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Juve facing Real Madrid, Barcelona meet AC Milan again as UEFA Champions League groups are drawn

Andrea Pirlo Juventus 61

Reigning UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich will face Manchester City while Barcelona and Arsenal face very tough paths through the group stage after Thursday’s UEFA Champions League draw.

Barcelona will battle in a difficult group that includes AC Milan, Celtic and Ajax, while Arsenal was drawn into a stacked group featuring Napoli, Borussia Dortmund and Marseille.

U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Jermaine Jones and Schalke was drawn into a Group E featuring Chelsea, while Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht were placed in a favorable draw in Group C, alongside Paris St. Germain, Benfica and Olympiakos.

Here is how all eight groups shape up for the UEFA Champions League group stage:

2013/2014 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUPS

GROUP A– Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad

GROUP B– Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen

GROUP C– Benfica, Paris St. Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht

GROUP D– Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen

GROUP E– Chelsea, Schalke 04, FC Basel, Steaua Bucharest

GROUP F– Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli

GROUP G– FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, FC Zenit, Austria Wien

GROUP H– Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

 

Comments

  1. Chelsea or juventus will win this champions. I see Manu,man city, and Real Madrid struggling, even barca. Chelsea or juven baby.
    As for MLS cup, I got timbers vs impact and impact hosting.
    For NASL, I got cosmos winning this season by 2 or 3 points, since other teams have more experience and cosmos will win soccer bowl.
    Nfl Super Bowl, I got on 49niners vs broncos and niners taking it.
    LigaMX, I say club America or Morelia.
    For America’s got talent, Jk lol

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  2. Shame Carlos Vela does not get to play against his old team Arsenal. I bet they would be happy to have him back if they could.

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    • I think there are two groups of death:

      – Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen

      and

      Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

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      • I think that then means there are no groups of death as HoboMike said. Usually there is one that is clearly tougher than all the others. This draw is up for debate. I’d argue that Group A is just as tough.

  3. Celtic gets a complete joke of a group. Arsenal could be in serious trouble in that group, I think they can still advance over Napoli but it will not be easy. Hopefully Dortmund soon makes it out of pot 3 to stop these groups of death.

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  4. Celtic’s reward for their dramatic win yesterday? Barca, Milan and Ajax!

    These groups are pretty even, compared to most years, and I am not sure there is a true group of death. Group H is probably closest, though A and F look competitive as well.

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    • H is pretty tough. Celtic won’t go down easily and Ajax could probably magic up a win against anyone.

      F is brutal too. Marseille is prehaps the only “weak” team there, but they have 3 wins in Ligue Un.

      I don’t think anyone got off super easy like Manu did last year.

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      • Agreed. The groups other than A, F and H all have 2 clear favorites to advance, and I don’t think any group has just one obvious favorite to win except maybe Chelsea with E.

  5. Group F group of death

    Arsenal always makes it to the Champions League and yet hasnt won a trophy in nearly a decade. Coincidence?

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    • Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Man United, and Chelsea,to name just a few are all ways in the Champions League and have won many trophies over the past 10 years. I’m not sure your logic works.

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    • Agreed, Viktoria Plzen is not Ajax.

      That’s one reason Mancini got fired. They couldn’t even beat Ajax.
      The man was just incompetent in the Champs league.

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      • “They couldn’t even beat Ajax.”???? Ajax is not a bad team. They have actually won the Champions League, albeit before big money ruined the balance of football.

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