UCL Thread

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:49 am

The group stages start tomorrow. The stand-out match is the champions of Spain, Real Madrid against the champions
of England Manchester City. Real have had a poor start to their domestic league season winning only 1 and losing 2 of their
first 4 games and their manager Jose Mourinho questioning his players commitment.
Whilst City are so far unbeaten in the Premier League, winning 2 games and drawing 2.
Real have a very impressive C.L. home record in recent years but i think City will be good enough to earn a draw
at The Santiago Bernabéu.

In the other ties involving British teams, I would expect Arsenal to beat Montpellier, Manchester United
to beat Galatasaray, who have never won a match in England and Chelsea to beat Juventus, who also
have a very poor record when playing in England.
I think Benfica will be too strong for Celtic.