By AVI CREDITOR
With Wednesday's matches in the books, the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League field of 32 is complete.
Peter Crouch's hat trick helped Tottenham exhale and recover from a surprise first-leg loss to BSC Young Boys, as Spurs coasted to a 4-0 victory (6-3 on aggregate) at White Hart Lane to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time.
Another first-timer in the group stage is Slovakian side MSK Zilina, which defeated Sparta Prague, 1-0 (3-0 on aggregate), to reach new territory.
Other winners on Wednesday were:
- French side AJ Auxerre, which overcame a 1-0 first-leg deficit to topple nine-man Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 (2-1 on aggregate).
- Ajax Amsterdam, which topped Dynamo Kiev, 2-1 (3-2 on aggregate).
- FC Copenhagen, which defeated Rosenborg, 1-0, and advanced via away goals after the two sides played to a 2-2 aggregate draw.
Here are the four pots from which the groups will be drawn at noon (ET) in Monaco (and televised live on Fox Soccer Channel):
POT 1
- Inter Milan
- Barcelona
- Chelsea
- Manchester United
- Arsenal
- Bayern Munich
- AC Milan
- Lyon
POT 2
- Real Madrid
- Werder Bremen
- AS Roma
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Benfica
- Valencia
- Marseille
- Panathinaikos
POT 3
- Tottenham
- Rangers
- Ajax
- Schalke 04
- FC Basel
- Braga
- FC Copenhagen
- Spartak Moscow
POT 4
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
- FC Twente
- Rubin Kazan
- AJ Auxerre
- CFR 1907 Cluj
- Partizan Belgrade
- MSK Zilina
- Bursaspor
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Which teams in pots 3 and 4 do you think can be the most dangerous? Do you think Real Madrid can still win it all despite being placed in the second pot? How would you like to see the cards fall for Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Jermaine Jones (Schalke) and Maurice Edu (Rangers)?
Share your thoughts below.