Champs League Group, All Chat In Here.

Nice dreams :smiley-laughing002:... but reality is different...:smiley-laughing002:

 

You are noble, Shane. :icon_mrgreen:

 

I do pride myself on my nobility

 

* brilliant draw I went mental when I heard it.

Messi at Paradise yesssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Barcelona at Celtic Park is going to be a very special night. Every night at Paradise is, but the idea of hosting Messi, Iniesta, Busquets, Villa, Xavi, Puyol, Alba etc is breathtaking. Then when we hammer them, it will be even better :icon_mrgreen:

 

Just watching the draw again on YouTube, the UEFA guy said we won the competition in 1997 just after we were drawn out.

 

Are those the odds to qualify or top the group?

 

Noticed it when I was watching it live

He obviously likes us.

 

top it RB

 

Ah I see...

40/1 for us to qualify would have been amazing odds.

 

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Benfica almost put Chelsea out in the quarter finals last season Unai Emery is now in charge at Spartak, but he has never beaten Barça Celtic are practically unstoppable in Scotland following the collapse of Rangers and are fully focused on Europe
Benfica, Spartak Moscow and Glasgow Celtic are all huge teams in their respective countries and will be facing FC Barcelona in the UCL group stage. Here we take a brief look at each of them:

Benfica: Familiar faces

The runners up in last year’s Portuguese championship are the side with the strongest continental track record out of FCB’s three opponents. Double European Cup winners in the 1960s, Benfica currently employ a number of players that have Spanish Liga experience. Manager Jorge Jesús’ squad includes Nolito (ex Barça B), Garay, Rodrigo, Javi García (ex Real Madrid), Aimar (ex Valencia) and this summer’s star signing Salvio (ex Atlético Madrid). The side also features Witsel and Cardozo, who lead the midfield and attack respectively. Last season they very nearly put eventual champions Chelsea out of the competition in the quarter finals.

Spartak: Emery the main danger

The third seed in the group is one of Russia’s powerhouses. Although they haven’t won a major honour for nine years, Spartak have been improving of late. Recent reinforcements include Källstrom, Romulo, former Espanyol man Pareja and Nigeria’s Emenike, who dazzled last season with 13 goals in 22 games. But perhaps the most important acquisition is not a player but the coach, Unai Emery, who did such a good job at Valencia and knows all about making life difficult for Barça. But the man in charge of the Muscovite club never managed to beat Barcelona with his previous club, nor with Almeria before that, his overall track record being four draws and six defeats.

Celtic: the new king of Scotland

Although they have 11 fewer league titles than their eternal rivals Rangers, these are happy days for the green and white half of Scotland’s biggest city. For economic reasons, their protestant rivals have been forced to disband and are now starting all over again in the Scottish Third Division. With Rangers out of the way for at least the next three years, Celtic look set to dominate the domestic championship like never before, which means manager Neil Lennon will be able to focus almost his entire attention on his club’s European campaign. Applying their typically physical but direct approach, their strengths include Wanyama in midfield and Greek international Samaras up front.

 

Barca are definitely my second team. Not for gloryhunting reasons or anything, just because they so obviously hate the scum and we've had a strong connection with them for a while now anyway.

 

I can't wait for this, really think we have a chance in this Group

Got my tickest this morning and glad i got my own seats (with this * with sections 103 & 104 happening)

 

We should be confident. I think 8 points is doable. Defense is solid now, midfield's solid and we're strong up front. Just gotta be solid and hope for a few lucky breaks.

 

Was just thinking there, some size of stadiums in our Group.

Barca - 98,787
Celtic - 60, 832
Spartak - 89,318
Benfica - 65,647

Not often we've got the smallest stadium in our Group.

 

Good to hear! Did you sort your tickets out over the phone or online?

When logging onto the e-ticketing site it lists the three games separately. I'm aiming to buy 4 packages so hopefully I don't have manually select 4 seats for each game!

 

was saying this to my mate the other day, check out madrids group for stadium size too, * huge!

 

Does Spartak's not hold 78,000? Not that it makes much of a difference, still * huge.

 

What an absolute heap of *.