UEFA Champions League Group Draw For Chelsea
The draw for the Group Stages of this seasons UEFA Champions League was held tonight in Monaco and Chelsea were one of 4 English clubs that were waiting to see who they were going to meet.
Alongside Chelsea in Pot 1 were Manchester United and Arsenal, in Pot 3 were last night’s qualifiers, and in the Champions League for the first time, Tottenham Hotspur.
First out were Manchester United and go into Group ‘C’
Second out were Barcelona and go into Group ‘D’
Third out were AC Milan and go into Group ‘G’
Forth out were Bayern Munich and go into Group ‘E’
Fifth out were Olympic Lyonnais and go into Group ‘B’
Sixth out were Inter Milan (Champions) and go into Group ‘A’
Seventh out were Arsenal and go into Group ‘H’
And finally!….
Eighth out were Chelsea who go into Group ‘F’
* Goalkeeper award goes to Julio Cesar of Inter Milan
* Defender award goes to Maicon of Inter Milan
* Midfielder award goes to Wesley Sneijder of Inter Milan
* Forward award goes to Diego Milito of Inter Milan – {Club player of the year} (all four to Jose then!)
So, at the end of another very long draw, Chelsea’s Group ‘F’ looks like this:
CHELSEA – MARSEILLE – SPARTAK MOSCOW – MSZ ZILINA
The matches will take place as follows:
MSK Zilina away – Wednesday 15 September
Marseille home – Tuesday 28 September
Spartak Moscow away – Tuesday 19 October
Spartak Moscow home – Wednesday 3 November
Zilina home – Tuesday 23 November
Marseille away – Wednesday 8 December
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: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, Basle, Cluj
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Braga, Partizan Belgrade
Take yer ‘hard hat’ and ‘portaloo’ if you’re going to Marseille, can’t say I’m looking forward to re-visiting the warehouse!, nice city to visit though.
Moscow!, no thanks, been there, got wet, and very expensive.
Zilina, unknown to me, bit of a treck but new one to visit.