsburg aren't considered favourites either..Keep trying though. It's pretty funny seeing you dig yourself a hole.

[berbatov]

i love how arsenal gets an easy group EVERY SINGLE YEAR

hw r they a top seed when they come 3rd or 4th the last few seasons n sum1 like madrid who comes in the top 2 is in the 2nd seed????

IT'S NOT BASED ON CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES!!!
it's based on EUROPEAN RESULTS!!!!!!!

Real Madrid haven't made the Quater finals in a long long time!

Arsenal 2006- final...2007- Last 16.....2008- Quaters....2009- Semi Finals

much better record than Real Madrid!

thank you!

when will people learn this? its really not that hard to figure out!

[The Joker]

United should get through. The only thing I am worried about is the away matches in Turkey and Moscow.

[andyb]

Champions League match schedule



August 27, 2009 12:00am
MATCH schedule for the first round of games in the Champions League group stage after the draw was made.

Group A
Bayern Munich (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Bordeaux (FRA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

Group B
Manchester United (ENG)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Besiktas (TUR)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

Group C
AC Milan (ITA)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Marseille (FRA)
Zurich (SUI)

Group D
Chelsea (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Atletico Madrid (ESP)
APOEL (CYP)

Group E
Liverpool (ENG)
Lyon (FRA)
Fiorentina (ITA)
Debrecen (HUN)

Group F
Barcelona (ESP)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
Rubin Kazan (RUS)

Group G
Sevilla (ESP)
Rangers (SCO)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Unirea Urziceni (ROM)

Group H
Arsenal (ENG)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Standard Liege (BEL)


My tips to make the next round (in blue)

Arsenal get another easy run... Liverpool to have a bad season and to fall over at the first hurdle. Maybe the Spanish and Italian teams can carry the load a bit more this season and not leave 3/4 semi final spots to English teams again....

[ruud]

people seem to be forgetting that liverpool play their best football on the european stage...