One of the sure signs to know that football is back in your life is the annual tradition of the UEFA Champions League draw. For the next nine months the thirty-two best club sides in Europe battle for the title of the best team in Europe. Yesterday, the draw was held in Monaco and just as predictable as Pedro Pinto over-saturating Lionel Messi with compliments, are the armchair analysts over-dramatizing the entire event. We wouldn't do that at Posts By Panos . . . would we? Over dramatize a two hour specatacle of ex-footballers pulling balls out of pots . . . sounds like a porn plot gone horribly wrong. Regardless, we did and here are our quick hitters on the draw.
First of all here are the groups in full:
Group A
Bayern
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoli
Group B
Inter
CSKA Moskva
Lille
Trabzonspor
Group C
Manchester United
Benfica
Basel
Otelul
Group D
Real Madrid
Lyon
Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb
Group E
Chelsea
Valencia
Leverkusen
Genk
Group F
Arsenal
Marseille
Olympiacos
Dortmund
Group G
Porto
Shaktar
Zenit
APOEL
Group H
Barcelona
AC Milan
BATE
Plzen
Group of Death - Bayern, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli (Group A)
Group of Weakness - Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul (Group C)
Game I Would Love to Attend - Barcelona v. AC Milan
Game I Even Know Nothing About - BATE v. Plzen or Basel v. Otelul
Darkhorse That Could Surprise - Forget about Dortmund and Manchester City . . . but keep your eyes out for Zenit who are a strong team from Russia
Fearless Predictions (Group Winner & Runner-Up)
Bayern, Manchester City
CSKA Moskva, Inter
Manchester United, Benfica
Real Madrid, Lyon
Chelsea, Valencia
Arsenal, Dortmund
Porto, Shaktar
Barcelona, AC Milan
We will plan to go into greater detail of the Group Stage, but for now enjoy these quick hitters and be sure to welcome back football properly in the next couple of weeks
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