Champions League Draw 欧冠赛两队踢平
Who is it going to be?
The Champions League group-stage 小组赛阶段 draw has taken place with debutants 首次参赛队 Manchester City drawn 平局 against German side Bayern Munich, Spanish outfit 球队 Villarreal and Italian club Napoli.
It'll be tough for City to get further in the competition but the club's football administration officer Brian Marwood said that there was excitement from simply being involved:
It's a fantastic group. It's going to be extremely competitive and I genuinely believe there are four teams that can compete for the two spots on an even keel
Brian Marwood
"It's a fantastic group. It's going to be extremely competitive and I genuinely believe there are four teams that can compete for the two spots on an even keel 平起平坐," he said.
Meanwhile, last season's finalists 进入决赛的球队 Manchester United will take on Benfica, Basel and the Romanian team Otelul Galati in Group C. United's chief executive David Gill spoke to the club's manager Sir Alex Ferguson:
"I got a text from Sir Alex and he is happy, we have a new Romanian team, congratulations to them and we look forward to going there."
I got a text from Sir Alex and he is happy, we have a new Romanian team, congratulations to them and we look forward to going there.
David Gill
Arsenal have an awkward task 为难的任务: they face 面对 Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund. The other English club to qualify for this stage of the competition, Chelsea, were assigned to 为分配到 Group E with Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Genk in Thursday's draw in Monaco. They'll be feeling confident about their chances of making it to the knockout stages 淘汰阶段.
Elsewhere, Spanish four-time winners and current holders 眼下的优胜队 Barcelona are in Group H alongside 与…一起 seven-time European champions AC Milan from Italy, Belarusian side BATE Borisov - making their second appearance in the competition - and group stage debutants Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic.