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UEFA Champions League 2007/2008
With the preliminary knockout round done tonight, the 32 teams that will participate in the competition are known (except for Sevilla/AEK, a game that was postponed due to Puerta's death). Here are the seeds for tomorrow's draw at Monaco:
1st seeds:
AC Milan (Ita)
Barcelona (Esp)
Liverpool (Ing)
Inter Mil�o (Ita)
Arsenal (Ing)
Real Madrid (Esp)
Manchester United (Ing)
Chelsea (Ing)
2nd seeds:
Val�ncia (Esp)
Lyon (Fra)
FC Porto (POR)
Sevilha (Esp) ou AEK Atenas (Gre)
PSV Eindhoven (Hol)
AS Roma (Ita)
Benfica (POR)
Werder Bremen (Ale)
3rd seeds:
Celtic (Esc)
Schalke 04 (Ale)
Estugarda (Ale)
Steaua Bucareste (Rom)
CSKA Moscovo (Rus)
Sporting (POR)
Lazio (Ita)
Marselha (Fra)
4th seeds:
Glasgow Rangers (Esc)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ucr)
Besiktas (Tur)
Olympiakos (Gre)
D�namo Kiev (Ucr)
Fenerbahce (Tur)
Sl�via Praga (Che)
Rosenborg (Nor)
It's one of the strongest lineups we've had in the last couple seasons IMO, Slavia Praha is probably the only "small" club.
I've rolled a few dices and made my own preview draw ahead of tomorrow:
Group A
Arsenal
Sevilla or AEK
Lazio
Besiktas
Group B
AC Milan
Lyon
Celtic
Rosenborg
Group C
Chelsea
FC Porto
Stuttgart
Slavia Praha
Group D
Barcelona
Werder Bremen
Marseille
Rangers
Group E
Man Utd
Roma
Schalke 04
Fenerbah�e
Group F
Real Madrid
Benfica
Steaua
Olympiakos
Group G
Inter
Valencia
CSKA Moscow
Dinamo Kiev
Group H
Liverpool
PSV
Sporting
Shakthar Donetsk
It would be fine with me, as long as we swapped places with Benfica 
I just watched the celtic vs spartak moscow game there
What a match, one of the best I've seen in years. Had everything you could wish from a game of football.
Can't wait for the european matches to come back to glasgow - they brighten up what otherwise would be such a dull season.
Hoping to get a draw similar to last year which by all accounts was fairly easy. I'll be booking up for one of the away games anyway (hoping our pot 1 team is real madrid).
Out of all the other teams i'd be stoked with
Inter milan
PSV
Celtic
Besiktas
It's my favourite time of the year!
Re: UEFA Champions League 2007/2008
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| Group F Real Madrid Benfica Steaua Olympiakos |
GROUP A:
Liverpool (England)
Porto (Portugal)
Olympique Marseille (France)
Besiktas (Turkey)
GROUP B:
Chelsea (England)
Valencia (Spain)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Rosenborg (Norway)
GROUP C:
Real Madrid (Spain)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Lazio (Italy)
Olympiakos (Greece)
GROUP D:
AC Milan (Italy)
Benfica (Portugal)
Celtic (Scotland)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
GROUP E:
Barcelona (Spain)
Olympique Lyon (France)
VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Rangers (Scotland)
GROUP F:
Manchester United (England)
AS Roma (Italy)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
GROUP G:
Inter Milan (Italy)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
GROUP H:
Arsenal (England)
Sevilla (Spain) or AEK Athens (Greece)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
I would really cream myself if Valencia & Schalke knocked Chelskum out.
This draw fuckin sucks.
Yet again we play ac milan. thats three competitions in a row we've faced them now. The other two teams are both teams we've faced before as well. I wanted somewhere new to go to, as it is I think I'll just dingy the away trips as I've already been to milan twice and i've no interest in going to the ukraine or lisbon.
Shaktar is definately one of the teams I wanted to avoid from pot 4, I think they've spent something like �40 million this transfer window which embarrases us by a long way.
I reckon we could take maximum points from our home ties, but it's always on the road that celtic struggle.
Arsenal got super lucky, WTF!?!?!...
would LOVE to see them not make it out of the group stages...
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| Originally posted by Intuition It's my favourite time of the year! |
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| Originally posted by chesco Shaktar is definately one of the teams I wanted to avoid from pot 4, I think they've spent something like �40 million this transfer window which embarrases us by a long way. |
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| Originally posted by nchs09 yes a agreat time of the year, i hate that fucking song though. perhaps because i have been hearing it since foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr |
GROUP A:
Liverpool (England)
Porto (Portugal)
Olympique Marseille (France)
Besiktas (Turkey)
Okay group for us, Liverpool is out of our league and should win the group, Marseille has some good players but appears to be playing poor right now, and Besiktas was one of the best picks from the last pot. However all of these 3 teams have absolutely mental fans, which could make our away trips very hard. I predict that we'll go through but with lots of difficulties.
GROUP B:
Chelsea (England)
Valencia (Spain)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Rosenborg (Norway)
Rosenborg is gonna get raped 6 times, lol. Schalke is under-rated but I don't think they can handle Chelsea, maybe they can put a challenge to Valencia but I doubt it.
GROUP C:
Real Madrid (Spain)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Lazio (Italy)
Olympiakos (Greece)
Average group, Real should go through without problems, Bremen would be slight favourites IMO vs Lazio who are only now starting to recover from several shit years. I don't know how good Olympiakos are nowadays, most likely absolutely useless away from home.
GROUP D:
AC Milan (Italy)
Benfica (Portugal)
Celtic (Scotland)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Interesting one, Benfica wasn't exactly lucky but they still have a good chance to qualify. Milan are the favs but any of these could surprise, I can see a tight battle for 2nd place coming up.
GROUP E:
Barcelona (Spain)
Olympique Lyon (France)
VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Rangers (Scotland)
This might just be the strongest group, while Bar�a and Lyon are by far the biggest names (considering their success of the last couple years), Stuttgart are the current german champions, I could see them take Lyon by surprise. Rangers fans are probably crying in a corner right now, but they're not an useless team.
GROUP F:
Manchester United (England)
AS Roma (Italy)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Haha, Sporting was massively unlucky here. Man Utd will go through no matter what, Roma should do as well, and they surely want to revenge the 7-1 thrashing of last year. Dinamo Kiev aren't at all what they've used to be, Sporting are favourites to take the UEFA Cup spot.
GROUP G:
Inter Milan (Italy)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
I can smell a super Fenerbah�e coming from nowhere and surprising everyone. Inter might be out of their league, but they should be able to annoy PSV, despite the very good recent record of PSV in the Champions League. CSKA aren't bad.
GROUP H:
Arsenal (England)
Sevilla (Spain) or AEK Athens (Greece)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Steaua and Slavia? LOL! Assuming Sevilla will knock AEK out (which is very very likely), this group is decided from the beggining, except for a natural catastrophe.
Looks like a great draw, gonna be a fun year.
Great! Internazionale FC have 3 not so problematic oponents! PSV and CSKA - both teams have my sympathy, but there is only one team in my heart! Well, also without Alvaro Recoba is possible to reach the top....
Day 1
Tuesday
Marseille - Beşiktaş
Porto - Liverpool
Chelsea - Rosenborg
Schalke 04 - Valencia
Real Madrid - Bremen
Olympiacos - Lazio
Milan - Benfica
Shakhtar - Celtic
Wednesday
Rangers - Stuttgart
Barcelona - Lyon
Roma - Dynamo Kyiv
Sporting - Manchester United
PSV - CSKA Moskva
Fenerbah�e - Internazionale
Arsenal - Sevilla
Slavia Praha - Steaua Bucaresti
I'm not making any guesses this year... but I'd sure like Benfica could get a meagre point from Milan 
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| Originally posted by The Darklord Day 1 Tuesday Marseille - Beşiktaş Porto - Liverpool Chelsea - Rosenborg Schalke 04 - Valencia Real Madrid - Bremen Olympiacos - Lazio Milan - Benfica Shakhtar - Celtic Wednesday Rangers - Stuttgart Barcelona - Lyon Roma - Dynamo Kyiv Sporting - Manchester United PSV - CSKA Moskva Fenerbah�e - Internazionale Arsenal - Sevilla Slavia Praha - Steaua Bucaresti I'm not making any guesses this year... but I'd sure like Benfica could get a meagre point from Milan |
Yeah...
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| Originally posted by The Darklord I'd sure like Benfica could get a meagre point from Milan |
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| Originally posted by TheVrk Too bad, no deals... Solid 2-0 start to the defence of the title |
Saw the game and was pleased with the result although we could've scored another 2 or 3 goals. Definatley need improvement in some areas but for the moment i think the group stage should be ok for us.
I also might add that i was suprised with the Shaktar-Celtic result and also happy with Lazio's equalizer to Olymiakos.
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| Originally posted by fcuk � I also might add that i was suprised with the Shaktar-Celtic result |
Very shaky defenders. When Luis�o's injured, you can't expect nothing else... 
but that first goal is a gift from Quim 
If you haven't seen the goals yet :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2MeYeog2o&t
I don't get what's so surprising with Shakhtar's win. They've been a pretty strong team for years and have made some big signings this season, like Lucarelli. And they have a great fan atmosphere at home. They're pretty much in the same league of Celtic, the only difference is that Celtic managed to qualify for the knockout rounds recently (as they benefited from being in an easy group versus Benfica and Kobenhavn), Shakhtar are yet to do that.
I'm bored.
Day 1
Tuesday
Marseille 2-0 Beşiktaş
Porto 1-1 Liverpool
Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg
Schalke 04 0-1 Valencia
Real Madrid 2-1 Bremen
Olympiacos 1-1 Lazio
Milan 2-1 Benfica
Shakhtar 2-0 Celtic
Wednesday
Rangers 2-1 Stuttgart
Barcelona 3-0 Lyon
Roma 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv
Sporting 0-1 Manchester United
PSV 2-1 CSKA Moskva
Fenerbahçe 1-0 Internazionale
Arsenal 3-0 Sevilla
Slavia Praha 2-1 Steaua Bucaresti
It's great to have 3 teams on the CL and not one managing to win a game... 
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