Topic: Champions League Group Stage Draw - 25/08/2022 5pm ish.

[disgraced cake]

It feels a bit weirder this season as it's the eleventh placed side from the Bundesliga and the name Eintracht Frankfurt isn't particularly synonymous with European pedigree.

The other winners since the prize was a place in the CL have been Sevilla (x2), Man U, Atletico, Chelsea and Villarreal - with the possible exception of Villarreal (and Man U ) those clubs wouldn't look out of place in pot 1.

It's a surprise with the prize on offer being a CL place and a pot 1 seeding that Frankfurt and Rangers ended up being the finalists.  I'm sure there's a few clubs in Europe or Conference league this season wishing they'd put a bit more attention on winning the Europa.  That said, fair dues to Frankfurt and Rangers for putting out Barca and Dortmund, amongst others.

The Europa League winner being in the first pot now is a bit strange IMO but to be fair to Frankfurt they've won more in Europe than Man City or PSG ever have

[Flaccido Dongingo]

The Europa League winner being in the first pot now is a bit strange IMO but to be fair to Frankfurt they've won more in Europe than Man City or PSG ever have

It's a stupid idea, Europa League winners should be in Pot 4.

[MdArshad]

It's a stupid idea, Europa League winners should be in Pot 4.

It is a good idea though as Europa League is a proper competition. I mean Champions of Europa will be better suited as top seed then Champions of Russia or Greece.

[kavah]

^ Yes anything to make it more competitive, it's so depressing when some English teams don't take it seriously

[MdArshad]

^ Yes anything to make it more competitive, it's so depressing when some English teams don't take it seriously

Yes. I do not understand why though, that Sevilla Final lost still hurts till this day.

[Zimagic]

Tell you what, lots of top continental clubs must be really annoyed that City keep buying the PL title because that translates into a much greater chance to have a CL pool game with us out of pot 2, meaning 5 or 6 dropped points and an obligation to at least make an effort in their other pool games to qualify, just to wind up against a decent side who topped their own group.

[MdArshad]

Toughest available group:
Real
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Celtic

Lets knock Madrid out in the group stage so that they will not be able to stop us in the knockout stages.

[disgraced cake]

Toughest available group:
Real
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Celtic

Lets knock Madrid out in the group stage so that they will not be able to stop us in the knockout stages.

Celtic will end up as one of the weaker sides in pot 4 surely? There's no chance they'll be the best team there but would expect a tough atmosphere at Celtic Park.

[Barneylfc∗]

1st leg results.

Looks like Benfica will progress and take the final pot 3 spot. Everyone else, including Marseille, will be pot 4.

Champions Path

Qarabag 0 v 0 Viktoria Plzen
Bodo Glimt 1 v 0 Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Haifa 3 v 2 Red Star Belgrade
Copenhagen 2 v 1 Trabzonspor

League Path

Dynamo Kyiv 0 v 2 Benfica
Rangers 2 v 2 PSV Eindhoven

[disgraced cake]

Benfica are the only ones who look comfortable from them games. Would expect them to see that through at home.

Rangers stand a decent chance of going through but think PSV will win at home.

Bet Qarabag vs Plzen was a good watch 

[sattapaartridge]

hope we get an easier group this year. feel like last year took a lot out of us.

[redgriffin73]

Really really want Zagreb please.

[ABJ]

hope we get an easier group this year. feel like last year took a lot out of us.

?

We won 6/6 and had guaranteed top spot with 2 games to play.

[ScouserAtHeart]

Really really want Zagreb please.

Yeah well so did Hitler

[redgriffin73]

Yeah well so did Hitler

[sattapaartridge]

?

We won 6/6 and had guaranteed top spot with 2 games to play.

I mean, we're starting slow this year, it feels like the journey we had last year may cause some mental fatigue, possibly some physical too.

[Samie]

Next 3 Champions League Final venues confirmed.

2023- Istanbul- Attaturk
2024- London- Wembley
2025- Munich- Allianz

[Barneylfc∗]

Benfica and Plzen qualify.

90th minute OG hands Haifa the advantage at Red Star

[disgraced cake]

Benfica, Plzen and Maccabi Haifa all go through

All to play for in the three ties tomorrow. They've all been close ones so far except for Benfica who were comfy.

