The UEFA Champions League draw was conducted on 1st October, and some mouthwatering fixtures lie ahead of us. Let us have a look at the groups.
GROUP A
Group A pits FC Bayern Munich against Atletico de Madrid. Will we see a defensive masterclass from Simeone or will Flick’s Bayern run away with it? It would be a great match. The presence of Luis Suarez adds a bit of the revenge element to the game. Salzburg and Locomotiv are not expected to qualify for the knockouts but they will fight it out for the Europa League spot. But in football, surprises ain’t far away.
GROUP B
Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan and Borussia Monchengladbach make up group B. This is a very exciting group. Achraf Hakimi will face his former side. The fight for 2nd place should go down to the sixth matchday with the pedigree of teams in here.
GROUP C
Porto, Manchester City, Olympiacos and Marseille are in Group C. Manchester City should win this group. The fight for second and third(Europa League place) would be a tough one. The return of Marseille sounds exciting.
GROUP D
Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta and Midtjylland are the teams which will compete in Group D. Liverpool should be favourites to win this group. Atalanta have kept their best players, and can be expected to do well again. Ajax are a club with history but they don’t really have the players this time around.
GROUP E
Europa League winners Sevilla will face Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in this group. Camavingas’s Reness are also there in this group. FC Krasnodar have qualified for the group stage again.
GROUP F
Dortmund, Zenit, Lazio and Brugge will play in for group F glory. Immobile will face his former side. Brugge is the only team from the Belgian League in the Champions League group stage.
Zenit St. Petersberg will look to leave an impact this year.
GROUP G
The big one. The creme de la creme. Messi VS Ronaldo. Barcelona VS Juventus. This match will stop time. Dynamo Kyiv and Ferencvaros from Ukraine and Hungary make up Group G.
GROUP H
Paris Saint Germain and Manchester United face off again, but this time in the group stage. RB Leipzig had a great season last time around and would be expected to do well again. Istanbul Basaksehier are a new team but they have good players and they aren’t here to make up the numbers.
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