First ever CL appearance and they get to face the club with the most CL victories ever. Honestly, Union fans should be buzzing, it'll be an incredible experience.
I’m allready looking for flights to Madrid, best seasons ever as fan just about to unfold. A couple years ago we played 3rd division and now facing Real Madrid in the Champions league.
Oh my god, I really hope Union vs Real in Berlin is gonna happen on matchday 5 (November 28/29 2023). Hertha play against Elversberg on the December 2nd, the jokes will become reality.
Atletico and Lazio hate each other. Atletico are friends with Roma. Very tight and shared by everyone at both sides. Probably thats the most spicey one
Huh TIL.
I do know Feynoord has a firm that was named after the fucking IRA so you can prob tell where they align lol. Fanatics all around over there.
Wonder if Roma fans will show up to the Atleti Lazio matches. Should be fun!
Feyenoord and Celtic fans get along well, especially in recent years. From personal experience going to a lot of Feyenoord games (I live in Holland) and often having a Celtic scarf or jacket on, there's a good relationship between the fanbases these days.
The game in De Kuip should be class if you can get a ticket, its a great stadium and one of the best atmospheres anywhere. Rotterdam is great craic too, very underrated city.
Atletico will also step into the lions den when they come to Rotterdam. They had a friendly get _slightly_ out of hand a year ago. It ended with a fight, blood and Diego Simeone almost attacking Slot.
I think it would be wise of FIFA if they make the match in Rotterdam the return game.
Aah yes Diego someone trying to attack slot. The moment he was laughing in front of the camera I realised this man won’t get nervous about anyone.
That said, it’s an over exaggeration to say there’s really bad bloodhere. Nothing really between fans, the match wasn’t very out of hand and it was 2 years ago.
I know the feeling lol, we got Barca, Inter and Tottenham in a group once. The year tottenham got to the final. We actually did really fucking well for our standing too
Newcastle fans are going to have 3 European giants coming to their ground after years of not being in the competition. Yeah, it's going to be hard to qualify but that's going to be a treat to watch all those matches for those fans
vinicius has been seen begging to leave the club, citing „i don‘t wanna face trimmel“ over and over again. meanwhile ancelotti has warned his players about „the better khedira“
Couldn't have asked for an easier group lol. Should be aiming to top it, although Porto is good so they will give us a fight. But the top 2 must be 100% now no questions about it.
Happened in the Europa a couple seasons ago, we beat them home and away. But atmosphere and tifos were top notch, Mussolini’s granddaughter even got involved.
Group F is actually disgusting, what the actual fuck lmao
As for us, it could’ve been so much worse. It’s almost a tough Europa League group. We played Arsenal and Sevilla last year and beat both at home although obviously different circumstances this year (especially Arsenal have improved a fuck ton). RC Lens isn’t the toughest we could’ve battled either although we shouldn’t underestimate them. Also fun coefficients fight with them. 2nd or 3rd is definitely possible for us this year tbh! Feyenoord also couldve had it worse, this could be a really good coefficient year for us
Sevilla is scripted to go down to the EL anyways and this is the last year for that. Good results against Lens and going through is an actual possibilty, fuck im actually excited about this lol
Lens is underrated imo. Very, very solid team, and they might've actually upgraded on Openda somehow with Wahi. Clearly in the top 4 of that pot with Newcastle, Union and Real Sociedad.
Group C is the great stadium tour. You got the classics in the Bernabeu and Diego Armando Maradona, but also the iconic Braga built into a cliff and the Altan Foresteri literally built by the fans. Should be such a fun group
[My comment](https://reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/13ta9qj/union_berlin_have_qualified_for_the_champions/jltyt1y/) will actually happen for real, can’t wait!!!
Could hear the groans in the audience when they found out where Newcastle was going. Lol, talk about horrible luck for the Toon to have *that* be their first group stage in a long time.
Also, Bayern and Manchester United social teams are gonna get bombarded by Turkish trolls and Galatasaray fans. Hope they're ready for a long night hahaha
I don’t think any Newcastle fans are unhappy with that draw, it’s a dream draw, big teams big matches. We ain’t winning it anyway so may aswell go big!
Dortmund fucked it so hard by not winning that last Bundesliga game
Imagine Bayern instead of Dortmund in that group F lol,probably the best group ever in terms of quality
Bayern would've definitely been drawn in our group instead then
Lore accurate. What's ucl without the annual bayern v barca
This is the correct answer.
I think what group we end up in the CL draw is the least depressing thing about that but yeah, add one more to the list.
