Champions League Group Stage Draw
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Sweet draw.
Sweet draw.
Missed this feeling of being bothered and excited by UEFA CL draw. 😀
no way we're not winning that group imo
If we don't it's on you
we will
so you want to play real madrid instead?
Since we were reportedly watching Quincy Promes, we should know quite a bit about Spartak Moscow. Did well to win the title ahead of 'powerhouses' CSKA Moscow and Zenit but haven't had a good start to the season. They have Pasalic on loan from Chelsea and Luis Adriano (ex-Shakhtar Donetsk, Milan).
Sevilla are much changed but have still bought well - Banega, Muriel, Nolito, Navas, Kjaer. New manager Eduardo Berizzo brought Celta to the semis of Europa League last season too.
Lost 5-1 to Zenit (A), 2-1 to CSKA (A), 4-3 derby defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow (H)
Sevilla are much changed but have still bought well - Banega, Muriel, Nolito, Navas, Kjaer. New manager Eduardo Berizzo brought Celta to the semis of Europa League last season too.
Sevilla were fucking Lucky to survive that qualifier against Instanbul Bassomething. They were really hanging in the ropes and a smooth freekick in the dying minutes that just hit the post meant they could advance.
Yeah, didn't watch the match but noticed the result. That said, the likes of Nolito, Kjaer and Muriel were all on the bench. 2 legged ties vs 1 off matches are slightly different too. Hopefully the new players and manager takes time to gel and settle in.
Just had a look and noticed their keeper's 39 yrs old!
Slovenian champions
If Spurs had gotten leipzig as well that would be some group.
We can't be too worried about that draw. Utd with a wee gift of a draw. Spurs are in trouble, and Chelsea have a tasty one.
[article]On his reaction to the draw…
The draw was exciting – to be part of it is obviously really special. We watched with a few of the lads together. There are groups with Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid, and not to get them is of course more good than bad. But I don’t think that after this long way we should think about the opponents. We have to go and prepare. With Sevilla, there is an open bill, I would say. But we all know how good they are in European competition. Moscow is a long trip. And Maribor, in this moment you don’t know a lot about them; a lot of people would underestimate them, we will not. So we don’t think about the opponent, we just think about the competition. We’ll analyse and take everything seriously – we want to go as far as possible. But it’s the Champions League, so that means they all earn our 100 per cent respect, how we earn 100 per cent respect from them. That’s what we will show and hopefully we have a few really good games, which we 100 per cent need.
On preparing for the ties…
We will see. We will plan it probably from tomorrow on. We will take as much information. Maybe we can send the guys there. The Russian league has played seven games already, so that’s probably an advantage for them – they have rhythm and all that stuff. Spain had one matchday, I don’t know about Slovenia. We’ll probably send people there and watch them; we can get enough games of theirs, that’s not a problem in the world of football. We will know everything until we play them and we will be prepared 100 per cent.
On how to approach a Champions League group stage…
I have a few games. Away, home… in the group stage you need to get each point and each result you can get. That’s what we think about. For sure, we need to make sure that Anfield is a really difficult hill to climb for other teams. But that doesn’t mean that we go to other stadiums and think a point will be enough. I don’t think it makes sense to think like this. We are not the favourite in the tournament, we are not the favourite in the group – we are just a challenger. The challenger should be 100 per cent concentrated and give everything, and that’s what we’ll try to do.
On the buzz of being back in the Champions League…
We all know how big the pressure was yesterday. Now we are in the Champions League. We will first of all prepare the team for the Arsenal game. Then all the players are around the world and hopefully they can come back healthy, that’s the main thing. Then, in the moment when we know who we will play first, we will go for it. There are a few weeks until then; we will need the time and we will use it. It just feels good, I cannot say differently. Now we can start the preparation.
On whether other teams will fear Liverpool…
In this moment, for sure. But it depends on our performance. We had a nice sign last night – the first 20 minutes were probably part of the best pieces of football I was ever part of. That was really impressive. But we have to replicate this – we have to do it again and again and again. Then we can be successful. That’s good news but hard work also.[/article]
Utd Lucky, but they got a tougher Moscow trip than us.
As of current league fixtures
Man City (A)
Sevilla (H)
Burnley (H)
Leicester (A)
Spartak (A)
Newcastle (A)
Man Utd (H)
Maribor (A)
Tottenham (A)
Huddersfield (H)
Maribor (H)
West Ham (A)
Southampton (H)
Sevilla (A)
Chelsea (H)
Brighton (A)
Spartak (H)
Everton (H)
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Celtic are synonymous with fucked
Less of an issue with a first class kitted airbus with your own bed. It's the 3 games a week that'll fuck players, but our squad should be capable with a couple more in.
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