Champions League Draw: Thursday August 26 18:00 CET

[always_hoping]

Group stage draw ceremony begins at 18:00 CET on Thursday 26 August. It is being held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Pot 1

Chelsea, Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Man City, Inter Milan, Lille, Sporting CP

Pot 2

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Man United, PSG, Liverpool, Sevilla, Dortmund

Pot 3
Porto, RB leipzig, Ajax, Atalanta, Zenti St Petersburg,Shakhtar, Salzburg, Benifca,

Pot 4

AC Milan, Club Brugge, Wolfsburg,Young Boys, Malmö, Besiktas, Dynamo Kyiv, Sheriff Tiraspol


Knowing Ole's habit of drawing the short straw one should not be surprised if Man United get a group of Bayern Munich, Ajax and AC Milan

Matchday 1: 14/15 September
Matchday 2: 28/29 September
Matchday 3: 19/20 October
Matchday 4: 2/3 November
Matchday 5: 23/24 November
Matchday 6: 7/8 December

 

[ThreeCorners]

Pot 2 actually seems stronger than pot 1. Means we avoid some big names by default. Wouldn't have fancied another grouping with PSG.

 

[Shane88]

Please Christ give us Villareal. I want some semblance of revenge.

 

[Robin Your Persie]

Pot 2 stronger than pot 1

 

[izec]

Sporting, Ajax and Malmo please

 

[The Firestarter]

Vilareal , Zenith, Malmo

 

[esmufc07]

Please Christ give us Villareal. I want some semblance of revenge.

Please god no. They’re the most boring games in the history of football.

 

[Samid]

Bayern
United
Porto
AC Milan

City
Dortmund
Dynamo
Malmö

Chelsea
Sevilla
Shakhtar
Wolfsburg

Sporting
Dippers
Zenit
Sheriff

 

[PoTMS]

Bayern
United
Leipzig
AC Milan

City
Dortmund
Dynamo
Malmö

Chelsea
Sevilla
Shakhtar
Wolfsburg

Sporting
Dippers
Zenit
Sheriff

 

[Samid]

Bayern are in a league of their own tbf

 

[OleBoiii]

Sporting, Ajax and Malmo please

Agreed. Short travel and all games we should win.

We're probably getting Bayern, Porto, Milan...

 

[PoTMS]

Bayern are in a league of their own tbf

Careful, you'll have the BDL after you before long.

 

[AaronRedDevil]

I want Villarreal so bad. Revenge!!!

 

[Legendary]

Lille, Man Utd, Porto, Brügge

Would be perfect, easy games, and very little travel.

It would allow us to win the group, and rest players for games.

 

[FootballHQ]

Must be the strongest pot 2 ever. Have Barca and Real Madrid ever been in pot 2 at same time before?

O.k it won't make the groups that different in terms of top 2 going through but could well mean a few big hitters will finish 2nd in the groups.

Teams to avoid from pot 3, Ajax and Atalanta.

AC Milan from 4.

 

[bond19821982]

What's the worst we can get?

Bayern , Atalanta and Milan ? I will take it.

 

[Samid]

What's the worst we can get?

Bayern , Atalanta and Milan ? I will take it.

Impossible.

 

[Joeace2020]

When pot 2 is better than pot 1

 

[GreenFieldsGoldenBarley]

Better to be in pot 2 than pot 1 this year! We avoid Real, Barca, PSG and Juventus! Brings home how weird all the leagues were this year.

Only 1 team from pot 1 that we can draw that I'd be worried about, and that's Bayern. Other than that we should be confident against everyone.

 

[Rojofiam]

Other than Bayern I fancy us against everyone we can get from pot 1. Not too afraid of Bayern either, but they'd be clear favorites for now

 

[Tragically Hip]

We are lucky to be in Pot 2.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

We never seem to get an easy draw under Ole so fully expecting us to get Bayern, Porto or Leipzig and Milan while City and Liverpool get piss easy groups.

 

[bond19821982]

Impossible.

Yeah , I made sure Bayern and RBL doesn't come up but dropped the ball here.

Given that, we will do better than last year and get out of group stages.

 

[TrustInOle]

Atletico Madrid
Manchester United
RB Leipzig
AC Milan

 

[#07]

Would love Villarreal and RB Leipzig after last season.

 

[TrustInOle]

Is this live?

 

[Skeezix]

Is this live?

It will be.... On the 26th of August

 

[TrustInOle]

It will be.... On the 26th of August

Thanks, just noticed.

 

[Robertd0803]

We are certain to get Villareal arent we.

 

[Zaphod2319]

I hope Roman sent the envelop full of money.

 

[Kaos]

Not sure why some are fearing Leipzig. They've lost their manager and two best defenders, We should be able to do them. Heck we spanked them at OT last season and then proceeded to shit the bed in the first 15 minutes of the return leg. With our team now we should easily beat them in both games IMO. Likewise with AC Milan, I don't think they're all that tbh.

Bayern would obviously be unfortunate. Wouldn't mind a saucy knockout game with them in the latter stages, but I think Ole could do with an easy group for once

 

[always_hoping]

Benifca, Young Boys and Malmö into group stages. Benifca go into pot 3 the other two pot 4 for the draw.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs/2021

I got the following:

Group A (Sheriff Tiraspol’s CL group stage debut sees them in a group of death)

Bayern
Real Madrid
Porto
Sheriff Tiraspol

Group B (Battle of the two oil estates)

Man City
PSG
Atalanta
Dynamo Kiev

Group C

Inter Milan
Sevilla
Ajax
Wolfsburg

Group D (even this computer simulator is a piss take )

Villarreal
Liverpool
Salzburg
Malmö

Group E

Chelsea
Barcelona
Shakhtar
Club Brugge

Group F

Atlético
Juventus
Benfica
Besiktas

Group G

Sporting CP
Dortmund
Zenit
Young Boys

Group H (Not fecking Leipzig again!! )

Lille
Man Utd
Leipzig
Milan

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Pot 3 looks very strong this season.

 

[Robin Your Persie]

City will probably get Sevilla, zenit and sheriff fc

 

[RedSky]

https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs/2021

I got the following:

Group A (Sheriff Tiraspol’s CL group stage debut sees them in a group of death)

Bayern
Real Madrid
Porto
Sheriff Tiraspol

Group B (Battle of the two oil estates)

Man City
PSG
Atalanta
Dynamo Kiev

Group C

Inter Milan
Sevilla
Ajax
Wolfsburg

Group D (even this computer simulator is a piss take )

Villarreal
Liverpool
Salzburg
Malmö

Group E

Chelsea
Barcelona
Shakhtar
Club Brugge

Group F

Atlético
Juventus
Benfica
Besiktas

Group G

Sporting CP
Dortmund
Zenit
Young Boys

Group H (Not fecking Leipzig again!! )

Lille
Man Utd
Leipzig
Milan

I just got:

Villarreal
Liverpool
Benfica
Sheriff

 

[McGrathsipan]

Who ever is the furthest team from Manchester is Nailed on to be in our group.
Just watch

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

Who ever is the furthest team from Manchester is Nailed on to be in our group.
Just watch

Aye.

We'll get the two toughest sides from pot 1 and pot 3 and then whoever is furthest away in pot 4.

 

[matherto]

Expecting Villarreal and Porto at the very least.

 

[Klopper76]

I'd love a couple of games against AC Milan for old time sake.