The worlds biggest and most watched football tournament has had its draw for the group stages.Every year teams from Europe tussle out to gain qualification to this tournament that showcase their talent and win some big money in the process. The money in the game has reached crazy figures with bug tv deals playing contributing to the heavy windfall’s.

Groups for the 2008/08 Champions League are

Group A

Chelsea

Roma

Bordeaux

CFR Ecomax Cluj

Group B

Internazionale

Bremen

Panathinaikos

Anorthosis Famagusta

Group C

Barcelona

Sporting

Basel

Shakhtar

Group D

Liverpool

PSV Eindhoven

Marseille

Atletico Madrid

Group E

Manchester United

Villarreal

Celtic

Aalborg BK

Group F

Lyon

Bayern

Steaua Bucharest

Fiorentina

Group G

Arsenal

Porto

Fenerbahce

Dynamo Kiev

Group H

Real Madrid

Juventus

Zenith Saint-Petersbourg

Bate Borisov

Match proper start on the 17th of September and the spread looks very even with group D that looks slightly more competitive than the rest. The good this is that there are a few new names (that i can hardly pronounce) which is a good sign that the smaller teams are slowly making their way into the dominant space of the European giants.What are you thoughts?

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