OT Champions League

[wc1934]

Draw tomorrow 8/31/23 (first games start on 9/19 - I believe).

POT 1

Manchester City
Sevilla
Barcelona
Napoli
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
Benfica
Feyenoord

POT 2

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Internazionale
Borussia Dortmund
Atletico Madrid
RB Leipzig
FC Porto
Arsenal

POT 3

Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Salzburg
AC Milan
Braga
PSV Eindhoven
Lazio
Red Star Belgrade
FC Copenhagen

POT 4

Young Boys
Real Sociedad
Galatasaray
Celtic
Newcastle United
Union Berlin
Antwerp
Lens

[JedB]

Pots 1 and 2 seem to be a bit more stacked.
Hopefully some good viewing.

[Pumablk]

Draw happening now and can be viewed for free - https://www.uefa.tv/ . Didn’t realize the CL Final will be played at Wembley. Very cool.

[echappist]

Did they play Zadok the Priest on the piano? Would be fitting, given it’s written by a naturalized British subject.

[wc1934]

OHHH - group F - Group of Death?
Group G with MC looks like a cakewalk.
Napoli will have to go thru Carlo again - Darn!

[echappist]

Originally Posted by wc1934

OHHH - group F - Group of Death?
Group G with MC looks like a cakewalk.
Napoli will have to go thru Carlo again - Darn!

Yeah, Group F looks tough. PSG may end up being the ones booted out after group stage. Dortmund also doesn’t look very strong.

[JedB]

Full UCL group stage draw:
GROUP A: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, FC Copenhagen, Galatasaray
GROUP B: Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Lens
GROUP C: Napoli, Real Madrid, SC Braga, Union Berlin
GROUP D: Benfica, Inter Milan, FC Salzburg, Real Sociedad
GROUP E: Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic
GROUP F: PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle United
GROUP G: Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys
GROUP H: Barcelona, FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Royal Antwerp

[martl]

Happy we drew United. When the Kane transfer was on the finishing straight, several United fanboys expressed utter dismay why he would trade a shot at becoming the all-time best scorer in the EPL (at least until the norwegian yeti takes it) and join the world's best team in the battle for 4th place in the EPL for joining a has-been team in an operetta league. Hopefully we can teach them a lesson.

[wc1934]

Any surprises?

For me:
PSG win over Dormund 2-0
Lazio - Atletico 1-1 (keeper scores).

[pinoymamba]

Wtheck Braga

[echappist]

Originally Posted by wc1934

Any surprises?

For me:
PSG win over Dormund 2-0
Lazio - Atletico 1-1 (keeper scores).

I think the surprise is that there's a breakaway thread from the regularly schedule football thread

That said, the madlad keeper scored a brilliant header.

[martl]

Originally Posted by wc1934

Any surprises?

Dortmund bottling it, Refs in general and VAR in particular making a complete mess of the handball rule. So no surprises here