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RedAnarchist
27th August 2009, 17:56
Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa

Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg

Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich

Group D: Chelsea, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL

Group E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen

Group F: FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan

Group G: Sevilla, Rangers, Stuttgart, Unirea Urziceni

Group H: Arsenal, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege
Wanted Man
27th August 2009, 18:02
A decent draw for AZ. Olympiakos and Standard are not the easiest opponents, but they can be beaten.
ComradeOm
28th August 2009, 12:53
I've always said that the CL doesn't really begin until the knockout stages. Still, there are some good games here and groups D & E should throw up some interesting scenarios
Bandito
28th August 2009, 15:12
For me, the Champions League are the last sixteen and quarter-finals. Those are always the best fixtures.
Group stages can be cool, and the Final sucks because all of the media hype around it. Same goes for the Semi Finals.
(Especially when there are 3 english clubs there :) )
Killfacer
28th August 2009, 15:14
A decent draw for AZ. Olympiakos and Standard are not the easiest opponents, but they can be beaten.

Understatement. We will beat them without playing our full teams. Probably win the first 3 games then play youngsters.
RedAnarchist
28th August 2009, 16:47
I think Liverpool's group could be quite easy if Liverpool play to win like they usually do in Europe.
Wanted Man
29th August 2009, 21:27
Understatement. We will beat them without playing our full teams. Probably win the first 3 games then play youngsters.

Well yes, you will. But the competition for the 2nd place will be interesting. AZ can beat Standard and Olympiakos, but of course, that sentiment will also exist with those two clubs. All of these teams can challenge for a place in the knockout rounds. But they'll have to fight it out amongst themselves, because I agree that they will all be heavily beaten by Arsenal.
Killfacer
30th August 2009, 00:33
Well yes, you will. But the competition for the 2nd place will be interesting. AZ can beat Standard and Olympiakos, but of course, that sentiment will also exist with those two clubs. All of these teams can challenge for a place in the knockout rounds. But they'll have to fight it out amongst themselves, because I agree that they will all be heavily beaten by Arsenal.

Yeah for sure. Looking at the groups there should be a couple of interesting battles for 2nd place.