Champions League draws up a surprise or two
The draw for the Champions League Group stage was made today in Monaco and it threw out quite a few mouth-watering surprises. The 32 Teams involved in today’s draw were seeded and placed in one of 4 Pots ,according to UEFA Co-efficiency ratings, these pots emptied one by one would fill the four places in each of the 8 available groups. The announcement was long awaited by the International Footballing community and did not disappoint. Some of the clashes include a rematch between Real Madrid and their bogey team Lyon, Chelsea new boy Juan Mata facing his old club Valencia, Arsene Wenger facing Marseillie from his home country, Man City getting a chance to test themselves against German giants Bayern Munich, Barca face the uncertainty of Belarus and the Czech Republic to face BATE Borisov and Viktoria Plzen respectively, United face 2 old enemies
And the big one Barcelona, Current champions of Europe, face the 2nd most decorated team in the competition ,AC Milan.
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
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Bayern Munich |
Inter Milan |
Man Utd |
Real Madrid |
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Villareal |
CSKA Moscow |
Benefica |
Lyon |
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Man City |
Lille |
Basel |
Ajax |
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Napoli |
Trabzonspor |
Otelul Galati |
Dinamo Zagreb |
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Group E |
Group F |
Group G |
Group H |
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Chelsea |
Arsenal |
Porto |
Barcelona |
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Valencia |
Marseillie |
Shakhtar Donetsk |
AC Milan |
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Bayern Leverkusen |
Olympiakos |
Zenitt ST. Petersburg |
BATE Borisov |
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Genk |
Arsenal |
Apoel FC |
Viktoria Plzen |
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