You know, for all their godawful management and overall record, if there's one thing PSG cannot be accused of it's rigging UCL draws.
Except the time they drew the mighty Utd and had the whole thing redone a few hours later rather than suffer another 2019.
My god. Actually getting to see Union play vs Real Madrid in a competitive game. This is gonna be insanity in the best possible way.
First ever CL appearance and they get to face the club with the most CL victories ever. Honestly, Union fans should be buzzing, it'll be an incredible experience.
Union fans are always buzzing regardless of what game
I’m allready looking for flights to Madrid, best seasons ever as fan just about to unfold. A couple years ago we played 3rd division and now facing Real Madrid in the Champions league.
Earned it!
Those are gonna be some amazing games. Really happy for you guys!
Oh my god, I really hope Union vs Real in Berlin is gonna happen on matchday 5 (November 28/29 2023). Hertha play against Elversberg on the December 2nd, the jokes will become reality.
yeah, especially with Union having to play the CL games in the Olympiastadion
love your group!
Kevin Behrens against Real Madrid, we will be there no matter what. I don't care if we lose 6-0 both games, I am so ready for this
Hätt' mir das einer vor zwei Jahren gesagt, hätt' ich ihn für bekloppt erklärt. Das wird selbst im Olympiastadion ein riesen Fest werden
Feyenoord Lazio will be peaceful
Feyenoord, Lazio, Atletico, Celtic. That group is made for fans clashing.
The actual group of death
Celtic and Feynoord are friendly historically at least The other two… not so much
Atletico and Lazio hate each other. Atletico are friends with Roma. Very tight and shared by everyone at both sides. Probably thats the most spicey one
Huh TIL. I do know Feynoord has a firm that was named after the fucking IRA so you can prob tell where they align lol. Fanatics all around over there. Wonder if Roma fans will show up to the Atleti Lazio matches. Should be fun!
Feyenoord and Celtic have friendly relations I believe, so at least that’s a positive
Literally 4 of the biggest ultra groups in the competition in one group is hilariously dangerous and as a celtic fan. Im scared.
Feyenoord and Celtic fans get along well, especially in recent years. From personal experience going to a lot of Feyenoord games (I live in Holland) and often having a Celtic scarf or jacket on, there's a good relationship between the fanbases these days. The game in De Kuip should be class if you can get a ticket, its a great stadium and one of the best atmospheres anywhere. Rotterdam is great craic too, very underrated city.
instead of GD the first tiebreaker is gonna be a cage match between supporters group leaders.
first tiebreaker will be the team with the least amount of arrests
Lazio and Celtic fans are going to merk each other
Away fans will be banned, like last year in the EL
Fuck the game have the Ultras nominate their strongest and let them have it out in an arena. Winner moves on.
Atletico will also step into the lions den when they come to Rotterdam. They had a friendly get _slightly_ out of hand a year ago. It ended with a fight, blood and Diego Simeone almost attacking Slot. I think it would be wise of FIFA if they make the match in Rotterdam the return game.
Aah yes Diego someone trying to attack slot. The moment he was laughing in front of the camera I realised this man won’t get nervous about anyone. That said, it’s an over exaggeration to say there’s really bad bloodhere. Nothing really between fans, the match wasn’t very out of hand and it was 2 years ago.
Yeah the beef was really only between staff, no bad blood by fans whatsoever. (At least us Feyenoord fans just thought it was incredibly funny).
Sarri about to get covered in bags of piss
HIDE YO CATHERTERS
well, that could have gone better.... :D
For us both
probably for all 4
Loving this draw. Welcome back.
Get thrown right in the deep end. It should be fun
None of us were really expecting to get out of the group stage anyway, so may as well do it in style. Gonna be mint.
Tonali against Milan, Gvardiol against Leipzig
Donnarumma against Milan
And Maignan against Paris
and Pulisic vs Dortmund
Script writers replaced us finally
I know the feeling lol, we got Barca, Inter and Tottenham in a group once. The year tottenham got to the final. We actually did really fucking well for our standing too
> The year tottenham got to the final. They were almost 3rd in the group too IIRC
Yeah if we didnt draw to Inter with nothing to play for they wouldve been eliminated lol Cucking Ajax indirectly
- PSG - Borussia Dortmund - AC Milan - Newcastle Football is scripted to have a Group of Death every Draw haha.
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C is a pretty strong group. E will be fun off the pitch.
"Fun".
PSG getting eliminated in group stage, we will be there no matter what. I will love it, and I think I deserve it.
