Champions League Draw

2011-09-07 来源：BBC中国网

Who is it going to be?

The Champions Leaguegroup-stage小组赛阶段 draw has taken place withdebutants首次参赛队 Manchester Citydrawn平局against German side Bayern Munich, Spanishoutfit球队 Villarreal and Italian club Napoli.

It'll be tough for City to get further in the competition but the club's football administration officer Brian Marwood said that there was excitement from simply being involved:

It's a fantastic group. It's going to be extremely competitive and I genuinely believe there are four teams that can compete for the two spots on an even keel

Brian Marwood

"It's a fantastic group. It's going to be extremely competitive and I genuinely believe there are four teams that can compete for the two spotson an even keel平起平坐," he said.

Meanwhile, last season'sfinalists进入决赛的球队Manchester United will take on Benfica, Basel and the Romanian team Otelul Galati in Group C. United's chief executive David Gill spoke to the club's manager Sir Alex Ferguson:

"I got a text from Sir Alex and he is happy, we have a new Romanian team, congratulations to them and we look forward to going there."

I got a text from Sir Alex and he is happy, we have a new Romanian team, congratulations to them and we look forward to going there.

David Gill

Arsenal havean awkward task为难的任务: theyface面对 Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund. The other English club to qualify for this stage of the competition, Chelsea, wereassigned to为分配到 Group E with Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Genk in Thursday's draw in Monaco. They'll be feeling confident about their chances of making it tothe knockout stages淘汰阶段.

Elsewhere, Spanish four-time winners andcurrent holders眼下的优胜队Barcelona are in Group Halongside 与…一起seven-time European champions AC Milan from Italy, Belarusian side BATE Borisov - making their second appearance in the competition - and group stage debutants Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic.