Here we go then, it’s that time again. Time for managers like Mourinho to play verbal ping-pong in the press with anyone sucked into his wind-ups, time for us to pick the bones out of each group and convince ourselves we’re the hardest done by. Yes, it’s the Champions League draw. Chelsea have been placed in Group F, up against Marseille, a lengthy trip to Moscow and another trek to Slovakia. To be fair though, Group G stands out as the one no-one would have wanted. Arsenal have come out of it pretty well although Spurs haven’t been quite so lucky, whilst United face Rangers.
Champions League Group Stage Draw In Full:
GROUP A
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Tottenham
FC Twente
GROUP B
Lyon
Benfica
Schalke
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
GROUP C
Manchester United
Valencia
Rangers
Busaspor
GROUP D
Barcelona
Panathinaikos
Copenhagen
Rubin Kazan
GROUP E
Bayern Munich
Roma
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
Partizan
Group stage dates:
Sept 14/15
Sept 28/29
Oct 19/20
Nov 2/3
Nov 23/24
Dec 7/8
Blue is the colour
