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Champions League Draw


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The draw for the Champions League group phase takes places in Monaco later on Thursday and you can follow it all via Sky Sports.

Andy Gray and Richard Keys will be live in Monaco at 12noon and 1pm on Sky Sports News HD to look ahead to the draw - and also live afterwards to give their reaction.

Sky Sports News HD will also bring you a Champions League Draw special from 16.30-18.30. Simon Thomas will be joined by Charlie Nicholas and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in the SSN HD studio.

And Nick Collins will be live in Monaco throughout the day for build-up and reaction as the five British clubs wait to learn who they will face.

Skysports.com will also be running a live chat on the draw as it unfolds, so remember to join Alex Dunn from 5pm to discuss the ramifications.

As for the draw itself, Tottenham could find themselves grouped with European giants Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Harry Redknapp's side advanced to the group stages thanks to a 4-0 second leg over Swiss side Young Boys on Wednesday night, securing a 6-3 aggregate success at White Hart Lane.

Their reward for the win that secured their spot in the group stages of Europe's elite club competition for the first time since 1961-62 is a place in the third pot of eight clubs alongside SPL champions Rangers, meaning they are likely to be handed a testing draw.

Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will all be among the top seeds - but could still find themselves facing Real Madrid in the group stage.

Being in the top pot means the trio will avoid the likes of defending champions Inter, Barcelona and last season's beaten finalists Bayern Munich.

However, Real are only in the second pot of eight clubs and would provide stiff opposition in the group phase, as would fellow Spanish side Valencia and Werder Bremen.

Uefa's rules for the draw will see the 32 qualified teams allocated into eight groups of four teams. Each group will contain a top seed, plus one club each from the second, third and fourth pots.

Each pot is determined by a club's Uefa coefficient, but even the lower pots contain some teams the British clubs would hope to avoid such as Spartak Moscow and Dutch champions FC Twente, the side Steve McClaren managed until he moved to Wolfsburg.

No English sides can play each other before the quarter-finals, but the trio of top seeds could face Rangers.

Pots for Champions League draw:

Pot one: Inter Milan, Barcelona, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Lyon.

Pot two: Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille, Panathinaikos.

Pot three: Tottenham, Rangers, Ajax, Schalke, Basle, Braga, FC Copenhagen, Spartak Moscow.

Pot four: Hapoel Tel Aviv, FC Twente, Rubin Kazan, Auxerre, CFR Cluj, Partizan Belgrade, MSK Zilina, Bursaspor.

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1 2 Manchester United England 25.3250 32.5750 28.0000 28.5856 4.4714 118.957

2 1 Barcelona Spain 17.8000 27.7750 28.6625 30.5856 4.4000 109.223

3 3 Chelsea England 26.3250 28.5750 25.0000 22.5856 4.4714 106.957

4 5 Liverpool England 27.3250 24.5750 23.0000 24.5856 1.9714 101.457

5 6 Bayern Munich Germany 18.9000 22.7000 22.5375 30.6166 4.5832 99.337

6 4 Arsenal England 16.3250 21.5750 22.0000 25.5856 4.4714 89.957

7 11 Werder Bremen Germany 22.9000 15.7000 24.5375 18.6166 4.5832 86.337

8 8 Internazionale Italy 15.3855 16.0500 13.2750 34.0856 4.5142 83.310

9 7 Sevilla Spain 28.8000 18.7750 10.6625 22.5856 2.4000 83.223

10 9 Milan Italy 26.3855 16.0500 14.2750 19.0856 4.5142 80.310

11 10 Lyon France 17.0000 13.3856 15.2000 28.0000 4.3500 77.935

12 13 Real Madrid Spain 17.8000 14.7750 14.6625 22.5856 4.4000 74.223

13 12 Hamburg Germany 6.9000 18.7000 24.5374 21.6166 0.5832 72.337

14 14 Roma Italy 19.3855 19.0500 16.2750 12.0856 4.5142 71.310

15 15 Porto Portugal 14.6165 15.5855 17.3570 21.0000 2.2200 70.779

16 20 Valencia Spain 20.8000 9.7750 13.6624 19.5856 4.4000 68.223

17 16 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 13.3000 7.9750 29.3250 11.1600 4.4332 66.193

18 19 Bordeaux France 11.0000 13.3856 11.2000 30.0000 0.3500 65.935

19 23 Atlético Madrid Spain 3.8000 14.7750 17.6624 24.5856 2.4000 63.223

20 24 Fiorentina Italy 2.3856 23.0500 11.2750 24.0856 0.5142 61.310

21 17 Benfica Portugal 17.6166 12.5856 4.3570 21.0000 4.7200 60.279

22 21 CSKA Moscow Russia 11.3250 6.2500 18.9500 21.2332 2.5000 60.258

23 28 Sporting CP Portugal 8.6166 18.5856 13.3570 14.0000 2.2200 56.779

24 30 Tottenham England 21.3250 16.5750 12.0000 3.5856 2.4714 55.957

25 22 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 16.6428 17.0000 6.2666 13.8832 1.9000 55.692

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With Auxerre in Pot4 there is potential for a tricky group for someone. Especially if both Madrid and totty are in there.

That would have to be a German (Bayern) team & they would expect to beat Auxerre & Tottenham...

Oh yeah AC Milan, but again they would expect to beat those two.

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