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OhioHen
August 27th, 2009, 12:07 PM
Group A
FC Bayern München – GER
Juventus – ITA
Girondins Bordeaux – FRA
Maccabi Haifa FC – ISR

Group B
Manchester United FC – ENG
PFC CSKA Moskva – RUS
Beşiktaş JK – TUR
VfB Wolfsburg – GER

Group C
AC Milan – ITA
Real Madrid – ESP
Olympique Marseilles – FRA
FC Zürich – SUI

Group D
Chelsea FC – ENG
FC Porto – POR
Atlético Madrid – ESP
APOEL FC – CYP

Group E
Liverpool FC – ENG
Olympique Lyonnaise – FRA
ACF Fiorentina – ITA
Debreceni VSC – HUN

Group F
FC Barcelona – ESP
FC Internazionale Milan – ITA
FC Dynamo Kyiv – UKR
FC Rubin Kazan – RUS

Group G
Sevilla FC – ESP
Rangers FC – SCO
VfB Stüttgart – GER
Unirea Urziceni – ROM

Group H
Arsenal FC – ENG
AZ Alkmaar – NED
Olimpiacos FC – GRE
R. Standard de Liége - BEL
SonuvaHenx2
August 27th, 2009, 03:53 PM
I think this draw was very nice to the UK sides.
Manchester United in Group B should have no trouble navigating their group and moving on.
Chelsea in Group D have very easy travel and should win the group easily as last year.
Liverpool in Group E have familiar European competition and I can't see them getting tripped up.
Rangers in Group G have what is probably the weakest group top-to-bottom, and just about anything can happen there.
Arsenal in Group H should coast through to the knock-out stages.

The most interesting group, to me, is Group A, as any combination of sides could advance.
Group C is the only group to have 3 previous champion clubs.
Of course, the toughest match-up is in Group F.
TheValleyRaider
August 27th, 2009, 06:07 PM
Incredible that a club like Real isn't a protected top seed xeekx

Nice draw for the Gunners, just need to keep their heads about them and no serious injuries xnodx
SonuvaHenx2
August 27th, 2009, 06:18 PM
Incredible that a club like Real isn't a protected top seed xeekx

Nice draw for the Gunners, just need to keep their heads about them and no serious injuries xnodx

Real wasn't even close to being in Pot 1. Lyon and Inter were both ahead of Real within Pot 2, and Bayern (the last seed in Pot 1) was a good 20 points ahead of Real Madrid. xreadx

That said, it says a lot of good things about all the top clubs that 11 sides could have arguably been top seeds without complaint. xthumbsupx
UNCBears2010
August 28th, 2009, 04:03 AM
Group C: The Samantha Brown/Rick Steves Group
appmaj
August 28th, 2009, 06:55 AM
Group G looks pretty interesting...should provide good matches