It took Chelsea years to win the CL [and with their weakest and most pathetic squad yet, playing the most appalling football (if you can even call it that)]. Manchester City got owned by both Napoli and Bayern in the CL last season, and City almost threw away the title to a vastly inferior United with a very weak midfield.
The best team doesnt always end up winning the champions League,just saying..there's a reason why it hasnt been successfully defended yet.
Its a season long tournament not a a 3 week or a month old tournament..If that was the case ,then Barca would have won it every year.Lot of luck and circumstances play a huge role for teams that desire to lift that coveted trophy.
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Quality wins you titles. We have a severe lack of quality in attack. Your defense might hold out in some games,but if you can't fucking score, you aren't going to win games
Say we enter that hypothetical group of Bayern, Arsenal and PSG.
And we do end up signing Jovetic and Pazzini. Do you think Vucinic, Giovinco, Jovetic, Pazzini and Quagliarella/Destro are enough to get out of the group stages?
Say we enter that hypothetical group of Bayern, Arsenal and PSG.
And we do end up signing Jovetic and Pazzini. Do you think Vucinic, Giovinco, Jovetic, Pazzini and Quagliarella/Destro are enough to get out of the group stages?
Say we enter that hypothetical group of Bayern, Arsenal and PSG.
And we do end up signing Jovetic and Pazzini. Do you think Vucinic, Giovinco, Jovetic, Pazzini and Quagliarella/Destro are enough to get out of the group stages?
Pot 1
Barcelona (1)
Manchester United (2)
Chelsea (3)
Bayern (4)
Real Madrid (5)
Arsenal (6)
Porto (8 )
AC Milan (12)
Pot 2
Valencia (13)
Benfica (14)
Shakhtar Donetsk (16)
Zenit (20)
Schalke (21)
Manchester City (28)
Olympiacos (32)
Ajax (35)
Pot 3
Juventus (43)
PSG (48)
Galatasaray (60)
BVB (66)
Montpellier (140)
Nordsælland (172)
just to clarify until the playoff round is finished,pot 3 and pot 4 would have some changes..So not confirmed yet
Pot 1 and 2 teams i have posted here are confirmed for next season..
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If any 5 of Braga (29), Dynamo Kyiv (31), Basel (38), Panathinaikos FC (39), Anderlecht (41), FC Spartak Moskva (46), FC København (44), Fenerbahçe (53), Udinese (58), Lille (59) and Club Brugge (61) qualify for the group stages then Dortmund will be a Pot 4 team.