UEFA Champions League 2018/19

[Malenko]

Thanks!

Fair play to Red Star then, going through all 4 qualifying rounds.

[Baddar]

Hate these awards mid draw. Just fucking get on with it!

[Lineker]

GROUP A
Atlético Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Monaco
Club Brugge

GROUP B
Barcelona
Tottenham
PSV
Inter Milan

GROUP C
PSG
Napoli
Liverpool
Red Star Belgrade

GROUP D
Lokomotiv Moscow
Porto
Schalke
Galatasaray

GROUP E
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Ajax
AEK Athens

GROUP F
Man City
Shakhtar
Lyon
Hoffenheim

GROUP G
Real Madrid
Roma
CSKA Moscow
Viktoria Plzeň

GROUP H
Juventus
Man Utd
Valencia
Young Boys

[Baddar]

Pogba v Ronaldo then.

Well, United v Juventus but might as well say it as it will be billed.

[FLiam]

14 minutes ago, Lineker said:

GROUP A
Atlético Madrid
Borussia Dortmund

GROUP B
Barcelona
Tottenham

GROUP C
PSG
Napoli

GROUP D
Lokomotiv Moscow
Porto

GROUP E
Bayern Munich
Benfica

GROUP F
Man City
Shakhtar
Lyon

GROUP G
Real Madrid
Roma

GROUP H
Juventus
Man Utd

Smaller groups than usual then.

[Lineker]

1 minute ago, Liam Mk2 said:

Smaller groups than usual then.

I know that you're unfamiliar with the competition but the draw stage is actually still ongoing!

[FLiam]

I see Man City received a bye.

[Lineker]

Group of Death for Liverpool!

[FLiam]

Juventus and Valencia will be happy to avoid one of the better teams from pot 2 there.

[DavidMarrio]

3 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Group of Death for Liverpool!

Group of death for PSG and Napoli more like...

[Lineker]

27 minutes ago, Lineker said:

GROUP B
Barcelona
Tottenham
PSV
Inter Milan

Quietly confident that we can finish second - we should be really.

[FLiam]

Only just dawned on me that Ronaldo is at Juventus. That will be an interesting one against United.

[Hobo]

34 minutes ago, DavidMarrio said:

Group of death for PSG and Napoli more like...

Yeah I don't think it's that bad a group really. 

[Adam]

I think Spurs have got just as tough a group as Liverpool, but they should both feel they have a good chance to go through.

[Szumi]

I think people are really overrating Inter Milan, truthfully. 

[FestiveJack]

Both Milan clubs are trading off of past successes in terms of name quality.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Tottenham and Liverpool are both one of the best 16 clubs in Europe. It may not be simple, but they should both qualify.

If we rate the best team in each pot an 8 and the worst a 1, these are the groups in order of toughness.

Group A: 27

Group G : 20

Group D : 19

Group C : 16 (Liverpool)

Group F : 16 (Man City)

Group H : 16 (Man Utd)

Group E : 15

Group B: 13 (Tottenham)

[Noah]

So I guess Jose wins another Europa league for us then! 

[Baddar]

2 hours ago, Noah said:

So I guess Jose wins another Europa league for us then! 

Got to finish above Young Boys first...

Looking at the fixtures, YB away and Valencia at home are must win to start the campaign. Juventus back-to-back on Matchdays 3 and 4 could be brutal, especially if we're not on maximum points heading into them.

[Lineker]

Red Star Belgrade have said they will protect Xherdan Shaqiri from “unwanted situations” when the Liverpool winger arrives for their Champions League group match in November.