Friday, August 27, 2010

Group B!

As promised, the next group in my breakdown...'B'

Lyon:

Don't know what to say. Don't know much about French football. They are an 'A' pot team, but Bayern made easy work of them last year, and the year before that, so...not looking for anything spectacular from them beyond qualifying for the knockout stages.

Benfica:

I do know that this was the name of a cycling team (is? don't know anymore). Other than that, not much. They won the Portuguese league last year (high caliber stuff, that), and they're set to get Arsenal winger Hleb on loan, so...we'll see what they can do.

Schalke:

Bundesliga runners up and constant thorn in the side of Bayern. No idea why they're a 'C' pot team, but expect them to pick apart Benfica and progress along with Lyon. I'm not wasting any more words on these schmucks.

Hapoel Tel Aviv:

Well they won the Israeli Premier League last year, ahead of Maccabi Haifa. Speaking from indirect experience (Bayern played, and destroyed, Maccabi Haifa - the previous year's IPL champs - in the group stage last year), HTA won't do anything...I'd be surprised if they won one game. Football outside of Europe just isn't what football in Europe is.

I know that was a half-ass update, but I'm busy today. Group C tomorrow!

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