Champions League Thread (the dawn of time - 2014)

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I was referring to this crop of players, the Robben's and the Ribery's... the monkey's certainly off their back now.

 

[Bevab]

Although sad to see Dortmund lose, still think Bayern deserved it, after those seasons of pain and nice to see Robben carrying them, after last season's poor show.

 

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Seeding pots confirmed for Champions League draw - ESPN FC

Please give us Porto/Benfica, Marseille/CSKA and Copenhagen/Bucuresti/Plzen/Vienna.

 

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UEFA Champions League 2013-14 Group Stage Draw

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen
Group C: Benfica, Paris St Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli
Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

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Happy with that, hopefully no one refuses to play this time around when we travel to the Allianz.

 

[Anish.]

Oh well,we are not winning the UCL again .

 

[MasterBlaster76]

UEFA Champions League 2013-14 Group Stage Draw

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen
Group C: Benfica, Paris St Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli
Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

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Happy with that, hopefully no one refuses to play this time around when we travel to the Allianz.

Yeah - both Manchester clubs shouldn't have too many problems with those groups, although you guys have got massive opposition in the shape of Bayern. Chelsea should be OK as well; not sure about Arsenal though. Still, at least they're not in Celtic's position: bloody hell!

 

[barmyarmy]

Poor Celtic. Looks like Man City may have caught a break as well.

 

[thedon5]

Oh well,we are not winning the UCL again .

I'm personally glad we finally got a challenging group, no complacency this time around hopefully after years of easy groups. It's why we've been trounced in the last two seasons in the first leg whenever we play a decent team finally.

We've had some amazing performances in the last few years against Barca, Milan and Bayern, no reason we can't get through this one.

 

[1iram1]

What a game! Incredible comeback by Bayern

 

[Umair7]

Chelsea lost but TBH Cech made some brilliant save MOTM for me.Both the teams performed well.Lukaku tried to become Drogba but the truth is not everyone is Drogba

 

[barmyarmy]

That was such a bad penalty.
Chelski very unlucky but if you're going to choose a game to lose on pens you make sure it's this not the CL final.

 

[Haarithan]

That challenge from Ramires merited a red all day long. Not sure how you can call Chelsea unlucky - were second best for pretty much the entire game.

Mightily impressed with Schurrle though. Looks a fine buy to me.

EDIT: Thoughts on the draws - Celtic are going to hell; Arsenal will have to play out of their skins to progress from their group; United's group definitely isn't an easy one and looks tricky rather; Chelsea and City though have fairly easy groups and should be progressing without much fuss.

 

[Ohm]

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad

It seems like Manchester United will proceed to next round with full points in group stages.

Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest

Please don't disappoint me this season.

 

[Umair7]

 

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Ah, so that's what a winning start feels like eh.