**** OFFICIAL Champions League 2007-08 Thread!*****

[ThaSaltCracka]

Which team are you picking?

[EmpireMaker2]

Ill take Man U obv so u can sport the C ronaldo avatar

[ThaSaltCracka]

I will wait till the end of the transfer window to confirm, but my prelim answer is ok.

[Topnoevili]

The draw for the group stage is today... here are the seeds


POT 1
AC Milan (ITA, holders) A
FC Barcelona (ESP) B
Liverpool FC (ENG) C
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) A
Arsenal FC (ENG) D
Real Madrid CF (ESP) B
Chelsea FC (ENG) D
Manchester United FC (ENG) C

POT 2
Valencia CF (ESP) E
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) F
FC Porto (POR)
Sevilla FC (ESP) / AEK Athens FC (GRE) E/M
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
AS Roma (ITA) G
SL Benfica (POR) H
Werder Bremen (GER) I

POT 3
Celtic FC (SCO) J
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) I
FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) H
S.S. Lazio (ITA) G
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) F

POT 4
Rangers FC (SCO) J
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) K
Besiktas (TUR) L
Olympiacos CFP (GRE) M
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) K
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) L
SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)

draw is at 6pm CET *i think in 50 minutes but i don't know*

[Droogie]

Hahahahahahahahahaha ajax... oh man not as good as last year's exit but still wonderful. Bad for Dutch football (coefficients) but whatever, ajax losing > *

And yes, 6 pm CET is soon (40 minutes).

[Topnoevili]

UEFA and their pomp and circumstance... so brutal

I'll update this post as each pot is drawn

Club awards/ draw are combined

Awards voted on by panel of last 16 coaches in CL

European Club GK of the Year: Petr Cech, Chelsea
European Club Defender of the Year: Paolo Maldini, AC Milan
European Club Midfielder of the Year: Clarence Seedorf, AC
European Club Forward of the Year: Kaka, AC Milan

Group A:
Liverpool FC
FC Porto
O. Marseille
Besiktas

Group B:
Chelsea FC
Valencia CF
FC Schalke 04
Rosenborg

Group C:
Real Madrid CF
Werder Bremen
S.S. Lazio
Olympiacos

Group D:
AC Milan *holders*
SL Benfica
Celtic FC
Shakhtar

Group E:
FC Barcelona
O. Lyon
VFB Stuttgart
Rangers FC

Group F:
Manchester United FC
AS Roma
Sporting Club de Portugal
Dynamo Kyiv

Group G:
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moskva
Fenerbache SK

Group H:
Arsenal FC
Sevilla FC/ AEK Athens
FC Group Steaua Burcuresti
SK Slava Praha

[HionelLutz]

Watching the UEFA CL Draw: Nerdiest thing possible. That said, I am watching it.

[JaredL]

Saltie,

BRING IT (assuming Sevilla get through)

[correia]

Marseille takes the lead vs Liverpool on a goal in the 79th minute by Valbuena.