25 August 2006

UEFA Champions League draw


BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Live: Champions League draw

For any football fans out there, ECL(Euro Champs League) is an exciting competition, much like World Cup or EURO for club standard that plays annualy.

Right, so UEFA have drawn the 2006/2007 season of ECL's group list, and here it is.

Group A

BARCELONA
Chelsea
Werder Bremen
Levski Sofia

Group B
INTER MILAN
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon
Spartak Moscow

Group C
LIVERPOOL
PSV Eindhoven
Bordeaux
Galatasaray

Group D
VALENCIA
Roma
Olympiakos
Shakhtar Donetsk

Group E
REAL MADRID
Lyon
Steaua Bucharest
Dynamo Kiev

Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Celtic
Benfica
FC Copenhagen

Group G
ARSENAL
Porto
CSKA Moscow
Hamburg

Group H
AC MILAN
Lille
AEK Athens
Anderlecht

My thoughts:

Group A, the "group of death". 3 champions playing with 1 amateur club, the verdict? I'm looking foward Barcelona go through without any much problems. The 2nd spot? I'd go for Bremen, I'm doubtful with Chelsea's current performance, 1 draw 1 lose. Barcelona VS Chelsea, nemesis....

Group B, 2 capitals and 2 major cities from Europe collide. I'm favoring the city of Milan(Internazionale) & Munich(Bayern) to go through.

Group C, Liverpool, the ex-champion will have no problem as long as they're playing well to pressurize the other teams. Eindhoven is not as good as they are few years ago.

Group D, I've not much comments as I didnt observe the teams.

Group E, Madrid's reputation is stil doubtful eventhough there's the new manager. Lyon the French champion, should have no problem to keep the other 2 minor clubs out of the door.

Group F, this is what I'm waiting. Man Utd will play againts Celtic, a Scottish club in this group. On the other hand, Man Utd will also have to face Benefica, which knocked Man Utd out of the ECL last year. Copenhagen? Didnt heard of this club before, one of the capital of Scandinavia.
Looking foward to see Park Ji Sung VS Shunsuke Nakamura! :)

Group G, Arsenal are familiar with Porto and Moscow, which they've played againts them few times in the ECL.

Group H, the last group. I think Milan wont have any much problem as the teams arent those big names, lucky for AC Milan.

Those are my comments, we wouldnt know what will really happen next.
The ball is round, so anything can happen in the game of football!! ;)

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