The Champions League draw has been made and has put together some of the biggest names in European football, meaning that the first group stage of this year's competition offers some potentially mouth watering clashes. As a result, Bookmakers are already predicting that this year's competition will be the biggest yet for betting. Year on year, the Champions League continues to grow in popularity with football fans all over Europe. For those who support one of the thirty two teams who have made it in to the draw, the excitement starts now. However, the allure of the Champions League is such that regardless of whether you are lucky enough to support a team in the competition, football fans from across the continent can enjoy the spectacle of elite of European football going head to head.
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The first round of Champions League group matches gets under way on Tuesday 16th September as the long road to next year's final in Rome begins. The thirty two teams are split in to eight groups of four, with no one team from the same pot or same country able to be in the same group. The seedings were determined by Uefa and based upon teams recent performances in the Champions League. As a result, some of the best known teams and even recent Champions League winners were seeded in pots two to four. All eight groups therefore look to provide some tough challeneges for all the English sides. Of the British contingent, the draw was most kind to last year's runners up, Chelsea, who will have to face Roma, Bordeux and CFR Cluj in Group A.
Current Champions League holders, Man Utd have been drawn against Celtic in what is sure to be one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the competition. The two British sides are joined by Villareal and Aalborg in Group E. Both Sir Alex Ferguson and Gordon Strachan will be confident about the possibility of prgoressing from this group, however, Villareal are sure to be the side to poise a threat to both. The same cannot be said for Liverpool who have been drawn the extremely tough looking Group D. The 2005 Champions must face trips to PSV Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid.
The runners up in 2006, Arsenal, must also over cme some of Europe's biggest names if they are to progress to the last sixteen of the competition. Arsene Wenger's side are in Group G and drawn alongside Porto, Fenerbache and Dynamo Kiev.
Champions League Groups
Group A
Chelsea
Roma
Bordeaux
CFR Cluj
Group B
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Panathinaikos
Anorthosis Famagusta
Group C
Barcelona
Sporting Lisbon
Basel
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group D
Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven
Marseille
Atletico Madrid
Group E
Man Utd
Villarreal
Celtic
Aalborg
Group F
Lyon
Bayern Munich
Steaua Bucharest
Fiorentina
Group G
Arsenal
Porto
Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kiev
Group H
Real Madrid
Juventus
Zenit St Petersburg
Bate Borisov
As a result of the draw, betting on the Champions League saw the prices of the favourites shorten. Man Utd and Chelsea head the market at 11/2 each of two with both Barcelona and Inter Milan being trimmed in to 7/1. Liverpool drifted a fraction from 12/1 to 14/1 and Arsenal remained unchanged, also at 14/1.
Posted: Friday, 29th August 2008
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