SEMTEX

Teams from the same country are paired with one another. 1 goes in A-D, 1 goes in E-H. This is so that they split the games between Tue/Wed. So English teams are 2 on Tue, 2 on Wed. E-H already had Chelsea and Arsenal in. A-D only had Man Utd. Because they are the rules. It's probably because it's more interesting this way. Aye, part of the fun of playing in Europe is playing foreign sides, not a repeat of a league fixture. Didn't know that first part though, is it decided beforehand or part of the draw? Decided beforehand, but it's not made particularly obvious who is paired with who. Crap from UEFA: Where two sides from the same association qualified, they were paired to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday, so one club will always play at home on one day and the other will play away on the other day. In the case of associations with three representatives, only two teams were paired in terms of their fixtures; in the case of associations with four representatives, two pairings were made based on the TV audience. To ensure sides from the same country play on separate days, the eight groups were distinguished by colour: Groups A-D were red and Groups E-H blue. When a paired club was drawn, for example, into one of the red groups, the other paired club – once it was drawn – was automatically assigned to one of the four blue groups.

It's not a good group, but they should be happy with Bayern over Inter/Barca

Teams from the same country are paired with one another. 1 goes in A-D, 1 goes in E-H. This is so that they split the games between Tue/Wed. So English teams are 2 on Tue, 2 on Wed. E-H already had Chelsea and Arsenal in. A-D only had Man Utd. Because they are the rules. It's probably because it's more interesting this way.

Well I think that went quite well, apart from the minor Zenit blip. I'll see you back here for the Europa League draw.

Final Group Draw, featuring fancy formatting Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Trabzonspor Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Dinamo Zagreb Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Genk Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Borussia Dortmund Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Viktoria Plzen

Arsenal group looks interesting if nowt else.

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Trabzonspor Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Dinamo Zagreb Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Genk Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Borussia Dortmund Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Viktoria Plzen

SEMTEX: Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Dinamo Zagreb Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Genk Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Viktoria Plzen Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Trabzonspor

Fuck off Group H. Milan and Barca can just fucking NAP their way thru.

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Dinamo Zagreb Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Viktoria Plzen Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Trabzonspor Genk

if these end up in H...

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Dinamo Zagreb Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Trabzonspor Genk Viktoria Plzen

You know, I reckon Man Utd are safe.

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Otelul Galati Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Dinamo Zagreb Trabzonspor Genk Viktoria Plzen

I've shit better football teams than in Group G....

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit APOEL Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Dinamo Zagreb Trabzonspor Genk Viktoria Plzen Otelul Galati

Group A looks like a fantastic group tbf. No 1 massive super team. Just all very good sides.

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Napoli Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund Dinamo Zagreb APOEL Trabzonspor Genk Viktoria Plzen Otelul Galati

It has been rectified. Move along people.

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov Pot D: Borussia Dortmund Napoli Dinamo Zagreb APOEL Trabzonspor Genk Viktoria Plzen Otelul Galati

TaylorJ_01: already rectified that fuck up thanks

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica FC Basel Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan BATE Borisov

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Olympiakos Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan

Group A: Bayern Munich Villarreal Man City Group B: FC Internazionale Milano CSKA Moscow Lille Group C: Man Utd Benfica Group D: Real Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Ajax Group E: Chelsea Valencia Group F: Arsenal Olympique de Marseille Group G: FC Porto FC Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Group H: FC Barcelona AC Milan