[Statto Red]

Qarabağ are out, so at least it means we don't have to face a long trip to Azerbaijan had we drawn them out, & all the pot seedings have been decided, even though there's still 3 matches left in qualifying.

[4pool]

Match calendar:

Matchday 1: 6/7 September
Matchday 2: 13/14 September
Matchday 3: 4/5 October
Matchday 4: 11/12 October
Matchday 5: 25/26 October
Matchday 6: 1/2 November


Round of 16 draw: 7 November

[disgraced cake]

We could really, really do with a kind draw.

Frankfurt(Porto also acceptable due to past victories and Diaz playing for us now)
Barca from the 2nd pot? Keep Lewandowski quiet and you think you'd be sound. Leipzig also in there.
Wouldn't mind Dortmund or Leverkusen from pot 3, neither very good. Would expect wins against both Lisbon sides, too.
Celtic from the bottom seed. Perhaps Rangers if they got through later.

[viewing only]

We could really, really do with a kind draw.

Frankfurt(Porto also acceptable due to past victories and Diaz playing for us now)
Barca from the 2nd pot? Keep Lewandowski quiet and you think you'd be sound. Leipzig also in there.
Wouldn't mind Dortmund or Leverkusen from pot 3, neither very good. Would expect wins against both Lisbon sides, too.
Celtic from the bottom seed. Perhaps Rangers if they got through later.

We are in the 2nd pot...

[disgraced cake]

We are in the 2nd pot...

I've had an absolute fucking shocker haven't I there? Not sure why I'm thinking we're just going to be part of a 5 team group 

Alright, no Barcelona/Leipzig then 

[Statto Red]

Thinking the best draw that doesn't involve too much travel would be, Ajax, Leverkusen or Dortmund, & Celtic, but knowing our luck we'd get PSG or Real, Napoli, & Marseille if we don't get PSG

[redgriffin73]

I've had an absolute fucking shocker haven't I there? Not sure why I'm thinking we're just going to be part of a 5 team group 

Alright, no Barcelona/Leipzig then 

We were so good last season they make us play 4 teams now

[Barneylfc∗]

Rangers win in Eindhoven. Huge upset

[Barneylfc∗]

Joined by Copenhagen.

Zagreb v Bodo gone to ET

[FlashingBlade]

Joined by Copenhagen.

Wonderful!

[Crosby Nick]

Solid chance of a Scottish side from Pot 4.

[Fitzy.]

A pointless draw when we’re gonna finish bottom of the group with a -14 GD.

[So… Howard Philips]

A pointless draw when we’re gonna finish bottom of the group with a -14 GD.

Only -14. That’s a relief.

[Barneylfc∗]

Zagreb complete the line up.

GROUP STAGE POTS

POT 1

Real Madrid
Eintracht Frankfurt
Manchester City
AC Milan
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
Porto
Ajax

POT 2

Liverpool
Chelsea
Barcelona
Juventus
Atletico Madrid
Sevilla
RB Leipzig
Tottenham

POT 3

Borussia Dortmund
Red Bull Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
Inter Milan
Napoli
Sporting CP
Bayer Leverkusen
Benfica

POT 4

Marseille
Brugge
Celtic
Maccabi Haifa
Viktoria Plzen
Rangers
Copenhagen
Dinamo Zagreb

[Fitzy.]

Pot 3 is make or break in terms of the intensity of the group.

[redgriffin73]

Probably get Shakhtar and Maccabi Haifa

[buttersstotch]

Probably get Shakhtar and Maccabi Haifa

Shaktar are probably the one team you'd want to get from Pot 3 - playing all their European games in Poland and lost pretty much all of their non-Ukranian squad.

[disgraced cake]

Pot 3 is make or break in terms of the intensity of the group.

I'd be happy with either German side. Travel is kind and neither are very good, Leverkusen specificially. Would be really happy with Frankfurt from Pot 1, though.

Probably get Shakhtar and Maccabi Haifa

When we played Maccabi Haifa in '06 the away leg was actually played in Ukraine iirc

[scouseman]

Just done a draw simulator and I got

Frankfurt
Liverpool
Benfica
Club Brugge

its here if anyone wants to have a go https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs/2022

the real draw is from 5pm UK time from Turkey

[ScouserAtHeart]

what time's the draw?

[scouseman]

what time's the draw?

5pm UK time mate so says google anyway.