Yes, for the fun of it, there's a UCL Fantasy Draw ongoing in my parlour


All 32 teams in the Champions League group stages have been confirmed. This season's group-stage draw will be held in its usual location of the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday, at 18:00 CET.

As champions of Europe, Liverpool are in pot one alongside the likes of Barcelona and Manchester City, who are there as champions of their domestic leagues.

There are four pots in all, with the eight groups made up of one team from each pot. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against one another at this stage of the competition.

Pot one: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, PSG, Zenit

Pot two: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham, Benfica, Ajax

Pot three: Bayer Leverkusen, Red Bull Salzburg, Valencia, Inter Milan, Lyon, Olympiacos, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb

Pot four: Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Atalanta, Lille, Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Slavia Praha, Red Star Belgrade.

The group stages get underway in the week of September 16, with six group games running through to mid-December.

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Picking from Pot 1 right now: The team picked will be in Group A. My friend Adedayo is making the pick.

And it is...... Juventus

Group A
Juventus

Picking from Pot 1: Chinedu is making the pick. Is this going to be an English club.

No, it is....

Zenit St. Petersburg

Group B
Zenit St. Petersburg

Picking from pot 1: Osas is making the pick...would it be Liverpool, Chelsea or Man City this time around?

Yes, it is Manchester City

Group C
Manchester City

Picking from Pot 1: Funke is making a pick. We are yet to get a Spanish club. Mind you, we have only one Spanish club in Pot 1.







Funke has picked....PSG

GROUP D
PSG

Osas is picking again from pot 1. Which club is it gonna be.. I guess it's Barca...





No, no, no, it's Chelsea!!! It's my Club

GROUP E
Chelsea

Chinedu is about to make a pick from Pot 1.


It's done, Barcelona Everyone is screaming Messilona here!!!


Group F
Barcelona

This is the 7th pick from Pot 1. And it can only be either Liverpool or PSG. Yes, it's ...


Liverpool for Group G


So automatically Bayern Munich will fit into Group H.

Now as it stands, we have

Group A
Juventus


Group B
Zenit

Group C
Man City


Group D
PSG


Group E
Chelsea


Group F
Barcelona


Group G
Liverpool


Group H
Bayern Munich

Now over to Pot 2 to choose eight more teams to fill the second spots.

In this pot we have : Benfica, Borrusia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Shaktar Donetsk, Real Madrid, Ajax and of course Napoli.

Funke is making the first pick.

And it is Shakhtar Donetsk...

So basically we have


Group A
Juventus
Shakhtar

Adeboye is picking next from pot 2:


And he picks.... Tottenham Hotspur

Group B
Zenit
Tottenham

Tottenham is lucky. They got to the final last year where they lost 2-0 to Liverpool. Will they be able to ride their luck this time again?

Chinedu is picking next for Group C.
Who's Man city's opponent. We'll know in a couple of seconds.



And it's....Atletico Madrid


Group C

Manchester City
Atletico Madrid


This group is going to be a tricky one.

Now Osas is up to pick for Group D. And who doe he pick?


Realmadrid!!!

What a pick? Real Madrid to face PSG? This is gonna be a revenge mission for PSG who got ousted out of the 2017/2018 edition by this Real Madrid team. But without the key man C. Rinaldo, will Madrid be able to repeat the same feat?

Group D
PSG
Real Madrid

Adeboye is picking for Group E, coincidentally that's his club's group Chelsea FC.

which team does he pick? His eyes are shut, will he pick a lucky one?


And he picks....Ajax Amsterdam

This is a team that uprooted the almighty Real Madrid and Ronaldo's Juve last season, going forward to reach the Semi Final stage, but lost to a revived Tottenham Hotspur when Lucas Moura scored a hattrick to record a memorable comeback in a semi-final game.

If Ajax with its young talents come again as they did last season, will they be surmountable by an upcoming Chelsea team? Anyway, this current Chelsea team are full of young talents too, so who knows, they might be up to the task.
I am a Chelsea Fan

Group E
Chelsea
Ajax

Now we await Barcelona to know its opponent.

Well, Adedayo has made a pick and it is


Napoli...

This team would be looking to make up for its disappointing previous season where they crashed out of the UCL in the group stage. A head to head rule cost them a move to the second round at the expense of Liverpool FC who went on to win the UCL.

Group F

Barcelona
Napoli

Now on to Group G, Funke is making the pick for Liverpool. One of Dortmund or Benfica will have to fit in. But the pick would not happen since only Benfica can fit in with Bayern Munich who are in Group H, since Dortmund is also a German club.

So Group G is definitely:

Liverpool
Dortmund


And Group H

Bayern Munich
Benfica

Pot three: Bayer Leverkusen, Red Bull Salzburg, Valencia, Inter Milan, Lyon, Olympiacos, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb

So we're making the pick: Chinedu...picked Zagreb for Group A

So we have
Group A
Juventus
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Zagreb


This will be an easy ride for Juventus...

And group be gets Inter Milan. So Inter can seek their revenge against Tottenham who qualified ahead of them in a tough group including Barcelona last season.

So Group B
Zenit
Tottenham
inter Milan

Group C
Here in the hands of Funke lies the fate of Man city and Atletico Madrid.

And what has she picked?
Club Brugge...

This isn't a head ache for any of the two bigger clubs.

Group C

Manchester City
Atletico Madrid
Bayern Leverkusen

Chelsea has gotten yet another tough opponent through the hand of Adeboye.

It's Lyon

Group E
Chelsea
Ajax
Lyon

Osas is here to decide the fate of Barcelona and Napoli. And he chose: Olympiacos.

Not a headache for the two big teams but no team should be underrated anyway.

Group F
Barcelona
Napoli
Olympiacos

Chinedu decides who goes into Group G.

And it is Valencia, a Spanish team. Valencia haven't been successful as far as UCL is concerned. They've always been losing in the knockout stage from time to time. Can they mount any pressure this time around?

Group G
Liverpool
Borrussia Dortmund
Valencia

Automatically, Salzburg gets group H

Group H
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Salzburg

We are about to put our hands in the last pot, which is pot 4.

This pot houses Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Atalanta, Lille, Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Slavia Praha, Red Star Belgrade.

Group A gets...Red Star Belgrade aka Fk Crvena Zvezda

Juventus and Shakhtar should not downgrade Belgrade, because this same team beat Champions Liverpool 2-0 in a group stage match just last season

Group A full table
Juventus
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Zagreb
Crvena Zvezda

Group B gets RB Leipzig, a German club who's been trying hard since they arrived the top German league few years back.

Group B
Zenit
Tottenham
Inter Milan
RB Leipzig

It's a Belgian Club, Genk for Group C

Group C full table

Manchester City
Atletico Madrid
Bayern Leverkusen
Genk

Group D has been wrapped up by a Russian club Locomotiv Moscow


Group D
PSG
Real Madrid
Club Brugge
Locomotiv Moscow

Chelsea gets Slavia Praha, Adedayo has sealed their fate from pot 4

Group E
Chelsea
Ajax Amsterdam
Lyon
Slavia Praha

Group F, Lille from France has been picked by Chinedu. Now Barcelona knows all its opponents.

Group F
Barcelona
Napoli
Olympiacos
Lille