[football] Champions League Groups Decided; Barcelona, Inter in Same Pool

The groups for the UEFA Champions League is decided by the UEFA tonight. The draw pits some mouth-watering clashes in prospect the most important of which will be Barcelona and Inter Milan where Ibrahimovic and Eto'o will face each other with the colour of the jersey being exchanged. Another clash of titans from Spain and  Italy will be when Real Madrid and AC Milan face each other. The toughest looking group seems to be the group D where Chelsea, Porto and Atletico Madrid will face FC Zurich. Sevilla and Arsenal drew easier groups with the unfancied clubs while the surprise package in pot 4 WFL Wolfsberg drew better than they could have been in with Manchester United seeming to be the only big team in their group.
The programme also saw the selection of the best players in European club football where Barcelona dominated.  Edwin Van der Sar was the best goalkeeper contesting Victor Valdes and Petr Cech. John Terry was selected to be better than Gerrard Pique and Nemanja Vidic to be the best defender. In the midfield, Xavi was adjudged the best above his country and clubmate Iniesta and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard while Lionel Messi was, as expected the best striker putting down the fight from greatest rival Christiano Ronaldo and earlier teammate Samuel Eto'o. Finally Messi was adjudged the best European Club Player of the year.

groups:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Juvetus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa.
Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moskow, Besiktas, VFL Wolfsberg.
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Olympic Marseille, FC Zurich.
Group D: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL Nicosia.
Group E: Liverpool, Olympic Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecan.
Group F: Barcelona, Inter, Dynamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan.
Group G: Sevilla, Rangers, VFB Stuttgart, Unirea Urziceni.
Group H: Arsenal, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege.


Matchday 1 takes place on 15/16 September, with fixtures continuing on 29/30 September, 20/21 October, 3/4 November, 24/25 November and 8/9 December. The top two sides from each section will progress to the first knockout round.