Champions League draw

[TBM]

i) Lyon and AC Milan are the lowest ranked Pot One teams
ii) Real Madrid are the team to avoid in Pot Two
iii) The weakest team in Pot Two is Panathinaikos
iv) Tottenham are the strongest team in Pot Three. Spartak Moscow are the weakest
v) FC Twente are the team to avoid in Pot Four. The lowest ranked are MSK Zilina


Pot Four: Hapoel Tel Aviv, FC Twente, Rubin Kazan, Auxerre, CFR Cluj, Partizan Belgrade, MSK Zilina, Bursaspor.

Pot Three: Tottenham, Rangers, Ajax, Schalke, Basle, Braga, FC Copenhagen, Spartak Moscow.

Pot Two: Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille, Panathinaikos.

Pot One: Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Lyon.

[heathrow royal]

Just get on with it already

[bobbybottler]

That Infostrada stuff is based on what team's did last year, and doesn't account for teams such as Twente losing their manager, best defender, striker, and principal creative midfielder. They'll finish bottom of their group.

[heathrow royal]

United avoid Real Madrid but get paired with AC Milan, those 2 games will be good to watch. I reckon spurs will get drawn into group G with Real and AC

[Wax Jacket]

United avoid Real Madrid but get paired with AC Milan, those 2 games will be good to watch. I reckon spurs will get drawn into group G with Real and AC

[bassavage]

Spuds in with Inter and Werder Bremen, they've got a chance of sneaking through.

[heathrow royal]

Spuds in with Inter and Werder Bremen, they've got a chance of sneaking through.

I agree

[bassavage]

Milan, Real and Ajax - now there's a group for the purists.

[readingbedding]

Would like to avoid Auxerre, a cheeky outsider to get through that.

[soggy biscuit]

can see Liverpool getting knocked out of the Europa LOLeague tonight

[readingbedding]

Group A

Internazionale

Werder Bremen

Tottenham Hotspur

FC Twente



Group B

Lyon

Benfica

Schalke 04

Hapoel Tel-Aviv



Group C

Manchester United

Valencia

Rangers

Bursaspor



Group D

Barcelona

Panathinaikos

FC Copenhagen

Rubin Kazan



Group E

Bayern Munich

Roma

Basle

CFR Cluj



Group F

Chelsea

Marseille

Spartak Moscow

MSK Zilina



Group G

Milan

Real Mardid

Ajax

Auxerre



Group H


Arsenal

Shakhtar Donestsk

Braga

FK Partizan

First round of fixtures will be played on 14 and 15 September 2010

[TBM]

Its been handed to Arsenal there

[soggy biscuit]

Its been handed to Arsenal there

Braga look like they won't be rolled over

[Ginger Ninjas]

Nice and easy draws for United and Arsenal, but Chelsea won't be hugely pleased with a trip to Moscow (esp if it's in November). Spurs group is very tough - the fat Spanish waiter is going to have to show some improvement on his recent achievements or Inter could be out by xmas.

[TBM]

Its been handed to Arsenal there

Braga look like they won't be rolled over

top 2 through though remember

[prostak]

O good, Manchester will host those most gracious of guests from the north again. Hopefully they'll be just as keen to make a good impression as last time.

[Big Foot]

Chelsea is Moscow again, wonder if they'll get done over like they did vs CSKA

[prostak]

Doubt it. CSKA are superior to Spartak in most ways, and had the advantage of being Abramovic's second team. Spartak have sadly the second team of Moscow for a good decade now, having done nothing in Europe since reaching the 1998 UEFA Cup Semis. Chelsea will walk that group, I'm dreading to see what happens to MŠK at Stamford Bridge.

I'm quite interested in Group E. I can see Cluj getting out of that with Bayern...

[Big Foot]

Doubt it. CSKA are superior to Spartak in most ways, and had the advantage of being Abramovic's second team. Spartak have sadly the second team of Moscow for a good decade now, having done nothing in Europe since reaching the 1998 UEFA Cup Semis. Chelsea will walk that group, I'm dreading to see what happens to MŠK at Stamford Bridge.

Perhaps you missed my point

[prostak]

O, I see - you were talking about silly boys fighting again...