Minggu, 02 September 2012

Champions League: the guide to the groups


With the draw was officially opened the group stage of the Champions League 2012-2013: we have tried to analyze one by one all the various groupings, team by team. This is what came out.
GROUP A
PORTO
For Dragões 's all about staying in Porto star Hulk and the most talented player in the midfield, Joao Moutinho. Should remain the champions of Portugal would be the favorites (PSG I'm still running-in phase) to the leadership of the group A. Left eye outside Alex Sandro, Brazilian star on the rise.
DYNAMO KIEV
It officially started the day after -Sheva in Kiev. Deprived of its symbol, the Dynamo relies entirely on the weight of offensive Jarmolenko, author of a sensational goal in the going of the preliminary round, where Dinamo has claimed a famous victim, that Borussia Monchengladbach returned to the top of German football. Retired Sheva, Artem Milevsky is the player most class in pink genius and recklessness.
PSG
On paper it is a stellar team, enriched nell'ultim'ora purchase right-back Dutch van der Wiel to complete a full arena in every department. The question is related to inexperience and necessary part of the Paris revolution of the award-winning company Ancelotti-Leonardo. The risk is to emulate Manchester City last year, but the sky blues had a group of iron, as opposed to the PSG.
DYNAMO ZAGREB
The ultimate gift of Captain Milan Badelj: drive the Croatian champions to victory against Maribor in the preliminary round of the Champions League, before moving to the Bundesliga, the ranks dell'Amburgo. Orphan of its star, the Dynamo will not be easy. The goal qualification has signed the Portuguese defender Tonel, with Simunic that forms a pair of defenders lightning, but experienced.Eye Domagoj Vida, inexhaustible motor on the right wing.
GROUP B
ARSENAL
The painful disposal of Robin Van Persie and Alex Song have reduced the ambitions of the gunners , authors of a sluggish start in the Premier League. If Cazorla is properly seated in the arena of Wenger, Podolski and Giroud are still foreign. Favored by a kind draw, remain the absolute favoiriti group B.
SCHALKE 04
Huub Stevens's team - third last Bundes - relies on the realization of verve Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29 goals in 32 games last year) and on the Green Line of the various German Draxler, Howedes and Holtby, certainty of German football. Midline of the highest quality for the team in Gelsenkirchen, enhanced by the newcomer Tranquillo Barnetta and purchase last-Ibrahim Afellay.
OLYMPIAKOS
The skeleton of the champions of Greece consists of the national good is disimpegnarono Euro 2012 (among the others Torosidis, Holebas, Fetfatzidis, Maniatis, Mitroglou). Captain Torosidis leads a group mangy, loose cannon of the group. The midfield has been strengthened implantation of Greek Leandro, product of the nursery of Rome.
MONTPELLIER
Samples of France - PSG executioners of the sheiks - have started on the wrong foot the Ligue 1 2012-2013, picking up just one point from their first two outings seasons. But most of all are orphans of their bomber prince quell'Olivier Giroud past Arsenal. In Yanga-Mbiwa and Belhada, the valuable pieces were in Montpellier, the fans are placing all their hopes. To replace Giroud arrived in the south of France Emanuel Herrera, last year eleven goals in the union Espanola.
GROUP C
MILAN
Lost the senators and the most shining stars, Milan can not be unknown. Enough purchases last minute (Bojan, Niang and De Jong) to make the club competitive? Will Allegri to create a "script" to play at? The draw friend delivered a favorite role at Milan (along with Zenit), but the best European teams are light years away, for technical rate and programming.
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG
At the time of writing, the queen of Russian football team has not yet placed the shot of the market to make the final leap (Hulk or dwarfs even the shadow). It remains a good team of interpreters, with the enlightened guidance of Luciano Spalletti, but seems to lack the degree to Matare the group. The star is the overpaid Portuguese Miguel Danny, mister 30 million euros, down to the pits to the breaking of the anterior cruciate ligament. Another unknown.
ANDERLECHT
This noble of Europe with a glorious past (5 continental titles) back in the group stage after six years of absence. Leading the champions of Belgium is John van den Brom, Dutch coach arrived this year in Anderlecht. Collective starless that considers the organization of the game - a granite 4-4-2 - his strong point. It is the Argentinian Lucas Biglia the most talented player.
MALAGA
Toy placed in boxes, team dismantled the disinterest of the sheikhs. The project to emulate PSG and City has already set: via Cazorla, Rondon, Mathijsen, Maresca and Van Nisterlooy (retired). Among the notes are pleased permanence to the technical design of the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini and the green line promoted holder: Isco and Olinga - thirty-six years in two - are the new idols of the Rosaleda, fort of the Andalusians.
GROUP D
REAL MADRID
The Champions can not be the main focus in casa blanca . The cup with the big ears missing since 2002. A prop up an already stellar pink has landed in the Spanish capital Luka Modric. It is the cup of the details (last year was to condemn the rigors of the Real in the semifinals), Mourinho knows this and will not leave anything to chance. After a false start in the league (one point out of six available) the great redemption of the Spanish Super Clasico .
MANCHESTER CITY
Last year, they paid the price of inexperience in the Champions League this year - gained awareness of its strength thanks to the triumph in the Premier - Mancini's men will have no excuses. Once again the polls have "given" a group of death. The rose could be reinforced in extremis with purchases of Nastasic from Fiorentina and Javi Garcia from Benfica, satisfying the claims made by Roberto Mancini.
AJAX
