Champions league 2009/2010 - Arsenal qualifying harder than i thought
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:34 pm
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Because Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, and Stuttgart were the teams from Italy,Spain, and Germany, and they have relatively low coefficients for teams from big leagues, it is likely that all three of them will be in the pot to face Arsenal.
team rankings for seeding
In the round before Arsenal plays, there are 5 matches between 10 runner up or 3rd place teams from smaller leagues, and the winners go into the non-champions route to the group stages. It is likely that the following 5 seeded teams will advance:
Ukraine - Shakhtar Donetsk
Portugal - Sporting CP
Greece - Panathinaikos
Scotland - Celtic
Belgium - Anderlecht
the teams that they will be drawn against are:
Czech Republic - Sparta Prague
Romania - Dinamo Bucuresti
Netherlands - Twente
Russia- Dynamo Moscow
Turkey - Sivasspor
If everything plays out to odds, Arsenal will draw one of the following 5:
Fiorentina
Atletico Madrid
Stuttgart
Celtic
Anderlecht
I am pretty sure Liverpool will get more CL money if Arsenal do not qualify for the group stages, but not 100% sure.
Because Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, and Stuttgart were the teams from Italy,Spain, and Germany, and they have relatively low coefficients for teams from big leagues, it is likely that all three of them will be in the pot to face Arsenal.
team rankings for seeding
In the round before Arsenal plays, there are 5 matches between 10 runner up or 3rd place teams from smaller leagues, and the winners go into the non-champions route to the group stages. It is likely that the following 5 seeded teams will advance:
Ukraine - Shakhtar Donetsk
Portugal - Sporting CP
Greece - Panathinaikos
Scotland - Celtic
Belgium - Anderlecht
the teams that they will be drawn against are:
Czech Republic - Sparta Prague
Romania - Dinamo Bucuresti
Netherlands - Twente
Russia- Dynamo Moscow
Turkey - Sivasspor
If everything plays out to odds, Arsenal will draw one of the following 5:
Fiorentina
Atletico Madrid
Stuttgart
Celtic
Anderlecht
I am pretty sure Liverpool will get more CL money if Arsenal do not qualify for the group stages, but not 100% sure.