Europe’s top teams have finally ended their anxious wait to find out who they will face in the group stages of the' 2010-11 UEFA Champions League campaign.
Of the British in the competition, Tottenham Hotspur have been handed a tricky tie with' reigning champions Inter Milan,' there’s a a Battle of Britain between Manchester United and Glasgow Rangers.
Chelsea will face tough tests at Marseille and Spartak Moscow, and Arsenal will face an early reunion with recently departed Eduardo at Shaktar Donetsk.
So, here’s the' full draw.
Group A: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, TOTTENHAM, FC Twente
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel Aviv
Group C: MANCHESTER UNITED, Valencia, RANGERS, Bursaspor.
Group D: FC Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan
Group E: Bayern Munich, AS Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj
Group F: CHELSEA, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre
Group H: ARSENAL, Shakhtar Donetsk, SC Braga, FK Partisan
Which matches are you most looking forward to?
Who do you think’s got the easiest' route?
Sound off in the comments, and get some banter going!
barca have the easiest group i think.
Tottenham v Inter at white hart. See how tottenham can cope. AC milan v Real. Tasty tie. Arsenal v shaktar. Both very attacking teams.
Barca has easiest though rubin won’t be afraid of ’em.
i would say arsenal but then again if we win our group, we could still be left to play either AC Milan or Real Madrid, and we could easily loose to both those those teams.
Bayern Munich has the easy group while Real Madrid and AC Milan have the hard group. I would have liked to have seen a Valencia vs. Barcelona game though.
Ajax is definitely a dark horse for group G. i think they’ll pull off at least one upset against Milan or Real.
group H and G are probably the easiest groups. Definitely group A will be the hardest overall
Adipurity, in the group stages there can’t be two teams from the same country.
Barca may have the easiest group, which is sad to see because it is more fun to watch them attack against stronger sides and see how they can then cope defensively.
Group A: Inter Milan / Werder Bremen
Group B: Lyon / Benfica
Group C: Man Utd / Valencia
Group D: Barca / Panathinaikos
Group E: Bayern / Roma
Group F: Chelsea / Spartak Moscow
Group G: Real Madrid / Ajax
Group H: Arsenal / Braga
Put your money on it now, there’s no doubting these qualifying.