It feels like yesterday that we saw Bayern Munich crowned as the Kings of Europe.<\/span><\/h2>\n

To be fair, it just a little bit over a month, so no wonder we\u2019re still reeling from it. And yet, here we are today, getting ready for yet another Champions League season bound to have twists and turns and dramatic outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full group stage draw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Group A:<\/strong>\u00a0Bayern Munich, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow<\/span>
\nGroup B:<\/strong>\u00a0Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter, M\u00f6nchengladbach<\/span>
\nGroup C:<\/strong>\u00a0Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille<\/span>
\nGroup D:<\/strong>\u00a0Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland<\/span>
\nGroup E:<\/strong>\u00a0Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes<\/span>
\nGroup F:<\/strong>\u00a0Zenit, Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge<\/span>
\nGroup G:<\/strong>\u00a0Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencv\u00e1ros<\/span>
\nGroup H:<\/strong>\u00a0PSG,\u00a0Manchester United, RB Leipzig, \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir<\/span><\/p>\n

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Group E <\/strong>is what I call the Europa League group<\/em>, where, if you wouldn\u2019t know better, you could look at it and think it\u2019s from the Europa League draw.<\/p>\n

This is not to discredit any of the teams though. Sevilla was the team that showed us that Bayern weren\u2019t invulnerable after all.<\/p>\n

Chelsea was finally allowed to go on a shopping spree, buying both Werner and Havertz, while Rennes is having an almost perfect Ligue 1 start.<\/p>\n

In the 2018\u201319 Europa League season, Arsenal just barely got past them. On the other hand, besides the 2013\u201314 Champions League semifinal, Chelsea have been lackluster in their campaigns and not really posing a threat to their opponents.<\/p>\n

And finally, Krasnodar knocked out PAOK to earn a spot in the groups, which might be a reward in itself. I am giving Chelsea the edge juuuust <\/em>barely to make it through. Sevilla are a record six-time Europa League winners, but I believe their team has enough quality to finish at the top of the group.<\/p>\n

Predicted placements: <\/em><\/strong>1) Sevilla 2) Chelsea 3) Rennes 4) Krasnodar<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Group F <\/strong>also comes very close to being a Europa League <\/em>group. Both Dortmund and Lazio showed signs that they could win their leagues in the last season, with H\u00e5land and Immobile eating goals for breakfast, but eventually, they weren\u2019t able to stop the Bayern and Juventus supremacies.<\/p>\n

Zenit\u2019s best result in the Champions League is reaching the round of 16, while the last time Brugge made it past the Champions League groups, it was still called the European Cup.<\/p>\n

Predicted placements: <\/em><\/strong>1) Dortmund 2) Lazio 3) Zenit 4) Brugge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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