Today at around 18:00 GMT, LOSC Lille, Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier Herault will find out what awaits them in the group stages of this season’s edition of UEFA Champions League
LOSC Lille and Paris Saint-Germain will be in Pot 3 while reigning Ligue 1 champions Montpellier Herault will be in Pot 4 when the draws for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League take place in Monaco tonight at 18:00 GMT local time.
Paris Saint-Germain were expected to be thrown in Pot 4 but thanks to other sides’, the cash-laden club from the capital of France is in the same pot as Lille. However, being in Pot 3 does not mean that the two Ligue 1 giants should expect an easy group.
A prospect of being included in a group of death does exist for both Lille and PSG, particularly due to the presence of Manchester City in Pot 2 and Borussia Dortmund in Pot 4.
Lille and PSG therefore, can fear being pitted in the group phases with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund – certainly not a prospect either team would be looking forward too. This pairing could certainly jeopardise the two Ligue
1 side’s hopes of qualification.
Last season, LOSC Lille were eliminated in the group stages of the Champions League and the 2011 champions of France.
For reigning Ligue 1 champions Montpellier Herault, things will not be easy as well as they are bound to be drawn with the two best sides from Pot 2 and Pot 3 respectively. Thing are not looking for French teams in Ligue 1 which means that all three sides
will have to perform really well in order to make sure that they do not fall down on the UEFA Coefficient standings further.
Pot 1:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Bayern Munich (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904)
Real Madrid (Spain)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 (England)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 (Portugal)
AC Milan (Italy)
Pot 2
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011)
Benfica (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984)
Shakhtar Donetsk (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032)
Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Manchester City (England)
Sporting Braga (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Pot 3
Ajax Amsterdam (Holland)
Anderlecht (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850)
Juventus (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926)
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Olympiacos (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908)
Spartak Moscow (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991)
Galatasaray (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026)
LOSC Lille (France)
Pot 4
Cluj (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
BATE Borisov (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belarus-c2849)
Glasgow Celtic (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756)
Dinamo Zagreb (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879)
Malaga (Spain)
Montpellier Herault SC (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899)
Nordsjaelland (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884)
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