The much awaited Champions League group draw was held in Monaco and Arsenal are the side which had the worst draw as they were drawn in the group of death. Arsenal who qualified after going through an extra qualifier to get to the groups stages will be very unhappy as they have been drawn with last years finalized Borussia Dortmund and upcoming Napoli who have made some good signings after selling their prized asset Edison Cavani. They also play France's Marseille who arent bad either. The other english teams have a easier draw as Chelsea play Germany's Schalke , Switzerland's Basel and Steaua Bucharest. Chelsea and Schalke are favorites to go through to the next round.
Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad.
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen.
Group C: PSG, Benfica, Olympiakos, Anderlecht.
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, FC Viktoria Plzen.
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, FC Basel, Steaua Bucharest.
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli.
Group G: Porto, Atlético Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna.
Group H: Barcelona, Milan, Ajax, Celtic
Manchester United will be favorite to go through Group A with the other three teams Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and newcomers Real Sociedad of Spain fighting with each other to make the top two from the group. Manchester City after getting tough groups in the past two seasons will be relieved as they should go through with defending Chmapions Bayern Munich from Group D. CSKA Moscow and FC Viktoria Plzen complete the Group D.
Real Madrid will play Italian Champions Juventus along with Turkey's Galatasaray and Danish Champions FC Copenhagen. Big spenders PSG from France play Portuguese Benfica, Greek club Olympiakos, and Belgian champions Anderlecht in Group C. Group G contains Portuguese champions Porto, Spain's Atlético Madrid, Russian Zenit St Petersburg and Austrian Champions Austria Vienna.
Group H has the all reigning champions who have previously won atleast one Champions League trophy in the past. But Group H is not the group of death as Ajax and Celtic havent been the best teams in Europe for some time now and AC Milan arent the team they used to be. Barcelona will be favorite to go through this group with maybe Milan the second favorites.
Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad.
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen.
Group C: PSG, Benfica, Olympiakos, Anderlecht.
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, FC Viktoria Plzen.
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, FC Basel, Steaua Bucharest.
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli.
Group G: Porto, Atlético Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna.
Group H: Barcelona, Milan, Ajax, Celtic
Manchester United will be favorite to go through Group A with the other three teams Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and newcomers Real Sociedad of Spain fighting with each other to make the top two from the group. Manchester City after getting tough groups in the past two seasons will be relieved as they should go through with defending Chmapions Bayern Munich from Group D. CSKA Moscow and FC Viktoria Plzen complete the Group D.
Real Madrid will play Italian Champions Juventus along with Turkey's Galatasaray and Danish Champions FC Copenhagen. Big spenders PSG from France play Portuguese Benfica, Greek club Olympiakos, and Belgian champions Anderlecht in Group C. Group G contains Portuguese champions Porto, Spain's Atlético Madrid, Russian Zenit St Petersburg and Austrian Champions Austria Vienna.
Group H has the all reigning champions who have previously won atleast one Champions League trophy in the past. But Group H is not the group of death as Ajax and Celtic havent been the best teams in Europe for some time now and AC Milan arent the team they used to be. Barcelona will be favorite to go through this group with maybe Milan the second favorites.
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