CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 For the second year in a row, Chelsea were fortunate enough to get a favorable draw in the Champions League group stages; drawing all of Schalke, Sporting Lisbon and Maribor. The draw which was held in Monaco this afternoon seemed to stretch on for hours with the usual needless long introductions and Gianni Infantino 'jokes'. But Blues fans will have had a a big grin on their faces once the draw was made.Not only have we managed to avoid the toughest teams in each of the three spots in our group, but the draw also means that the squad won't be traveling long distance for away matches; something that can prove extremely helpful in the EPL, especially if you consider the fact that we matches such as Liverpool, Arsenal and City away after CL midweek games.On the other hand, our direct English rivals, Arsenal and Manchester City both got draws that they will be less than happy about in two of the toughest groups with long away trips to Russia and Turkey.The full draw for the 8 groups is: Click here to view article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Glad every other English team got fairly tough fixtures. Not a smooth ride if you want to play Real Madrid, or Dortmund or Bayern mid-week.Our only problem is that Schalke away is going to be a bit tricky even though we got the better of them last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberDucky 1 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Arsenal are crying because of Chelsea group all over the Web!! they are so bitter..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDance 552 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 So happy with the selection We should win the CL and EPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vytis33 1,272 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Well that draw sure turned out alright, didn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Click here to view article.I can't recognize some of the club badges there. Make me confused a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Browsing around newspaper online and read the comments. Some of Liverpool fans seems happy with their draw. I would think Basel could create some problem for them. Basel has a very good records against PL teams. Great to see they are already underestimate Basel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Liverpool fans happy with their draw, think they can beat Real. Arsenal think they are better than BVB and are mad at us. City think we bought it too. LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Little disappointing that we won't be challenged in this group, at least on paper. Was hoping for at least another power house to be in our group to make things more interesting. We will probably be favored in every match against all these teams. Seems we rewly do Always get a break when it comes to champions league. I can't really complain too much thou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 There two ways of doing it:One is dip your ball in ice bucket.The other is with chip inside so it vibrates.Circus jugglers are also known to have been employed to draw the balls from jars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 There two ways of doing it:One is dip your ball in ice bucket.The other is with chip inside so it vibrates.Circus jugglers are also known to have been employed to draw the balls from jars. I'm not dipping my balls into anything, thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterScot 2 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 We should be able to run in a few goals in the CL this year especially against Maribor as I took great delight in them beating the SCUM and both teams were crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Arsenal are crying because of Chelsea group all over the Web!! they are so bitter..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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