Administrator Stan Posted August 28 Administrator Share Posted August 28 Draw takes place at 5pm on 29th August Pot 1 Real Madrid Man City Bayern Munich PSG Liverpool Inter Milan Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Barcelona Pot 2 Bayer Leverkusen Atletico Madrid Atalanta Juventus Benfica Arsenal Club Brugge Shakhtar Donetsk AC Milan Pot 3 Feyenoord Sporting Lisbon PSV RB Salzburg Young Boys Celtic Dinamo Zagreb/Qarabag Lille Red Star Belgrade Pot 4 Monaco Sparta Prague Aston Villa Girona Bologna Stuttgart Sturm Graz Brest Slovan Bratislava Quote The 36 teams will be manually drawn and then automated software will digitally draw their eight different opponents at random, determining which of their matches will be at home and which ones away. Each team will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams cannot face opponents from their own association, and can only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I was hoping bodo glimt from Norway would get through but they didn't. I became interested in them just because they're name sounds like something from star wars. They were actually in the Norwegian second division and now they have one a couple of Norwegian league titles. What's nice is they have done it without outside investment. They're not like a man city they are a proper football club who have had a structure which has made them successful without loads of investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 15 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said: I was hoping bodo glimt from Norway would get through but they didn't. I became interested in them just because they're name sounds like something from star wars. They were actually in the Norwegian second division and now they have one a couple of Norwegian league titles. What's nice is they have done it without outside investment. They're not like a man city they are a proper football club who have had a structure which has made them successful without loads of investment Yeah I was surprised to see them lose out last night. They seemed to have decent chances as well to at least score 1 goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 5 minutes ago, Stan said: Yeah I was surprised to see them lose out last night. They seemed to have decent chances as well to at least score 1 goal. I don't know from what I saw and heard they deserved to loose. Maybe next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Does anyone understand how the draw works because I haven't got a clue? I'm not sure if you play teams from other groups or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 39 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said: Does anyone understand how the draw works because I haven't got a clue? I'm not sure if you play teams from other groups or something? You play two from each pot. 1 home and 1 away. For example, Arsenal could end up away to Real Madrid and home to PSG from pot 1. Juventus home and Benfica away from pot 2 and so on. You can only play a maximum of two teams from the same country and none from your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 Pot 1 Draws Man City to face: Inter Milan (H) PSG (A) Club Brugge (H) Juventus (A) Feyenoord (H) Sporting Lisbon (A) Sparta Prague (H) Slovan Bratislava (A) Inter Milan: RB Leipzig (H) Man City (A) Arsenal (H) Bayer Leverkusen (A) Red Star (H) Young Boys (A) Monaco (H) Sparta Prague (A) Bayern Munich: PSG (H) Barcelona (A) Benfica (H) Shakhtar (A) GNK Dinamo (H) Feyenoord (A) Slovan Bratislava (H) Aston Villa (A) RB Leipzig: Liverpool (H) Inter Milan (A) Juventus (H) Atletico Madrid (A) Sporting Lisbon (H) Celtic (A) Aston Villa (H) Sturm Graz (A) Borussia Dortmund: Barcelona (H) Real Madrid (A) Shakhtar (H) Club Brugge (A) Celtic (H) GNK Dinamo (A) Sturm Graz (H) Bologna (A) Barcelona: Bayern Munich (H) Dortmund (A) Atalanta (H) Benfica (A) Young Boys (H) Red Star (A) Brest (H) Monaco (A) Real Madrid: Dortmund (H) Liverpool (A) AC Milan (H) Atalanta (A) Salzburg (H) Lille (A) Stuttgart (H) Brest (A) Liverpool: Real Madrid (H) RB Leipzig (A) Bayer Leverkusen (H) AC Milan (A) Lille (H) PSV (A) Bologna (H) Girona (A) PSG: Man City (H) Bayern Munich (A) Atletico Madrid (H) Arsenal (A) PSV (H) Salzburg (A) Girona (H) Stuttgart (A) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 Pot 2 Draws Atletico Madrid to face: RB Leipzig (H) PSG (A) Bayer Leverkusen (H) Benfica (A) Lille (H) Salzburg (A) Slovan Bratislava (H) Sparta Prague (A) Atalanta: Real Madrid (H) Barcelona (A) Arsenal (H) Shakhtar (A) Celtic (H) Young Boys (A) Sturm Graz (H) Stuttgart (A) Club Brugge: Dortmund (H) Man City (A) Juventus (H) AC Milan (A) Sporting Lisbon (H) Celtic (A) Aston Villa (H) Sturm Graz (A) Bayer Leverkusen: Inter Milan (H) Liverpool (A) AC Milan (H) Atletico Madrid (A) RB Salzburg (H) Feyenoord (A) Sparta Prague (H) Brest (A) Arsenal: PSG (H) Inter (A) Shakhtar (H) Atalanta (A) GNK Dinamo (H) Sporting Lisbon (A) Monaco (H) Girona (A) Benfica: Barcelona (H) Bayern Munich (A) Atletico Madrid (H) Juventus (A) Feyenoord (H) Red Star (A) Bologna (H) Monaco (A) AC Milan: Liverpool (H) Real Madrid (A) Club Brugge (H) Leverkusen (A) Red Star (H) GNK Dinamo (A) Girona (H) Slovan Bratislava (A) Juventus: Man City (H) RB Leipzig (A) Benfica (H) Club Brugge (A) PSV (H) Lille (A) Stuttgart (H) Aston Villa (A) Shakhtar: Bayern Munich (H) Dortmund (A) Atalanta (H) Arsenal (A) Young Boys (H) PSV (A) Brest (H) Bologna (A) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 The computer is pretty much doing all of the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 Just now, 6666 said: The computer is pretty much doing all of the work. all Ronaldo has to do is press a button. He's so bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 Pot 3 Teams: Young Boys: Inter Milan (H) Barcelona (A) Atalanta (H) Shakhtar (A) Red Star (H) Celtic (A) Aston