Thirty-two European clubs learned their fate on Thursday, with the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League draw seeing its completion in Monaco. Eight groups of four were concocted. No favors were done for Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.
Below is the completed draw.
Why does Puyol always look like someone just hosed him down with Vaseline? #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/W4MkcWM2KP
— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) August 27, 2015
Group A: PSG, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo
Group B: PSV, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, VfL Wolfsburg
Group C: Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, FC Astana
Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach
Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, AS Roma, BATE
Group F: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiakos, Dinamo Zagreb
Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group H: Zenit St. Petersburg, Valencia, Lyon, Gent
Predictions
Given current form and recent history, below are the predicted group winners and runner-ups.
Group A: Real Madrid (winner), PSG (runner-up)
Group B: Manchester United (winner), VfL Wolfsburg (runner-up)
Group C: Atletico Madrid (winner), Benfica (runner-up)
Group D: Manchester City (winner), Sevilla (runner-up)
Group E: Barcelona (winner), AS Roma (runner-up)
Group F: Bayern Munich (winner), Arsenal (runner-up)
Group G: Chelsea (winner), FC Porto (runner-up)
Group H: Valencia (winner), Zenit St. Petersburg (runner-up)
Naturally, Twitter was not short of commentary.
Arsene Wenger, when he saw he will play against Bayern in UCL group stage pic.twitter.com/2GudUPLvnf
— Troll Football (@Troll__Football) August 27, 2015
Group D: #MCFC, Juventus, Sevilla. pic.twitter.com/ZrSJY7oKQO
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) August 27, 2015
Another season of Arsenal barely getting out the group and then being pummeled in the knockout rounds pic.twitter.com/0hnqHGIHvI
— Zeets! (@_Zeets) August 27, 2015
Ronaldo can't escape Messi, no matter where he goes. Best photobomb ever? #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/khwCapeo5z
— Cristian Nyari (@Cnyari) August 27, 2015
Bayern Munich goes into Group F, which has produced four of the last eight Champions League winners. #science
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) August 27, 2015
All 32 clubs will compete in double round-robin competition, with the two highest point totals from each group advancing to the knockout rounds. The group stage will begin on Sept 15. and run until Dec. 9.
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