Thursday, August 25, 2011

Champions League group stage draw!

Well the Champions League has been making its way back to the premiere part of the tournament. We now have the line ups for the group stages and here is what it looks like: The defending Champions from Spain Barcelona will be in the same group as AC Milan of Italy, BATE Borisov of Belarus, and Viktoria Plzen who hail from the Czech Republic. But let's get back to the beginning! In Group A Bayern Munchen  of Germany, Manchester City from England, Villarreal of Spain and the slightly underestimated Napoli coming out of Italy make for what should be a fantastic group! Interesting to remember too, that Bayern will actually be hosting the Final; they will obviously hope to be there! Meanwhile, Group B is headed up by Italy's Inter Milan. They are joined by the strong-at-home CSKA Moskva from Russia, Lille Metropole of France, and Turkish side Trabzonspor. This group may actually offer up some surprises as Inter will be challenged away from home. Group C is led by two of the Big Reds in World Football: Manchester United of England, and Benfica of Portugal. While they are the favorites of the Group, FC Basel and FC Oţelul Galaţi will hope to be up-setters on the European stage. (They are from Switzerland and Romania respectively.) Moving on to Group D, Real Madrid are the definite big name from Spain but the likes of Olympique Lyonnais of France and AFC Ajax of the Netherlands can't be forgotten about. Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia may also surprise people with their hard, fierce play. So to Group E where we have Chelsea of England topping the chart. Joining the English side are Valencia of Spain, Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, and Genk from Belgium. See the rest and enjoy!

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