Are Italian Clubs Really That Bad Now?....

[Trigger]

Not one of them made the top seeds for this afternoon's champions league draw yet all 4 spanish clubs are in the top seeds...


Seeding Order...

Pot A:
01. Porto (Portugal)
02. Real Madrid (Spain)
03. Valencia (Spain)
04. Barcelona (Spain)
05. Manchester United (England)
06. Bayern Munich (Germany)
07. Deportivo La Coruna (Spain)
08. Arsenal (England)

Pot B:
09. AC Milan (Italy)
10. Liverpool (England)
11. Juventus (Italy)
12. Inter Milan (Italy)
13. AS Roma (Italy)
14. Olympique Lyon (France)
15. Chelsea (England)
16. Panathinaikos (Greece)

Pot C:
17. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
18. Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
19. Celtic (Scotland)
20. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
21. Monaco (France)
22. Anderlecht (Belgium)
23. Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
24. Paris St Germain (France)

Group D:
25. Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway)
26. Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
27. Olympiakos (Greece)
28. Werder Bremen (Germany)
29. Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
30. Fenerbahce (Turkey)
31. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
32. CSKA Moscow (Russia)

 

[Mick Beard BHA]

Isnt it more a way of rigging them no to be in the same group?

Or is that guaranteed anyway?

 

[Knightsworld]

Isnt it more a way of rigging them no to be in the same group?

Or is that guaranteed anyway?

Teams from the same country can't be in the same group as each other

 

[Mick Beard BHA]

Teams from the same country can't be in the same group as each other

Ah. Grand so

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

Nothing to do with avoiding putting sides from one country all in the same group, the way it's been done means that Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkeusen and Werder Bremen could all be in the same group.

Still, it does seem a bit strange that AC Milan aren't in the top seeded group, seeing as they won the trophy the season before last.

By the way, what's the betting that Man Utd get drawn with Panathiniakos, Sparta Prague and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

 

[Mick Beard BHA]

Nothing to do with avoiding putting sides from one country all in the same group, the way it's been done means that Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkeusen and Werder Bremen could all be in the same group.

Without labouring the (moot) point, i was thinking that it was a privilege afforded solely to the Spanish and Italians- i wouldnt be suprised with UEFA.

But a tad 'conspiracy-theory' i guess..

 

[Superseagull]

How the hell did Liverpool get into group B! What have they done in the champions league recently to deserve that?

 

[saafend_seagull]

ac milan in group B?!?! whats going on there, they are quality.