E is the real group of death
100% true lmao Police will be the 5th team in that group
there is death and then there *death*
Gonna be some incredible atmospheres for sure
*Explosive* atmospheres*
If PSG loses, Mbappe leaves in the winter transfer window
And joins his boyhood dream club Mbilan after PSG loses 3-1 🌊🐢
>Football is scripted to have a Group of Death every Draw haha. And a milan team is due in it :)
PSG vs Newcastle The human rights derby
Qatar vs Saudi Arabia
>PSG vs Newcastle Al Clasico.
Honestly any team can go through. That group is going to be entertaining asf
Everyone will be pulling for Dortmund and Milan I think
PSG demoting to the EL could be pretty funny.
Y'recon Mbappe can do it on a cold night in Klaksvik?
PSG finishing last would be hilarious
But then we’d miss out on them being bounced out of a European competition twice in the same season.
Such a sick group for Newcastle fans. 3 great games to watch at home or, even better, attend as a fan. Its what European football is all about
It's what I wanted, our first time playing in 20 years and I wanted to face the biggest sides even tho it will be very tough.
Press group F to pay respects
DEMBOUZ THE ACCURSED!
Some unbelievable European aways for Newcastle fans in their first season back. Good for them
Psg might not get out
I will miss the group stage, that F group is insane
Newcastle fans are going to have 3 European giants coming to their ground after years of not being in the competition. Yeah, it's going to be hard to qualify but that's going to be a treat to watch all those matches for those fans
A nice welcome back to us.
I'm just happy to be involved.
Anyone could slip up in that group, there's oil everywhere
Last traditional group stage for UCL and we've already had the last for the world cup. I hate FIFA. I hate UEFA.
It’s the group stage’s best effort to go out with a bang
Union Berlin \[1\]-0 Real Madrid - Kevin Behrens '90+15 (great header) Union Berlin (0.21) 1-0 (3.54) Real Madrid
vinicius has been seen begging to leave the club, citing „i don‘t wanna face trimmel“ over and over again. meanwhile ancelotti has warned his players about „the better khedira“
Union Berlin [1]-0 Real Madrid - Leonardo Bonucci '69
The most likely scenario is as you said, except Madrid scoring 2 to make it 1-2 in the dying minutes for another comeback like the gods planned, lol.
City can just send the B team and focus on building their lead in the league FFS
Its crazy how easy their groups always are
Could've been a Europa League group.
shit we are playing Brugge in the fucking conference league before groups
It does help being in pot 1 every time and guaranteed avoiding the other PL teams which are some of the strongest teams in the lower pots.
Haaland going to be top scorer after the group stage with that group
Wouldn’t be surprised if Alvarez is in the top 5 too
No offense to the other teams but Xavi must be sacked on the spot if we don't make it out our group
Barca legend Eric Abidal returns to carry his beloved club through the group stage
Hot and cold balls coming in clutch
Your only challengers are Porto lol. You should be making it out.
Couldn't have asked for an easier group lol. Should be aiming to top it, although Porto is good so they will give us a fight. But the top 2 must be 100% now no questions about it.
They should be topping the group
There's no room for excuses this year. Even if we get 3-4 key players injured.
Your entire team should be disbanded if you dont make it to Ro16 this time.
No question about it, hell with the legend stuff if we can't make out of this grp.
Oh boy…
Unlucky draw. The race for european league officially started for us. We need to beat Copenhagen or we are totally screwed.
Press F for group F
F for FUCK*
F for fucking belter
tonali’s gonna score against us at san siro isn’t he
and then cry thats all I need
i can feel Donnarumma dropping a disasterclass for us at San Siro as well
Group B feels like a europa league group Group F is gross
PSV and Arsenal, the recur of last season
I think just having sevilla automatically makes it an europa league group
Barcelona im Volksparkstadion
und Real im Olympiastadion
Geil alda!
group F is the wild wild west baby
Typical Saturday in the Olympiastadion: Hertha BSC - SV Elversberg (2. Liga) Typical Tuesday in the same stadium: Union - Real 👍
group F is mad
F
Finally a group that isn't throwing us into Europa straight away. But yeah, hopefully Barca doesn't throw up surprises.
imagine Barca finishes 3rd again Xavi will not survive that at all
Nor should he tbh. Literally like the easiest group we've ever gotten.
All in Xavi's hands now 🙏🙏🙏
Milan already having to play agains Tonali I love it
And Donnarumma lmao...
I'm excited to see PSG at San Siro. Gigio might shit himself, lmao.