Won for the second consecutive year the title of Eredivisie, Ajax coach Frank De Boer door as usual dowry organizing tactics and excellent technique of its performers, but from time to time loses its valuable pieces: Anita and van der Wiel movements in the last-output. The star is Denmark's Christian Eriksen, offensive midfielder that combines speed with an enviable technique.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND
After winning at home, for the men of the magician Klopp is now repeated on the European stage.Mission failed miserably last year, with early elimination in the group stage without ever shine. Lost Kagawa, the club has replaced it with the star Marco Reus, author of an excellent start to the season.It may be the season of the definitive consecration of Mario Gotze.
GROUP
CHELSEA
Recruitment drive for pharaonic champions, got off on the right foot in the Premier League (nine points in three games). Hazard, Marko Marin and Oscar raise the technical rate of blues that now can count on a Nino Torres fully recovered. Complete team in all departments.
SHAKHTAR DONETSK
Last May Shakhtar graduated for the third consecutive time champion of Ukraine. It is now a regular European football that counts, loose cannon of the tournament with its colony of Brazil, in the first Fernandinho and Luiz Adraino. Leader of the group the right outer Croatian Dario Srna. On the bench there's always him, the "guru" Mircea Lucescu.
JUVENTUS
The Italian champions back in the Champions League after six years of absence. Riproponessero the game shown last year would be a loose cannon for everyone, even for Chelsea favorites to win Group E. The only drawback the lack of a first point, that famous top player chased all summer and never arrived.
NORDSJAELLAND
The Tigers have won last May Farum their first Superligaen (the Danish top division) of a history that began in 1991 - the year of the founding of the club finishing in front of the most-quoted Copenhagen.Deus ex machina of ' exploit Kasper Hjulmand, rampant coach Danish. Eye Andreas Laudrup, offensive wildcard hopefuls son of former Juventus Michael. Enthusiasm and lack of pressure strengths, inexperience and not the sidereal rate technical weak links.
GROUP F
BAYERN MONACO
Mandzukic, Shaqiri, Dante and Javi Martinez: The Bavarians have spared no expense to recur at the top of European football - after the mockery of the final 2012 lost so daring front of their fans - and the Bundesliga - the Meisterschale missing from the board of Bayern for two years. The challenge to Borussia Dortmund was restarted.
VALENCIA
The team first "human" of the Spanish league, behind Mars duopoly Real Madrid Barcelona, ​​in the last third temporada with 61 points, 30 less than the second-placed Barcelona. Shrewd campaign to buy the company, on two fronts: to hold the architects of the revival Valencia (Soldado, Jonas, branches, Diego Alves) and recruit fresh troops (Gago, Joao Pereira, Cissokho and Guardado) with the proceeds of the sale of illustrious Jordi Alba.
LILLE
It promises to be hard for men to Rudi Garcia exceed the Champions League group without Eden Hazard class boundless jewelry, which was sold to Chelsea. To replace the blues London arrived in France Salomon Kalou. Fundamental confirmation of Mathieu Debuscy, long courted by the best European teams.
BATE BORISOV
Samples Belarus (last opponents AC Milan in the group eliminatoriop) have gained access to the group stage of the Champions League with a victory in the preliminary round of the Champions League against the Jews of Shmona. The star is former Arsenal and Barcelona Aljaksandr Hleb.
GROUP G
BARCELONA
The overhaul began in continuity. Tito Vilanova is a loyalist Pep Guardiola and helped at the forefront in shaping and spreading the word of the Tiki-Taka. The return from long injury to David Villa and purchases excellent Jordi Alba and Alex Song can bring the Blaugrana in heaven, notwithstanding the fierce competition (and increased).
BENFICA
Young and talented team, could - without excessive pressure - be a tough opponent to face for everyone. In the last hours would deprive midfielder Javi Garcia, close to Manchester City. It would be a serious loss to the Exchequer of Jorge Jesus.
SPARTAK MOSCOW
Second last season behind the Russian Zenit Spalleti, the team of former Valencia coach Emery Unay can conatre on grafts Romulo median-owner of Brazil Olympic ripped in a fierce competition - and the run-Kim Kallstrom midfielder from ispiratissimo left. Attention to the speed of the electric winger McGeady Irish.
CELTIC
Without the ' Old Firm (the Glasgow derby will have to wait for years), the Celtic look stimuli in Europe that counts, after the scrambled Helsingborg in the preliminary round. Devastating performance of Georgios Samaras, a man able to give depth to the team. For the rest, a lot of muscle strength and heart, in true Irish style .
GROUP H
MANCHESTER UNITED
The Red Devils have to redeem a Champions League 2011-2012 opaque to say the least, with the elimination in the group. Sir Alex Ferguson has set up a battleship: Van Persie and Kagawa (in addition to the "herd instinct" Buttner and the promise Henriquez) reinforce a team that last year to contend for the title with his cousins ​​Manchester City until his last breath. The cards should win the group H hands down.
CLUJI
The new wave of Romanian football, since 2008 jumped to the top of Ligue 1, the top division Romanian (won three times in the last five years). Team with a thick Portuguese colony and an elusive sprite Senegal, taken from the Portuguese league, that Modou Sougou executioner of Basel in Switzerland with two goals in the Champions.
SPORTING BRAGA
Udinese executioner, now we know the pros and cons of the Portuguese team, which is organizing the game and the athleticism his strong point, with no stars of international stature. Presumably contend with Galatasaray's second place is worth the access to the knockout stage, behind Manchester United.
GALATASARAY
The ambitious president turkish Aysal Ünal has underpinned a rose already interesting grafts Hamit Altintop from Real, Burat Yilmaz from Trabzonspor and redemption of Felipe Melo from Juventus.Kaka and Zarate remain dreams last minute. Building on the eighteenth turkish title and Super Cup, the Turks want to re-launch in Europe, the stage that Fatih Terim knows very well.

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