Thursday, August 26, 2010

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The draw for the Champions League will be made a 5 pm this afternoon . The top teams in Europe will all be there [cept Liverpool] with Chelsea , Manchester United , Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs all in the mix .

Tottenham Hotspurs qualified by beating Young boys at home to go through 6-3 on agg , although they did have to come from behind ..... thats Young Boys for you . [On a side note - the dark cloud seen over north London this morning was not it seems an incoming storm , apparently it was Spurs fans blowing the dust off their passports]

Pots for Uefa Champions League draw:
Pot one: Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Lyon.
Pot two: Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille, Panathinaikos.
Pot three: Tottenham, Rangers, Ajax, Schalke, Basle, Braga, FC Copenhagen, Spartak Moscow.
Pot four: Hapoel Tel Aviv, FC Twente, Rubin Kazan, Auxerre, CFR Cluj, Partizan Belgrade, MSK Zilina, Bursaspor.


AND HERE IS THE DRAW ..............


Group A
Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Tottenham, FC Twente
Group B
Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Group C
Manchester United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor
Group D
Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan
Group E
Bayern Munich, AS Roma, Basel, CFR Cluj
Group F
Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zilina
Group G
AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre
Group H
Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, Partizan Belgrade

Group G is likely to be billed this season's 'Group of Death' with AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax drawn alongside each other. The trio have won the European Cup 20 times between them. French team Auxerre complete the quartet.

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