2018-19 UEFA Champions League

Mr.Nice Guy

Young Boys in United's group.

Red Star in with PSG, Napoli and Liverpool.

Nice one

Mushy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Young Boys in United's group.

Might put money on Utd to lose one of those ties

green123

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

2 English teams in groups A-D, 2 others in groups E-H.
That way two are playing each night Tuesday or Wednesday.
Always been the way, you could never have the four English teams in A-B-C-D.

Ditto for the other countries with more than one team.

Thanks for the explanation, i never noticed that before

citytillidie

green123 wrote: »

Why could man utd only go into 2 groups.
I thought they should be able to go into any group apart from city ?

Had to go into the same side as Man City for fixtures

Mr.Nice Guy

Club Brugge in with Atletico and co.

Plzen in with Madrid and Roma.

Sprinter Sacre

City getting a handy draw for once, United getting a tough draw for once. Nothing is going Jose's way.

Mr.Nice Guy

Inter in with Barca, Spurs and PSV. Looks a great group.

AEK Athens in Bayern's group.

citytillidie

Group Stage
Group A
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Monaco (FRA)
Club Brugge (BEL)

Group B
Barcelona (ESP)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)

Group C
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Napoli (ITA)
Liverpool (ENG)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)


Group D
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Porto (POR)
Schalke (GER)
Galatasaray (TUR)

Group E
Bayern München (GER)
Benfica (POR)
Ajax (NED)
AEK Athens (GRE)

Group F
Manchester City (ENG)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Lyon (FRA)
Hoffenheim (GER)

Group G
Real Madrid (ESP)
Roma (ITA)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Group H
Juventus (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)
Valencia (ESP)
Young Boys (SUI)

ERG89

Zanetti getting younger while the rest of us look like s**t.
Bayern's is the group that would be great if it were 2006.

Mr.Nice Guy

That's one of the best group stage draws I can remember.

sky88

Tough groups for all the english teams except city


Some very intresting ties to look forward too

munchkin_utd

when are the fixtures released ?

Itll be interesting this year with the early kickoff times too and seeing who outside of the eastern clubs will get those allocated !

LuckyGent88

Some cracking draws across all the groups. There is always one random draw with no heavyweight and that will be group D this year.

All tough groups for United, spurs and Liverpool. Exciting ties though.

RobbingBandit

Two hours time the match list should be up

Amirani

Look to be pretty interesting groups to be fair, might make the group stage a bit more competitive this year.

Mr.Nice Guy

Modric named Player of the Year. No wonder Ronnie didn't turn up.

martyos121

Modric the deserving winner of that award, without a doubt the best season his career and he was immense in the Champions League final.

ERG89

City, Bayern, Real and group D are very handy groups but the rest are fairly stacked.
Looking forward to a few ties that will no doubt clash.

NIMAN

An moderately interesting group stage for once.

It's usually a bore but some decent ties this year.

pjohnson

Will Liverpool risk bringing Shaqiri to Serbia :pac:

xtal191

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1035223252501753856

eagle eye

People trying to kick off a Salah vs Ramos fans row, Twitter is just so stupid.
Like watching the draw to see if there are any major surprises as regards groups.
I won't watch many group stage games though, much rather watch a good midweek championship game.

Shanotheslayer

eagle eye wrote: »

I won't watch many group stage games though, much rather watch a good midweek championship game.

Yeh who would want miss Birmingham V Stoke whilst Barca V Spurs or Liverpool V PSG is on.

justshane

I can't wait for Napoli and Psg...!

TripleAce

Anybody knows when the full group stage calendar game by game will be available?

JP Liz V1

Wow tough group for Spurs, some very interesting group games

citytillidie

United in back to back games V Juve

citytillidie

Group B
Inter V Spurs
Spurs V Barca
PSV V Spurs
Spurs V PSV
Spurs V Inter
Barca V Spurs

Group C
Liverpool V PSG
Napoli V Liverpool
Liverpool V Red Star
Red Star V Liverpool
PSG V Liverpool
Liverpool V Napoli

Group F
Man C V Lyon
Hoffenhiem V Man C
Shakhtar V Man C
Man C V Shakhtar
Lyon V Man C
Man C V Hoffenhiem

Group H
Young Boys V Man U
Man U V Valencia
Man U V Juve
Juve V Man U
Man U V Young Boys
Valencia V Man u

TripleAce

citytillidie wrote: »

Group B
Inter V Spurs
Spurs V Barca
PSV V Spurs
Spurs V PSV
Spurs V Inter
Barca V Spurs

Group C
Liverpool V PSG
Napoli V Liverpool
Liverpool V Red Star
Red Star V Liverpool
PSG V Liverpool
Liverpool V Napoli

Group F
Man C V Lyon
Hoffenhiem V Man C
Shakhtar V Man C
Man C V Shakhtar
Lyon V Man C
Man C V Hoffenhiem

Group H
Young Boys V Man U
Man U V Valencia
Man U V Juve
Juve V Man U
Man U V Young Boys
Valencia V Man u

Thanks! I deleted my post at the same time you were posting as i found it online. Cheers for posting this anyway!

OneEightSeven

TripleAce wrote: »

Anybody knows when the full group stage calendar game by game will be available?

Seems to be on Wikipedia now. Kick-off times and everything.

