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Champions League Draw

GROUP A
Bayern Munich (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
SK Rapid Vienna (AUS)

GROUP B
Arsenal (ENG)
AFC Ajax (NET)
AC Sparta Prague (CZE)
FC Thun (SWI)

GROUP C
Barcelona (SPA)
Panathinaikos (GRE)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)

GROUP D
Manchester United (ENG)
Villareal (SPA)
Lille Metropole (FRA)
SL Benfica (POR)

GROUP E
AC Milan (ITA)
PSV Eindhoven (NET)
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
Fenerbache SK (TUR)

GROUP F
Real Madrid (SPA)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)

GROUP G
Liverpool (ENG)
Chelsea (ENG)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Real Betis Balompie (SPA)

GROUP H
Inter Milan (ITA)
FC Porto (POR)
Rangers (SCO)
Artmedia Bratislava (SVK)

Tough group for Chelski and Liverpool, moderately tough for Man Utd and an easy group for Arsenal. Real Madrid have the easiest group. UEFA wants them to win the Champions League again so bad they can taste it.!!!!!

looks pretty tough for liverpool to repeat this year...kinda sad...oh well hopefully they can pull it off.

After a 3-1 home win, my beloved Wisla Krakow (POL) fell 4-1 to Panathainakos in extra time in Athens to lose a League berth in qualifying.
Anyways...I think Barcelona should have a really strong run this year. If they secure Ronaldinho they will have a bright future ahead of them.
Good matchups should be: Bayern-Juventus; ManU-Villareal; Milan-PSV; Real-Lyon; Liverpool-Chelsea; and Inter-Porto. These are the ones I will be looking out for and I'm sure there'll be many more great matches in the group stages. I'd also say look out for Villareal with Riquelme, Forlan, and Figueroa.