The UEFA Champions League draw was rolled out Thursday, and Uncle Phil should be fairly pleased with the outcome. Chelsea, the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s draw (that’s right, bitch), was drawn into Group A along with Serie A runner-up AS Roma, Frenchies Bordeaux and CL debutants CFR Cluj (Romania). I’d like to think we could advance out of this group playing Di Santo ...

The draw for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in Monaco on Thursday, threw up yet another ‘Battle of Britain’ as Scottish Champions Celtic were paired with their English counterparts, Manchester United, in Group E. It is the second time that the two sides have been drawn together at this stage, and both sets of supporters can look forward to two mouth-watering ties when the teams ...

Thursday afternoon's Champions League draw at the picturesque principality of Monaco revealed a tricky set of opening round of matches for English side Arsenal. Having comprehensively seen off Steve Maclaren's Dutch side FC Twente the previous night, Arsene Wenger's side was one of the eight top seeded teams going into the draw for Europe's biggest club competition. As it turned out, the draw ...

If yesterday's Champions League draw taught us anything, it's that Chelsea and Manchester United surely have a guardian angel (or a man named Platini) looking over them. With the exception of Villarreal and AS Roma, both should surely waltz into the knockout stage of the tournament. For Arsenal and Liverpool, ...

NEWS: The 32-team UEFA Champions League field was set Thursday, and the UEFA Cup draw should follow today. Let's take a peek at the eight groups of four: Group A Chelsea (England) AS Roma (Italy) FC Girondins de Bordeaux (France)...

Yeah, its time now for everyone's favourite club competition in the world. I keep thinking as if it was only yesterday that Carlos TEVEZ lifted the Champions League trophy after that final in Moscow. What a great moment it was to witness such a thing.   Yesterday after viewing the group stage draw, I felt there was a need for me to write a preview on this competition. Looking at ...

It certainly has been a busy twenty-four hours for Fiorentina. Yesterday the Viola drew Slavia Prague in the second leg of their qualifying tie for the Champions League ; with the draw, Fiorentina has advanced to the group stages of the competition, and today the draw for each group were made. First, I did not post anything on yesterday’s game because, again, I did not see it. I was at ...

Overall reaction to the draw ? Not too bad , all things considered. Sir Alex seems happy enough about it .

Today in Monaco the draw for the Group Stages of the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League was held. As per usual it produced some potential mouth-watering affairs and some 'meh' games. Some of the matches of interest include: * Defending champion Manchester United v. Celtic in Group E. * Liverpool playing star Fernando Torres old club Athlètico Madrid in Group D. (In fact, of all the ...

The high-rollers meet in Monte Carlo for draw 1. Liverpool are going to struggle. In their current form and up against PSV Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid, it could spell trouble. > >

Here we have it -- this season's Champions League draw for the group stages. Take a look. Group A (Chelsea, AS Roma, Bordeaux, CFR 1907 Cluj)Group B (Internazionale, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta)Group C (FC Barcelona, Sport...

The UEFA Champions League Draw has been completed and, as expected, there are plenty of juicy match-ups. Here are the groups: Group A : Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR 1907 Cluj Group B : Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathanaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta Group C : FC Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, FC Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk Group D : Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico ...

Champions League Group Stage Draw Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev Group H: Real Madrid, ...

It’s the Champions League group stage draw and here I am, sitting at work, bringing it to you as live as I can. Barcelona is in Pot 1 (of 4). Here are the pots: Pot 1 : Chelsea (England), Liverpool (England), FC Barcelona (Spain), Arsenal (England), Manchester United (England), Olympique Lyón (France), Real Madrid (Spain), and Inter Milán (Italy). Pot 2 : Bayern Múnich (Germany), ...

It’s the draw for the Champions League groups stages today, featuring all the big teams like Man Utd, Real Madrid, AS Roma and, er, FC BATE Borisov. We have a LiveBlog of the draw for you on Champions League Offside so head over there now to see who’s going to be playing who this season.

The Champions League draw takes place at noon today EST. The English clubs are all in pot one, featuring the competition’s top seeds, and cannot play each other in this round. The posts are: POT ONE Manchester United, Chelsea , Liverpool , Barcelona , Arsenal , Lyon, Inter Milan , Real Madrid POT TWO Bayern Munich , PSV Eindhoven, Villarreal, Roma, FC Porto, Werder Bremen, ...

Today is the Champions’ League draw. This, coupled with the lack of progress on the Berbatov front (only four days to go), have made my job infinitely easier — I don’t have to come up with a longish post today. Since the Champions’ League draw starts at 4:30pm (BST) I will leave the stage to you to come up with your predictions for our opponents. (I know, I can be a ...

I’ll have a round up of the Third Qualifying round soon, but tomorrow the draw takes place for the real thing - the group stage of the Champions League. If you want to see who is drawn with whom, you can pop along to here 5pm GMT, as I’ll be liveblogging the event, right here. See you there.