Champions League: Group Stage Draw discussion

Ha yeah got my seasons messed up. Jovetic raping us in 2009-10

yes I

Don't call me James wrote:Ha yeah got my seasons messed up. Jovetic raping us in 2009-10

And Liverpool "relegated " in EL and it was close to go in final , then Aguero-Forlan destroyed the dream.
GOAT Hodgson in that year in EL.
I can remind everything about 2009 2010 for logical reasons

Italy will lose anohter team in CL,  just Juve will pass
It wouldn't be a bad news indeed , if Roma and Napoli don't snub EL  Italy can earn so many points on ranking . Surely more than it would have done with CL  And I don't think they will snub anyway. Benitez doesn't snub Europa League and Roma has never won an European cup in it history , so it could be a great chance

Robespierre wrote:Italy will lose anohter team in CL, just Juve will pass
It wouldn't be a bad news indeed , if Roma and Napoli don't snubb EL Italy can earn so many points on ranking . Surely more than it would have done with CL

And Juve get moarr CL monies.Win-win scenario imo

Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

I'm just gutted Malmo didn't go to group F.

The dream group of Atleti-Juve-Liverpool-Monaco was sooooooo close

sportsczy wrote:Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

Coopenhagen in EL

Malmoe is not a great memory for Italian clubs.
It knocked out Inter of Matthaus in CL 1989 The Malmoe manager was Roy Hodgson
But this is just our problem probably, we were knocked also by Helsinborgs in CL play off 2000 ;( I never trust of Swedish teams for this reason

sportsczy wrote:Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

Juventus has a better team than Atletico IMO.

sportsczy wrote:Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

Atleast i know the Qatari's will get curb stomped this season in the group stage,no Porto or Benfica to bully around

WTF IS THIS

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/13/80/00/2138000_DOWNLOAD.pdf

The schedule is out as well.

Matchday 1: LFC vs Ludogorets
Matchday 2: Basel vs LFC
Matchday 3: LFC vs Madrid
Matchday 4: Madrid vs LFC
Matchday 5: Ludogorets vs LFC
Matchday 6: LFC vs. Basel

Fantastic schedule for us. Basel at home on the last day gives us a good advantage over them.

Olimpiakos has lost even Manolas and Mitroglou . Juve will pass easily imo the group with GOAT CL  Allegri
for me it is better so , Juve was really close to win EL 2014 and I wouldn't like to have again this risk

Liverpool-Basel already played in past I remind, it was 2002-2003^?

Balotelli vs Samuel I can't miss this match

El Cujo wrote:

sportsczy wrote:Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

Juventus has a better team than Atletico IMO.

Lol no chance.

El Cujo wrote:

sportsczy wrote:Juve counting its chickens Atleti are MUCH better than Juve and Olympiacos are better than last year's Galatassaray.... it's a toss up between Malmo and Coopenhagen

Juventus has a better team than Atletico IMO.

Robespierre wrote:Liverpool-Basel already played in past I remind, it was 2002-2003^?

Balotelli vs Samuel I can't miss this match

Yeah I remember facing Basel back then. They were our practice for Istanbul

they were beating us 3-0 at half time when we came back and drew 3-3 in the second.

Don't call me James wrote:

Robespierre wrote:Liverpool-Basel already played in past I remind, it was 2002-2003^?

Balotelli vs Samuel I can't miss this match

Yeah I remember facing Basel back then. They were our practice for Istanbul

they were beating us 3-0 at half time when we came back and drew 3-3 in the second.

Now I understand because I reminded this match even if I am not a Liverpool fan It was unreal

Not a good draw overall but still interesting matches with new teams involves like Roma and Liverpool.


Group A: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Olympiacos, Malmo

Atletico and Juve to battle for the first obviously. H2H between those two should determine that. But Olympiacos away is tricky. Malmo

1) Juve 2) Atletico 3)Olympiacos 4)Malmo

Group B: Real Madrid, Basel, Liverpool, Ludogorets

Madrid and Liverpool obvious favourites. Their own matches will be great. Not sure about Basel away though.

1) Madrid 2) Liverpool 3) Basel 4) Ludogorets

Group C: Benfica, Zenit, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco

No one cares about this group. If Falcao stays then it gets interesting. Otherwise whatever.

1) Leverkusen 2) Benfica 3) Zenit 4) Monaco

Group D: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Anderlecht

Dortmund AGAIN for the 3rd time in 4 years. But we should be alright. Better than last year.

1) Arsenal 2) Dortmund 3) Galatasaray 4) Anderlecht

Group E: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, Roma

Unlucky Roma. Bayern and City again. This time can see City progress beyond.

1) City 2) Bayern 3) Roma 4) Moscow

Group F: Barcelona, PSG, Ajax, APOEL,

Barca n PSG again lol. Poor Ajax n APOEL.

1) Bracelona 2) PSG 3) Ajax 4) APOEL

Group G: Chelsea, Schalke, Sporting Lisbon, Maribor

LOL chelsea getting an extremely difficult group again.

1) Chelsea 2) Schalke 3) Lisbon 4) Haribo Sweets

Group H: FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao, BATE Borisov

Another group no one cares about. Usually there is only one of those but we get two this time.

1) Porto 2) Bilbao 3) Shaktar Donetsk 4) Bate Motel

22 October: Liverpool-Real Madrid
25/26 October: Real Madrid-Barca



Though I think we've got Chelsea that week in PL

Atleti vs Juve will be a win-win for me.

If Atleti beat Juve home and away (which is honestly what is likely to happen imo) then I'll get to have some top bantz with Surag.

If Atleti lose then I'll be happy as well because what self respecting club loses to Juve in Europe

Bonus if Morata is the one to lead Juve to victory, bah gawd

Liverpool followed by El Clasico.

Don't call me James wrote:22 October: Liverpool-Real Madrid
25/26 October: Real Madrid-Barca



Though I think we've got Chelsea that week in PL

Looks like it'll have to be the B team vs Pool in that case. Should be enough imo

Matchday 1 fixtures:

Tuesday, 16th September

Olympiakos vs Atletico
Juventus vs Malmo
Liverpool vs Ludogorets
Real Madrid vs Basel
Monaco vs Leverkusen
Benfica vs Zenit
Galatasaray vs Anderlecht
Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal

Wednesday, 17th September

Roma vs CSKA
Bayern vs City
Barcelona vs APOEL
Ajax vs PSG
Chelsea vs Schalke
Maribor vs Sporting CP
Porto vs BATE
Athletic vs Shakhtar

Everybody seems to think City will top the group against us

All La Liga teams can top their groups. Those coefficient ratings gonna sky rocket.