Champions League Draw

[ToffeeDan]

Those rankings have very little to do with the current quality of the teams, you know. RS are better than most of the Pot 2 teams.

Sure, but it's one measure.. the pairings were going their way so at least they didn't get D.

 

[roydo]

Group A
Atlético Madrid (2)
Borussia Dortmund (1)
Monaco (4)
Club Brugge (2)

Group B
Barcelona (3)
Tottenham Hotspur (7)
PSV Eindhoven (7)
Internazionale (5)

Group C
PSG (7)
Napoli (6)
Liverpool (1)
Red Star Belgrade (7)

Group D
Lokomotiv Moscow (8)
Porto (2)
Schalke (2)
Galatasaray (3)

Group E
Bayern Munich (4)
Benfica (5)
Ajax (5)
AEK Athens (8)

Group F
Manchester City (5)
Shakhtar Donetsk (4)
Lyon (3)
Hoffenheim (6)

Group G
Real Madrid (1)
Roma (8)
CSKA Moscow (6)
Viktoria Plzeň (1)

Group H
Juventus (6)
Manchester United (3)
Valencia (8)
Young Boys (4)

What do the numbers in the brackets mean?

 

[Yid4life]

Lovely stuff.

Barca away...as a football fan you dream of nights like that.

We will walk that group.

Or not.

 

[MikeH72]

Tbh there’s not really a scenario that doesn’t see them qualify no matter who they got. The Anfield factor is too big in Europe. The good thing about this group thouhhnis that they cannot rest their players for any game in it. Last season Klopp was resting his players and winning CL group games 7-0 the group was so poor. City could do that this season. Could make all the difference in the league.

They prey on the nouveau riche teams at Anfield too, it’s really ideal for them. Teams that are naive and treat a game at Anfield as if it’s just another game, and complacent fans that are used to just turning up and winning. They tend to come unstuck against other massive clubs with proper pedigree.

 

[roydo]

The first time I went to Anfield was for the Red Star Belgrade game in 1973. Red Star won 2-1, just saying.......................

I am of similar vintage, and Red Star were a decent team back then. No idea if they are now mind.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

RS finally had a tough group draw? about time.

group D is a joke though, stop seeding russian champions, their coeff ranking actualy makes them 4th pot, but uefa gave them automatic 1st pot.

 

[Blues Harp]

I think I love him yanno. Snide King.

the gobshites will be up in arms about this..lollollol

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

I am of similar vintage, and Red Star were a decent team back then. No idea if they are now mind.

Red Star sold their best player (Nemanja Radonjic) to Marseille the night after qualifying for the group stages. Everton that.

 

[anton66]

I think the welcoming committee might go horribly bad for them this year.

 

[toffeejack]

Without question the best footballer of all time.

 

[KaiserEFC]

lollollol

 

[paulbefc]

What a glorious man Sergio Ramos is.

 

[Big_nev]

Some cracking games to watch from those groups. Will be tough for that lot but I can see them scraping through in second ahead of Napoli although both them and PSG could hurt them on the counter at Anfield.

Spurs on paper looks tough but they will qualify pretty easily for me. Not convinced Inter are good enough to not get hit for three or four away from home.

Man Utd are probably going out under current leadership. The team looks fed up with Mourinho and it's inevitable that Ronaldo scores past them. Don't think Valencia are great like but do you need to be great to beat this Utd side?

Man City? Have qualified.

Group D makes a mockery that this competition houses the best sides in all of Europe. Utter gash group.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

How do they do it??

HOW??

 

[KaiserEFC]

Some cracking games to watch from those groups. Will be tough for that lot but I can see them scraping through in second ahead of Napoli although both them and PSG could hurt them on the counter at Anfield.

Spurs on paper looks tough but they will qualify pretty easily for me. Not convinced Inter are good enough to not get hit for three or four away from home.

Man Utd are probably going out under current leadership. The team looks fed up with Mourinho and it's inevitable that Ronaldo scores past them. Don't think Valencia are great like but do you need to be great to beat this Utd side?

Man City? Have qualified.

Group D makes a mockery that this competition houses the best sides in all of Europe. Utter gash group.

Personally I think group D will be the best, every one of those will proper go for it

 

[Big_nev]

I think the welcoming committee might go horribly bad for them this year.

Have to say as well I'm not in to glorifying any potential violence at football matches, the Spurs fan liking this as well really should know better. Putting rivalries aside it's a sport we should all be able to enjoy and feel safe taking our kids to watch without the potential random weapon wielding dickheads looking for their 5 minutes of fame.