04/05 Champions League Draw

[Craig]

Draw in full:

GROUP A
Deportivo La Coruna (Spa)
Liverpool (Eng)
Monaco (Fra)
Olympiakos (Gre)

GROUP B
Real Madrid (Spa)
Roma (Ita)
Bayer Leverkusen (Ger)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukr)

GROUP C
Bayern Munich (Ger)
Juventus (Ita)
Ajax (Hol)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Isr)

GROUP D
Manchester United (Eng)
Lyon (Fra)
Sparta Prague (Cze)
Fenerbahçe (Tur)

GROUP E
Arsenal (Eng)
Panathinaikos (Gre)
PSV Eindhoven (Hol)
Rosenborg (Nor)

GROUP F
Barcelona (Spa)
AC Milan (Ita)
Celtic (Sco)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)

GROUP G
Valencia (Spa)
FC Internazionale (Ita)
Anderlecht (Bel)
Werder Bremen (Ger)

GROUP H
Porto (Por)
Chelsea (Eng)
Paris Saint Germain (Fra)
CSKA Moscow (Rus)

Source

The teams in bold represent those of the people on the site who support these clubs, and in the case of Rosenberg, I did it because it is a Norwegan club.

Group A, C, and F looks like the groups of depth IMO.

Apparently in Group H, Roman Abramovich's oil company is a sponsor of CSKA Moscow, and so that is a conflict of interest there IMO, and what a return for Jose Mourinho to Porto the club where he managed to win everything Porto could win, but this time in charge of Chelsea.

 

[Simon]

im quite happy with PSV's draw, we have a pathetic record in europe in recent season, although we did make the QF of the uefa cup last season. I expect we should qualify second behind Arsenal.

Teams i see progressing are
Group A: Deportivo, and Liverpool
Group B: Real Madrid and Leverkusen
Group C: Juventus and Ajax
Group D: Manchester United and Lyon
Group E: Arsenal and PSV
Group F: Barcelona and AC Milan
Group G: Valencia and Inter
Group H: Chelsea and PSG

 

[Tom Halsey]

That draw shows just how lucky AR$ehole are - we should still progress, but they've got such an easy draw!

 

[BoyBrumby]

What a shock to see Moan U get such an easy draw?

Who ever would've thought it?

 

[Simon]

That draw shows just how lucky AR$ehole are - we should still progress, but they've got such an easy draw!

Lucky, PSV are gonna give them are right flogging

 

[Craig]

Lucky, PSV are gonna give them are right flogging

I hope so too

 

[thewizard1o1]

Some very interesting groups...should be a pretty good group stage this season.

GROUP A: Deportivo La Coruna (Spa) and Monaco (Fra).
GROUP B: Real Madrid (Spa) and Roma (Ita).
GROUP C: Bayern Munich (Ger) and Juventus (Ita).
GROUP D: Manchester United (Eng) and Fenerbahçe (Tur).
GROUP E: Arsenal (Eng) and PSV Eindhoven (Hol).
GROUP F: Barcelona (Spa) and AC Milan (Ita).
GROUP G: Valencia (Spa) and FC Internazionale (Ita).
GROUP H: Chelsea (Eng) and Paris Saint Germain (Fra).

 

[Craig]

im quite happy with PSV's draw, we have a pathetic record in europe in recent season, although we did make the QF of the uefa cup last season. I expect we should qualify second behind Arsenal.

Teams i see progressing are
Group A: Deportivo, and Liverpool
Group B: Real Madrid and Leverkusen
Group C: Juventus and Ajax
Group D: Manchester United and Lyon
Group E: Arsenal and PSV
Group F: Barcelona and AC Milan
Group G: Valencia and Inter
Group H: Chelsea and PSG

That is a big call to predict the current CL holders not to make it through to the second round, and for Roma not to make it through though. The Roma v Real Madrid game is looking like it will be a cracker IMO and be one of the best games of the Group stages.

 

[Simon]

Porto have nothing gone, they have lost their best players, their managers, 3rd will be a good position for them, PSG are an under rated side, have guys with european experience and should go quite well.....

 

[thewizard1o1]

Porto have nothing gone, they have lost their best players, their managers, 3rd will be a good position for them, PSG are an under rated side, have guys with european experience and should go quite well.....

PSG has Pauleta...that is all they need

 

[Simon]

PSG has Pauleta...that is all they need

They also Jermone Rothen, played in the final for monaco last year, Mario Yepes, when hes not getting sent off he goes well, Nigerian Strike Ogbeche is pretty good too, two solid keepers in Letizi and Alonso, all round they are a better side than Porto now, on paper at least, a home win against them and an away draw should be good enough to go through, french teams are the masters of the away draws....

 

[Craig]

PSG has Pauleta...that is all they need

I don't think Pauleta is that good.

 

[Jamee999]

Draw in full:

GROUP A
Deportivo La Coruna (Spa)
Liverpool (Eng)
Monaco (Fra)
Olympiakos (Gre)

GROUP B
Real Madrid (Spa)
Roma (Ita)
Bayer Leverkusen (Ger)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukr)

GROUP C
Bayern Munich (Ger)
Juventus (Ita)
Ajax (Hol)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Isr)

GROUP D
Manchester United (Eng)
Lyon (Fra)
Sparta Prague (Cze)
Fenerbahçe (Tur)

GROUP E
Arsenal (Eng)
Panathinaikos (Gre)
PSV Eindhoven (Hol)
Rosenborg (Nor)

GROUP F
Barcelona (Spa)
AC Milan (Ita)
Celtic (Sco)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)

GROUP G
Valencia (Spa)
FC Internazionale (Ita)
Anderlecht (Bel)
Werder Bremen (Ger)

GROUP H
Porto (Por)
Chelsea (Eng)
Paris Saint Germain (Fra)
CSKA Moscow (Rus)

Bold equals my hopes of proggresion

 

[Blewy]

Lucky, PSV are gonna give them are right flogging

HAHAHAHAHA please simon, 3-0 at least...

Your going down!!!!

 

[marc71178]

That draw shows just how lucky AR$ehole are - we should still progress, but they've got such an easy draw!

PSV and Rosenborg are good sides, and didn't Panathanaikos beat Manure last season?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Still think that if they fail to win 6 out of 6, they'll have screwed up a little bit.

 

[marc71178]

I don't think any side will win 6 of 6 in the Group Stages, because a) there's no pushovers and b) if they're guaranteed top spot they'll rest key men.

 

[Cloete]

I don't think any side will win 6 of 6 in the Group Stages, because a) there's no pushovers and b) if they're guaranteed top spot they'll rest key men.

They'll lose to PSV away and draw with PAO. Win the rest IMO.

Away games are never easy in the CL, and Arsenal's European form has left alot to be desired.

 

[Craig]

Bold equals my hopes of proggresion

You will look a genius if they come off, unlikely though.

 

[Simon]

HAHAHAHAHA please simon, 3-0 at least...

Your going down!!!!

haha no, PSV arent crap, we play in a **** league but can match it with the top european sides, id be disapointed if we can take at least 1 point from arsenal...