Sports Tough UEFA Champions League draw for Arsenal

Draws for the group stages of the lucrative UEFA Champions League,was made on Thursday in Monaco,with qualified teams pitted against each other for the elite European competition.
Arsenal must be cursing their luck,as the English club was drawn in arguably what passes as the ‘group of death.’
Coach Arsene Wenger’s team will come up against last season’s finalists,Borussia Dortmund,with Italian side,Napoli and French club, Marseille completing the group.
But it was relatively easy for other English teams,with Manchester United and Chelsea looking comfortable with the teams drawn against them.
Manchester City will not have the problems of playing in a group made up of champions from their country,with defending champions,Bayern Munich,looking like their only real threat.
Barcelona will square up against AC Milan for the upmteenth time in group H,while another tasty affair will be the games between Real Madrid and Juventus.
Champions League draw
Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen
Group C: Benfica, Paris St-Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli
Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

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