Champions League Group stage draw..

[FXBlade]

Group A: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Twente.
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
Group C: Manchester United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor.
Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan.
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj.
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina.
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre.
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, FK Partizan.


I would like to say that an English team has an easy group, but none of them really do.

I would expect arsenal to qualify top of their group, as would chelsea being the current form they are in.

Utd should win their group, but Valencia always seem to be their bogey team, and to face Rangers again, the away leg may just be tricky.

I feel sorry for spurs as their group is definately one of the trickiest, but there is a huge possibility that they qualify in 2nd behind Inter

[Cory]

Group A: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Twente.
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
Group C: Manchester United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor.
Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan.
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj.
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina.
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre.
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, FK Partizan.

[Rob]

Inter, Spurs
Lyon, Benfica
Man United, Valencia
Barcelona, Copenhagen
Bayern, Roma
Chelsea, Marseille
Ac Milan, Real Madrid
Arsenal, SHakhtar Donetsk


That's the way I see it going. Don't be surprised if Man Utd or Arsenal fail to qualify for the next round though

[Kirk]

Chelski have a harder draw than Utd. They have to go to Russia and play Marseille. The only difficult team in Utd's group is Valencia. I don't know where this inflated opinion of Rangers has come from. They would struggle to get past a group of Championship teams.

[Adam Wrong]

to be honest - it's fucking rigged anyway to ensure the safety of the big clubs... BOOOOOOOORING

[Kirk]

That's true. The group stages are about money, not good football and exciting games.