Champions League 05/06 (Draws)

[Mikkel]

POT 1:
Inter
Milan
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Manchester United
Bayern München
Liverpool
Arsenal

POT 2:
Juventus
Chelsea
Lyon
PSV Eindhoven
Villareal
Porto
Panathinaikos
Ajax

POT 3:
Lille
Shalke 04
Werder Bremen
Olympiakos
Rangers
Sparta Prag
Anderlecht
Club Brügge

POT 4:
Udinese
Sevilla
Benfica
Rapid Wien
Fenerbahce
Rosenborg
Thun
Petrzalka

 

[Jimmy]

Preferred draw:

Inter
Ajax
Club Brügge
Thun

Dutch, Belgian and Swiss competition. Nice pattern here.

But knowing Man Utd, they will get that draw. It never strikes bad. Man Utd ALWAYS gets an incredibly easy draw. A team like Pana would be their toughest opposition.

Teams we should avoid at all costs (which means we'll get them): Chelsea, Shalke and Benfica.

Well, only Chelsea is a team I want to avoid. The pot three group isn't that intimidating.

 

[Mikkel]

i fear we draw Chelsea but we rarely draw the strongest in the first/second POT.

I think we will draw Lyon :scared: In some way I fear them more then Chelsea, since we always have difficulties against French teams. It would be a nightmare if that happened, I don’t forget the last time we met them.

I guess we will get a relative easy team from the 3’rd POT like Club Brügge

But then we have a bad habit of drawing the strongest team in the 4’th POT. It would either be Sevilla or Benfica.

 

[UhUhOleguer]

don't be afraid of lyon..

after all their coach is Ged Houillier..

 

[Gaetan]

For once, I can honestly say that there isn't a team I fear.

 

[J zanetti]

My only fear is our own empty stadium which we will have to deal with through the whole group stage. If you read all the interviews from last night (players, Mancini, Moratti & co) everyone was showing their concern. Having said hopefully we can get use to this new experience after a game or two.

Good scenario:

Inter – PSV - Club Brügge – Thun/Petrzalka

Bad scenario:

Inter – Chelsea - Shalke 04/Rangers – Fenerbahce/sevila

Regardless of how the draw goes we should and will proceed. :stuckup:

 

[Handoyo]

Preferred draw:
Inter
Panathinaikos
Rangers (Higher chance of getting a TV broadcast from the I-suck-all-thing-British channels of ESPN StarSports)
Thun

Nightmare draw:
Inter
Chelsea
Werder Bremen (Wouldn't it be fun to face them again? )
Fenerbahce


Handyo

 

[CafeCordoba]

Any other streams than the uefa.com's official one? I can't get it working.

 

[Jimmy]

Group H:

Inter

 

[Jimmy]

Group H:

Inter
Porto

 

[Viper66]

It's Porto from Pot2 - so far so good

 

[Pod]

since Mourinho leaving they aren' that strong.

 

[J zanetti]

Porto again! Good though, as at that stage there was a 33% chance for us to be drawn agains Chelsea! ;-)

 

[Pod]

how it's possible that 2 teams from one country plays in the same group ???

 

[Jimmy]

I'm rather happy with Porto. I was getting afraid of Chelsea and we've played Porto before and we weren't really close of being beated.

 

[J zanetti]

Liverpool against Chelsea again! Great - the less English team the better

 

[Viper66]

how it's possible that 2 teams from one country plays in the same group ???

Because there is no country protection for Liverpool this time

 

[Handoyo]

how it's possible that 2 teams from one country plays in the same group ???

Due to its extraordinary means of qualifying to the Champions' League this season, Liverpool has been stripped off its country protection right or whatever it's called.

Porto, not too bad. If I'm not wrong, they've lost 2 of either Costinha or Maniche or Seitaridis.


Handyo

 

[Jimmy]

Group H:

Inter
Porto
Rangers

 

[Jimmy]

Looking good so far. I'm not too worried about Rangers.