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2011-2012 UEFA Champions League

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Following the draw earlier today, here is how the groups stand as listed below.

These are my early predictions - Group A should see Bayern through and I think City will take second, but we should see a fight from the other two. Group B belongs to Inter. Second place will be difficult to predict, but I'm going with Lille as they still have a great selection of players including Hazard, Sow and newcomer Payet.

Group C pretty much belongs to Manchester United and Benfica. Real Madrid should take first in Group D, but I think Ajax may surprise a Lyon side that is starting to fall apart. In Group E, Chelsea will take the top spot. I don't think Valencia have the tools to compete in this group as they lost one of their best players to Chelsea this summer. I think second in the group will be Leverkusen.

Arsenal will no longer have an easy time in Group F as, borrowing from the world cup, I think that this one will be the group of death. I think Borussia Dortmund will actually go through in first with Arsenal managing second. Group G is already a favorite of mine as we are pretty much guaranteed three competitive matches. By narrow margins, I think Shakhtar Donetsk will go through in first with Porto taking second.

Finally, in Group H we see something similar to Group C. As much as I'd like to see the Czech and Belorussian sides beat Barça and Milan, I just don't think they have a chance. Barcelona will take top spot undefeated with a decently high figure in the goals-for column. AC Milan will finish second with their only loss against the Catalan side.

Group A
FC Bayern München
Villarreal CF
Manchester City FC
SSC Napoli

Group B
FC Internazionale
PFC CSKA Moscow
LOSC Lille MétropoleTrabzonspor

Group C
Manchester United FC
SL Benfica
FC Basel 1893
FC Oţelul Galaţi

Group D
Real Madrid CF
Olympique Lyonnais
AFC Ajax
GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Group E
Chelsea FC
Valencia CF
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
KRC Genk

Group F
Arsenal FC
Olympique de Marseille
Olympiacos FC
Borussia Dortmund

Group G

FC Porto
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Zenit St. Petersburg
APOEL FC

Group H
FC Barcelona
AC Milan
FC BATE Borisov
FC Viktoria Plzeň
 

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