Villa (H) Stuttgart (A) Lille: Real Madrid (H) Liverpool (A) Juventus (H) Atletico Madrid (A) Feyenoord (H) Sporting Lisbon (A) Sturm Graz (H) Bologna (A) PSV: Liverpool (H) PSG (A) Shakhtar (H) Juventus (A) Sporting Lisbon (H) Red Star (A) Girona (H) Brest (A) Feyenoord: Bayern Munich (H) Man City (A) Leverkusen (H) Benfica (A) Salzburg (H) Lille (A) Sparta Prague (H) Girona (A) Dinamo: Dortmund (H) Bayern Munich (A) AC Milan (H) Arsenal (A) Celtic (H) Salzburg (A) Monaco (H) Slovan Bratislava (A) Red Star Barcelona (H) Inter Milan (A) Benfica (H) AC Milan (A) PSV (H) Young Boys (A) Stuttgart (H) Monaco (A) RB Salzburg PSG (H) Real Madrid (A) Atletico Madrid (H) Leverkusen (A) GNK Dinamo (H) Feyenoord (A) Brest (H) Sparta Prague (A) Celtic RB Leipzig (H) Dortmund (A) Club Brugge (H) Atalanta (A) Young Boys (H) GNK Dinamo (A) Slovan Bratislava (H) Aston Villa (A) Sporting Lisbon Man City (H) RB Leipzig (A) Arsenal (H) Club Brugge (A) Lille (H) PSV (A) Bologna (H) Sturm Graz (A) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Why the fuck did they have to change the format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 Pot 4 Teams: Stuttgart: PSG (H) Real Madrid (A) Atalanta (H) Juventus (A) Young Boys (H) Red Star (A) Sparta Prague (H) Slovan Bratislava (A) Girona: Liverpool (H) PSG (A) Arsenal (H) AC Milan (A) Feyenoord (H) PSV (A) Slovan Bratislava (H) Sturm Graz (A) Bologna: Dortmund (H) Liverpool (A) Shakhtar (H) Benfica (A) Lille (H) Sporting Lisbon (A) Monaco (H) Aston Villa (A) Brest: Real Madrid (H) Barcelona (A) Leverkusen (H) Shakhtar (A) PSV (H) Salzburg (A) Sturm Graz (H) Sparta Prague Aston Villa: Bayern Munich (H) RB Leipzig (A) Juventus (H) Club Brugge (A) Celtic (H) Young Boys (A) Bologna (H) Monaco (A) Sparta Prague Inter (H) Man City (A) Atletico (H) Leverkusen (A) Salzburg (H) Feyenoord (A) Brest (H) Sturm Graz (A) Slovan Bratislava Man City (H) Bayern (A) Milan (H) Atletico (A) GNK Dinamo (H) Celtic (A) Stuttgart (H) Girona (A) Monaco: Barcelona (H) Inter (A) Benfica (H) Arsenal (A) Red Star (H) GNK Dinamo (A) Aston Villa (H) Bologna (A) Sturm Graz RB Leipzig (H) Dortmund (A) Brugge (H) Atalanta (A) Sporting Lisbon (H) Lille (A) Girona (H) Brest (A) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted August 29 Subscriber Share Posted August 29 I feel a bit for Villa fans so far. Their away games being Leipzig, Young Boys and Brugge probably aren't the European tour they were envisioning. At least they've got Bayern and Juventus coming to Villa Park. Drawing Celtic isn't that exciting though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I don't like this format. I get it but I don't like it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I don't like our draw very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 22 minutes ago, Stan said: all Ronaldo has to do is press a button. He's so bored The best part was when the presenter asked if he's happy with the path he gave Real Madrid. He pressed a fucking button!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 10 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: I feel a bit for Villa fans so far. Their away games being Leipzig, Young Boys and Brugge probably aren't the European tour they were envisioning. At least they've got Bayern and Juventus coming to Villa Park. Drawing Celtic isn't that exciting though . From their perspective though they've got big boys coming to play them at home but they've got relatively easy away games - so decent chance of going through to the next round while also playing against some big sides early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 29 Author Administrator Share Posted August 29 2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: From their perspective though they've got big boys coming to play them at home but they've got relatively easy away games - so decent chance of going through to the next round while also playing against some big sides early. Yeah it's a good combination. They're bound to play a bigger elite side if they qualify for the knockouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 People won't like the format, probably because they don't like change, but I'm open minded about this. Let's be honest, the group stages in this competition were boring. So many dead rubbers and you knew the top two in most groups before they were played. Aside from the fact it's about more money with the extra games, I think it will mean less meaningless games, top teams less assured having to play two pot one teams and it also probably gives the teams who would normally be the whipping boys in a group of four a chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 56 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: I don't like our draw very much Good thing is that arguably the two toughest games are at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I quite like the look of the draw, possibly because it's new and a bit different. I'm not keen on two extra games compared to the old format, whilst clubs have forced the end of FA Cup replays and managers will moan about too many games or their half a billion pound assembled squad being tired barely a few months after they've spent their summer's ripping people off in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41040476/champions-league-draw-how-new-format-works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Difficult to judge exactly, but surely the draw gives Villa the best chance they could have hoped for to make it to the knockout stage. 24 of the 36 have a play off or straight to last 16 round. Feels like the new format has on one hand robbed us of visiting a Bayern or a Juve. But also perhaps saved us from having to go to both. And giving a better chance to reach a big 2 leg tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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