Mr.Nice Guy

I love that the games have been split into two time blocs now.

citytillidie

Full fixtures

https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/56/87/88/2568788_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Pauliedragon

Apparantly UEFA are looking at a third tier competition from 2021. Might be good for LOI.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0830/988536-uefa-could-introduce-a-third-tier-european-competition/

Guy:Incognito

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Apparantly UEFA are looking at a third tier competition from 2021. Might be good for LOI.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0830/988536-uefa-could-introduce-a-third-tier-european-competition/

They could call it the cup winners cup. Has a ring to it.

citytillidie

Turning the champions league into a closed shop with maybe allowing the winners of that 3rd tier in

Harry Palmr

I see Aurelio Di Horrendous is fuming at Liverpool being in Pot 3 for the draw!

NIMAN

Matches at 6 and 8pm now.....great, 2 matches in a row...wife will be happy.

citytillidie

Tuesday Games
5:55pm Kick-Off
Group B
Internazionale Milano (ITA) V Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 3 / VM 1
Barcelona (ESP) V PSV Eindhoven (NED) - Live on BT Sport 1

8pm Kick-Off
Group A
Monaco (FRA) V Atlético Madrid (ESP) - Live on BT Sport ESPN
Club Brugge (BEL) V Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

Group C
Liverpool (ENG) V Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) - Live on BT Sport 2 / RTE 2
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Napoli (ITA) - Live on BT Sport 3

Group D
Schalke (GER) V Porto (POR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4
Galatasaray (TUR) V Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) - Live on BT Sport Extra 5

Wednesday Games
5:55pm Kick-Off
Group E
Ajax (NED) V AEK Athens (GRE) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Group F
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) V Hoffenheim (GER) - Live on BT Sport 1

8pm Kick-Offs
Group E
Benfica (POR) V Bayern München (GER) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3

Group F
Manchester City (ENG) V Lyon (FRA) - Live on BT Sport 3

Group G
Real Madrid (ESP) V Roma (ITA) - Live on BT Sport ESPN
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V CSKA Moskva (RUS) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

Group H
Valencia (ESP) V Juventus (ITA) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2
Young Boys (SUI) V Manchester United (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2

ERG89

NIMAN wrote:

Matches at 6 and 8pm now.....great, 2 matches in a row...wife will be happy.

I first read this as 2 matches and a row with the wife. Both nights is asking a bit much as she may use the silent treatment before taking your head off when you try justify watching Villarreal vs Rangers on Thursday.

ERG89

https://twitter.com/jonathandveal83/status/1041724304046604288?s=19

Poch is up to his old sh!t again. Might get away with it as he'll face either Inter Milan or Inter Merda tomorrow night as nobody knows how they'll play

GavRedKing

ERG89 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/jonathandveal83/status/1041724304046604288?s=19

Poch is up to his old sh!t again. Might get away with it as he'll face either Inter Milan or Inter Merda tomorrow night as nobody knows how they'll play

I'd imagine they'll not want to lose the first game either and be straight on the back foot as their 2nd game is Barca at Wembley, not exactly a gimme.

Godot.

On a side note, no coverage on free-to-air Irish TV of the Wednesday matches? That's disappointing/annoying.
I'd have thought that TV3 would get another early KO with RTE getting the night, but it seems they just have the rights to one game each per week.

irishguitarlad

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'd imagine they'll not want to lose the first game either and be straight on the back foot as their 2nd game is Barca at Wembley, not exactly a gimme.

I was reading on gazetta dello sport(thinly veiled I'm learning Italian post) that spaletti went crazy at them the last day after the game. Also Vecino(according to my beginners italian) is back.

Pauliedragon

When do Virgin start plying games on the pay channel only? I can't find any info I notice todays game is on FTA.

Fitz*

Pauliedragon wrote: »

When do Virgin start plying games on the pay channel only? I can't find any info I notice todays game is on FTA.

It looks like it is tonight. They have Liverpool vs PSG listed for tonight on the Virgin Media Sports channel. But I think the Spurs game at 5.55 is the free one (on Virgin Media One?).

blueser

Why have the Irish stations decided to go with having matches on the same night, as opposed to the old arrangement of tues and wed night? It can't be down to competing for viewers, as the games don't clash.

citytillidie

This shows the chart of kick offs and where is likely to have early kick offs

Mr.Nice Guy

Teams for the 5:55 kick-offs:

Inter XI: Handanovic, De Vrij, Miranda, Skriniar, Asamoah, Vecino, Brozovic, Politano, Nainggolan, Perisic, Icardi.

Tottenham XI: Vorm, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; S. Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, J. Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Coutinho; Messi, L. Suarez, Dembele.

PSV Eindhoven XI: Zoet; Dumfries, Schwaab, Viergever, Angelino; Rosario, Hendrix, Bergwijn, Pereiro, Lozano; De Jong.

Hard to believe it's almost ten years since the famous Spurs/Inter clashes that announced Bale on the European stage. Not sure this game will be as good as them but I fancy Spurs to win away. Should be a handy Barca win too I imagine.

Loafing Oaf

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Teams for the 5:55 kick-offs:





Hard to believe it's almost ten years since the famous Spurs/Inter clashes that announced Bale on the European stage. Not sure this game will be as good as them but I fancy Spurs to win away. Should be a handy Barca win too I imagine.

Spurs fans no doubt rehearsing 'taxi for Miranda' chants.:P Maybe leave out the 'for' to make it scan....

Not sure Son or Lamela will have quite the same impact though.