Champions League event this season will surely run fierce and exciting, why? Because of the system used UEFA pot, an open chance in the European giants in the same group after the draw tonight.
After doing the final stage of qualifying last night until Wednesday (8/27/2009), 32 participants had obtained the most elite competition in the Blue Continent. UEFA seed pots use one to four to determine the teams which enter in the group.
1 in the pot there are four representatives of England Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. They joined Barcelona and Sevilla, AC Milan Bayern Munich as well. While in the pot is 2 Inter Milan and Juventus, Real Madrid, Lyon, Porto, AZ Alkmaar, Rangers and CSKA Moscow.
While in the pot 3 and 4, fester teams of black horses Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and Fiorentina and debutant teams are like Debrecen, Zurich and FC Rubin Kazan.
Pot distribution system is based on the coefficient of each team, who obtained from her appearance in European competitions in the last five years. The more often appear much less a champion, then the greater the coefficient the more the team and certainly a top seed.
Later in the group should not have two clubs from the same country. For example, if Milan is in the pot into the Group 1 A and Inter are in pot 2 are also entered into the same group, it will be searched again the other team a pot with Inter for a group with Rossoneri in Group A.
For the other teams in Group A, will be picked one from Pot 3 and 4 and so on to create eight groups, each filled with four teams.
For game time, teams from the same countries will also be separate. For example, La Liga Spain sent four representatives, so the two teams playing in the day Tuesday, while two other teams on Wednesday. So is the country that sent two representatives, one game Tuesday and one Wednesday game.
To distinguish between these time, UEFA gave a red color for Group A to D, while the blue color for Group E to H. The division was done for the benefit of the TV broadcast rights.
Color difference is also to determine which team will host first. So, for example, Milan and Inter are using one stadium will play home games at different weeks.
He exclaimed with these pot system, there is an opportunity to create a group where the hell the big teams gathered in the same group. It could be Chelsea, Madrid and Fiorentina are in a group. Or defending champions Barcelona reunited with Inter, Bordeaux and Wolfsburg.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka could be reunited more quickly with former club, when El Real draw a group with Chelsea or Milan. Can imagine how he called the duel big teams of Europe is not?
So, we wait the answer tonight when the draw was held.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The group waited in the Champions League Hell
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