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Diamond's Champions League Thread

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Just for you Di. Your very own Football thread that will run until May 2012 when the final is played in Germany.

The groups have been drawn and here they are:

Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, MAN CITY, Napoli

Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor

Group C: MAN UTD, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati

Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb

Group E: CHELSEA, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen,Genk

Group F: ARSENAL, Marseille, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund

Group G: FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit, Apoel FC

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Viktoria Plzen

1st group matches 13-14 September. Put it in ya diary Di, you won't wanna miss it.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My prediction for group stages:-

Group A: Villarreal, MAN CITY

Group B: Inter Milan, Lille

Group C: MAN UTD, Benfica

Group D: Real Madrid, Ajax

Group E: CHELSEA, Valencia

Group F: ARSENAL, Borussia Dortmund

Group G: FC Porto, Zenit,

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Most of the groups are a foregone conclusion but I've gone for a couple of changes, can't see Arsenal going through considering the turmoil at the club at the moment, which could spell the end of Wenger's reign there.

A: Bayern Munich, Man City

B: Inter Milan, Lille

C: Man Utd, Benfica

D: Real Madrid, Ajax

E: Chelsea, Bayern Leverkusen

F: Marseille, Borussia Dortmund

G: Porto, Shakhtar Donesk

H: Barcelona, AC Milan

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By *ornyHorwichCpl aka HHCCouple over a year ago

horwich

I like the Champions League to see which under dog shines.

Wish they wouldn't seed teams and just put everyone in the draw like the FA cup but hey ho TV rules

Scarlett

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I like the Champions League to see which under dog shines.

Wish they wouldn't seed teams and just put everyone in the draw like the FA cup but hey ho TV rules

Scarlett"

If they didn't seed the teams you'd see a final so unbalanced it wouldn't be worth watching unless you happen to follow one of the two teams playing in it. Who'd want to see Barcelona thump someone like Viktoria Plzen 7-0 in a Champion's League Final. There's no sport in that. The way it is structured now allows lesser teams who have done well domestically to get some experience in Europe, add the added finances being in the CL brings to each club will enable the lesser teams to build upon the previous year and make a Champion's League appearance a regular occurence.

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By *ornyHorwichCpl aka HHCCouple over a year ago

horwich

I get your point and understand the logic, but it still means those lesser teams will only ever get to the first group stage and not beyond.

As a supporter of a league 2 team I would love them to get to an FA Cup final just once even if they got trounced in the end. They would have knocked out a few good teams on their way there.

Dreaming in cloud cuckoo land

Scarlett

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

" Who'd want to see Barcelona thump someone like Viktoria Plzen 7-0 in a Champion's League Final."

Not me..However Chelsea 7 Viktoria Plzen 0 has a nice ring to it...I don't care,I just wanna win the fucking thing

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By *abioMan over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

sorry must of missed it... who did spurs draw????

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago