25/26 CL Draw

[RedMagic]

Teams placed in four pots according to seeding - each side will face two teams from each pot, one at home and one away.

The draw is on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch the not pre arranged draw. Who would you like us to draw?

Pot one

Paris St-Germain
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona

Pot two

Arsenal
Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid
Benfica
Atalanta
Villarreal
Juventus
Eintracht Frankfurt
Club Brugge

Pot three

Tottenham
PSV Eindhoven
Ajax
Napoli
Sporting
Olympiacos
Slavia Prague
Bodo/Glimt
Marseille

Pot four

Copenhagen
Monaco
Galatasaray
Union SG
Qarabag
Athletic Bilbao
Newcastle
Pafos
Kairat Almaty

[Insidious]

I tuned in on YouTube and there appears to be a short film about Zlatan Ibrahimovic having come up with the new format.

It was excruciating enough for me to zonk out.

Might revisit in a bit.

[faridtoxteth]

Am I misunderstanding something? If every team plays two teams from each pot, then there is no advantage of being seeded.

[RedMagic]

I tuned in on YouTube and there appears to be a short film about Zlatan Ibrahimovic having come up with the new format.

It was excruciating enough for me to zonk out.

Might revisit in a bit.

I've still not come across anyone who actually watches all the nonsense that goes on before the actual draw takes place.

[CCTV]

Fuck Zlatan.. the new format is wank

[CCTV]

Am I misunderstanding something? If every team plays two teams from each pot, then there is no advantage of being seeded.

If it wasn't seeded, there would be no "equality"

The seeding, allows for bigger teams to play each other before ko stages, unlike the old format.
And it ensures everyone gets the same levels of opponents as before.

[RedMagic]

Am I misunderstanding something? If every team plays two teams from each pot, then there is no advantage of being seeded.

This new format supposedly makes for a more balanced set of fixtures. Who knows whether that's the case or not.

[RedMagic]

Fuck Zlatan.. the new format is wank

I don't like the fact that the draw is 'automated'.

[CCTV]

Teams placed in four pots according to seeding - each side will face two teams from each pot, one at home and one away.

The draw is on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch the not pre arranged draw. Who would you like us to draw?

Pot one

Paris St-Germain
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona

Pot two

Arsenal
Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid
Benfica
Atalanta
Villarreal
Juventus
Eintracht Frankfurt
Club Brugge

Pot three

Tottenham
PSV Eindhoven
Ajax
Napoli
Sporting
Olympiacos
Slavia Prague
Bodo/Glimt
Marseille

Pot four

Copenhagen
Monaco
Galatasaray
Union SG
Qarabag
Athletic Bilbao
Newcastle
Pafos
Kairat Almaty

So, worst case ?

PSG, Real, Arsenal, Atletico, Napoli, Spurs, Newcastle & Galatasary away?

And best case ?

Dortmund, Barca!, Benfica, Brugge, S. Prague, Olympiacos, Pafos & Copenhagen ?

[RedMagic]

Bayern get drawn. A button gets pressed, and their eight opponents are automatically selected. Yep that's all above board.

They are: Chelsea, Paris St-Germain, Club Brugge, Arsenal, Sporting, PSV, Union SG and Pafos.

[RedMagic]

We get Real Madrid again.

Chelsea are up next. They will play Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Benfica (h), Atalanta (a), Ajax (h), Napoli (a), Pafos (h) and Qarabag (a)

[RedMagic]

Here come Real Madrid:

They will take on Manchester City (home), Liverpool (away), Juventus (home), Benfica (away), Marseille (home), Olympiacos (away), Monaco (home), and Kairat Almaty (away)

[RedMagic]

Last term's semi-finalists Inter Milan will face:

Liverpool (home), Borrusia Dortmund (away), Arsenal (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Slavia Prague (home), Ajax (away), Kairat Almaty (home) and Union SG (away)

[RedMagic]

Borussia Dortmund will play:

Inter Milan (home), Manchester City (away), Villarreal (home), Juventus (away), Bodo/Glimt (home), Tottenham (away), Athletic Bilbao (home), Copenhagen (away).

[RedMagic]

Liverpool will play:

Real Madrid (home), Inter Milan (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Eintracht Frankfurt (away), PSV Eindhoven (home), Marseille (away), Qarabag (home) and Galatasaray (away)

Your thoughts on our draw? On TV and radio they are saying that's a tough draw. I'd say it could have been worse. Having the likes of both Madrid teams and Carrier bag at home rather than away is a good thing.