UEFA Champions League 2007/08: Group Stage Draw
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Monaco was the location for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage draw. Before the draw took place there was a one minute silence in memory of Antonio Puerta who died earlier this week after collapsing during a La Liga match for Sevilla who then died on Tuesday, August 28. Due to this, Sevilla's Champions League qualifier was postponed which resulted in them and AEK Athens being drawn together. Manchester Utd will play AS Roma again, after beating them in the Final 16 last year, in Group F, whilst Celtic will meet the defending champio
Monaco was the location for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage draw. Before the draw took place there was a one minute silence in memory of Antonio Puerta who died earlier this week after collapsing during a La Liga match for Sevilla who then died on Tuesday, August 28. Due to this, Sevilla's Champions League qualifier was postponed which resulted in them and AEK Athens being drawn together.
Manchester Utd will play AS Roma again, after beating them in the Final 16 last year, in Group F, whilst Celtic will meet the defending champions AC Milan in Group D. Celtic lost against Milan in the Final 16 last year but will hope to avenge them.
Scottish football club Rangers, how have yet to beat a Spanish side in the Champions League, will get to meet Barcelona in Group E. Rangers also have both the French champions and the German champions, Lyon and Stuttgart.
The full draw is as follows:
Group A Liverpool FC Porto Marseille Beşiktaş J.K.
Group B Chelsea Valencia FC Schalke 04 Rosenborg
Group C Real Madrid Werder Bremen S.S. LazioOlympiacos
Group D AC Milan Benfica Celtic Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E Barcelona Olympique Lyonnais Stuttgart Rangers
Group F Manchester United AS Roma Sporting Lisbon Dynamo Kyiv
Group G Inter Milan PSV Eindhoven CSKA Moscow Fenerbahçe
Group H Arsenal Sevilla Steaua Bucureşti Slavia Prague
Goalkeeper of the Year
Petr Cech
Defender of the Year
Paulo Maldini
Midfielder of the Year
Clarence Seedorf
Forward of the Year
Kaká
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2007
Kaká
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