Champions league draw: It could have been worst for FcPorto and Benfica

Champions League Draw brings trap for FC Porto and the red carpet to Benfica.

The Dragons in Group G, face two complicated opponents (Zenit and Shakhtar).
Instead Benfica have already just a tough nut to crack: Manchester, so tough has Basel and Otelul Galati (the other opponents of the runner-up).

Despite being seeded, FC Porto turns out to have a more complicated mission.
Victor Pereira's team will face two opponents from east, shuffling the accounts of a group where dragons seem to be favorites.
Zenit and Shakhtar, however, are able to discuss the qualification, and promise to change the turns in group G.
Although to escape several harsh opponents - like Milan or Manchester City, for example - certain is that the Europa League holder was inserted into a group with two hard bones to chew.
APOEL completes the batch of four formations. In theory, the Portuguese side takes off as favorite..

In turn, Benfica - not being seeded - might have a more complicated mission.
Considering that would have to face one of the most powerful teams in Europe - among Manchester, Real, Barcelona... - remaining the Reds to look at the other two teams with whom would measure strengths.
In theory, if the Lissabon side could choose, given the alternatives, certainly would opt for Basel and by Romania's Otelul Galati.
Thus, with Manchester United as the overwhelming favorite of the group C, is delivered to Benfica the 'obligation' to ensure the second place in the group and consequent qualification for the eighth-finals of the Champions League



Here ist the complete draw of the Champions League´s groups stage:

group A
FC Bayern Munich (ALE)
Villarreal (ESP)
Manchester City (ENG)
Naples (ITA)

group B
Inter Milan (ITA)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Lille (FRA)
Trabzonspor (TUR)

group C
Manchester United (ENG)
Benfica (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Otelul Galati (ROM)

group D
Real Madrid (ESP)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Ajax (NED)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

group E
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
KRC Genk (BEL)

group F
Arsenal (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)

group G
FC Porto (POR)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
APOEL (CHI)

group H
Barcelona (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (RCH)