2011/2012 UEFA Champions League

[Starvinho]

Benfica 3-1 FC Twente (agg 5-3)

Plzen 2-1 FC Copenhagen (agg 5-2)

Rubin Kazan 1-1 Lyon (agg 2-4)

SK Sturm Graz 0-2 BATE Borisov (agg 1-3)

Udinese 1-2 Arsenal (agg 1-3)

Group stage draw is tomorrow afternoon.

[Starvinho]

Pot 1

Manchester United

Barcelona

Chelsea

Bayern Munich

Arsenal

Real Madrid

Porto

Inter Milan

Pot 2

AC Milan

Lyon

Shakhtar Donetsk

Valencia

Benfica

Villarreal

CSKA Moscow

Marseille

Pot 3

Zenit St Petersburg

Ajax

Bayer Leverkusen

Olympiakos

Manchester City

Lille

Basel

BATE Borisov

Pot 4

Borussia Dortmund

Napoli

Dynamo Zagreb

APOEL Nicosia

Genk

FC Viktoria Plzen

Otelul Galati

Trabzonspor

Hoping for the easiest draw possible but I'd feel confident in beating anyone from pots 2-4. Shakhtar, BATE and Otelul Galati would be a really nice group for us. Like I said before I think there will be at least one group of death, Barcelona, AC Milan, Man City and Dortmund anyone? The draw will be on SSN later today about 5pm for us in the UK.

[The Quasi Juice]

I'd like to see;

Group A (group of Ukrainian ownage)

Real Madrid

Shakthar

Leverkusen

APOEL

Group B (group of entertaining football)

Arsenal

Benfica

Lille

Borussia Dortmund

Group C (group of death please)

Barcelona

AC Milan

Man City

Vikoria Plzen (to just get raped)

Group D (group of lame)

Porto

Lyon

Basel

Trabzonspor

Group E (group of come oooon Ajax)

Man Utd

Valencia

Ajax

Genk

Group F (group of the Italian lucky draw)

Inter Milan

Villareal

Olympiakos

Dynamo Zagreb

Group G (group of Chelsea struggling.......and blue shirts )

Chelsea

Marseille

Zenit

Napoli

Group H (group of Robben demolishing everyone)

Bayern Munich

CSKA Moscow

BATE

Otelul

[stokeriño]

Group G (group of Chelsea struggling.......and blue shirts )

Chelsea

Marseille

Zenit

Napoli

Eh. Marseille for a second season in a row would be thoroughly tedious.

Maybe we'll get Benfica. Could be interesting since we've bought enough of their players in recent times.

[stokeriño]

Hooray, endless UEFA pre-draw faff...

Going to edit the draw in here in real time. Gives me something to do.

GROUP A

1. Bayern Munich

2. Villarreal

3. Manchester City

4. Napoli

GROUP B

1. Inter Milan

2. CSKA Moscow

3. Lille

4. Trabzonspor

GROUP C

1. Manchester United

2. Benfica

3. FC Basel

4. Otelul Galati

GROUP D

1. Real Madrid

2. Lyon

3. Ajax

4. Dinamo Zagreb

GROUP E

1. Chelsea

2. Valencia

3. Bayer Leverkusen

4. Genk

GROUP F

1. Arsenal

2. Marseille

3. Olympiakos

4. Borussia Dortmund

GROUP G

1. Porto

2. Shakhtar Donetsk

3. Zenit St. Petersburg

4. APOEL Nicosia

GROUP H

1. Barcelona

2. AC Milan

3. BATE Borisov

4. Viktoria Plzen

[Starvinho]

Get in we're in Group C!

Edit:

Sir Bobby!

Edited August 25, 2011 by Starvinho

[stokeriño]

These guys need to get their heads straight. Not only confusing Lyon and Marseille, but then 'D' and 'E'.

Edit: Valencia for Chelsea. Immediate trip back for Mata!

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Benfica for us so far then, really looking forward to that one.

[Starvinho]

I'm happy with Benfica, one of the 'easier' teams out of Pot 2.

[stokeriño]

Reeeaaally pulling for City to end up in Group H...

[Starvinho]

The group of death is shaping very nicely then. Any of the Pot 3 teams along with Dortmund/Napoli would be mouth-watering.

[Pesci]

Man City in Group H, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease footballing gods!

If not, Group A or (to a lesser extent) D at least.

[Starvinho]

I want Basel out of Pot 3 please...

[stokeriño]

Oh. Apparently City had to be in Groups A-D (probably because there are already two English clubs in E-H?).

[Starvinho]

Yeah it's because 2 English teams on each match day. City still have a hard group so far.

And we get Basel

As for Pot 4, anyone apart from Dortmund, Napoli and Trabzonspor please...

Edited August 25, 2011 by Starvinho

[Colly]

Gullit is dying to tell the host his craic is shit. Fake laughing, sighing, quick ball opening, he's not arsed at all. I'd be more amused if he wasn't such a dick of course.

[Pesci]

I'll take Bayern, Villarreal and Man City. That's six interesting games right there. Now Napoli to top it off if possible.

[stokeriño]

Hard to judge Chelsea's group so far. Not a group of death but not a walk in the park either. Interesting, I guess.

[Pesci]

Lothar Matthaus stole Boris Becker's voice.

[Baddar]

I don't want Napoli. They're good on FIFA.