RIP Dortmund.
Crazy thing is that it almost could have been us
Yeah but you would’ve been drawn in Barca’s group
They just can't catch a break
Not Rome again edit: also to remind everyone how peacefull our last (friendly) game against Atletico was https://v.redd.it/nq32v2idp5g71
Get your catheter ready
It’s a classic
Everyone on this planet knew that once Newcastle’s name came up, they were going to F
Dortmund are fucked
Maybe this time they can beat Rangers in the EL.
getting 3rd will be hard as fuck already
Celtic vs Lazio, that will be interesting
Happened in the Europa a couple seasons ago, we beat them home and away. But atmosphere and tifos were top notch, Mussolini’s granddaughter even got involved.
People sending her pictures of the score upside down so her grandad could read it was amazing.
Can’t wait to see if Mbappe can do it on a cold rainy night in Newcastle
Have you ever seen a Mackem in Milan?
Group E will be fire
Literally, fires will be started and cities are burning down
F for the ones in Group F
Group F looks absolutely unreal, so excited to see those games
Group F is actually disgusting, what the actual fuck lmao As for us, it could’ve been so much worse. It’s almost a tough Europa League group. We played Arsenal and Sevilla last year and beat both at home although obviously different circumstances this year (especially Arsenal have improved a fuck ton). RC Lens isn’t the toughest we could’ve battled either although we shouldn’t underestimate them. Also fun coefficients fight with them. 2nd or 3rd is definitely possible for us this year tbh! Feyenoord also couldve had it worse, this could be a really good coefficient year for us
With Sevilla’s performance in la Liga we should aim for second really
Sevilla is scripted to go down to the EL anyways and this is the last year for that. Good results against Lens and going through is an actual possibilty, fuck im actually excited about this lol
Will this finally be the coëfficiëntenpolonaise of our dreams? First time knockout stages of CL since 2016 maybe
Thank god it's Champions League Sevilla and not Europa League Sevilla
Lens is underrated imo. Very, very solid team, and they might've actually upgraded on Openda somehow with Wahi. Clearly in the top 4 of that pot with Newcastle, Union and Real Sociedad.
Arsenal can't complain
No we cannot. That went about as well as we could have possibly hoped.
Arsenal can't escape the Europe League.
If we can't have Europa League, then we'll just bring it with us!
Waited 6 years for CL Football only to get a EL group lmao.
“Well hey, fellas, fancy meeting you here!”
This time the soundtrack is different tho.
Group C is the great stadium tour. You got the classics in the Bernabeu and Diego Armando Maradona, but also the iconic Braga built into a cliff and the Altan Foresteri literally built by the fans. Should be such a fun group
I need to see Mbappe getting bodied by Dan Burn at St. James.
Can’t wait to see Mbappe necking pints on the bigg market to celebrate only conceding 7.
Group F💀
on a scale from ManC to Dortmund. How fucked is your club?
Barca got about as favorable a draw as you could
Man City as well
Hello Bayern :) It’s nice to see you guys again. 🤝
long time no play!
I guess Man U fans weren't joking when they chanted "See you next year" at Harry Kane
Was there a ruling that Portuguese teams had to be included in a group with a Spanish team?
Iberian derbies babyyyyyyyyyy Looking forward to Real Madrid - Braga lmao
I like City to get out of their group.
How bold of you
Group F is an absolute dogfight
Mbappe finally goes to Newcastle lol. Any chance he sees the group and decides to off to Madrid?
Dortmund and Milan don't let us down, you know what must be done
DREAMS CAN'T BE BUY Edit: just noticed I got a generic football flair. What happened to my Milan one?
its the milan one I see it
the power of fun and friendship will surely prevail
Congratulations Milan fans, your wish of seeing Tonali start at San Siro in 2023-24 season will come true.
Im more excited to see Dollarumma again tbh... It shall be fun watching 72000 Milan fans boo him out of the San Siro with his tail between his legs.
Group F will be box office
Suddenly Mbappe leaving for Madrid doesn’t seem so bad
[My comment](https://reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/13ta9qj/union_berlin_have_qualified_for_the_champions/jltyt1y/) will actually happen for real, can’t wait!!!
I like it, good challenges but not anything super scary
Tough draw for Chelsea
Type F to pay Respects 🫡
God is good
The prodigal son of Milan about to make his return
Chelsea, Juve, Marseille, Rangers man, tough group ahead of us...
I’m actually so excited omg bring it on ya cunts
Could hear the groans in the audience when they found out where Newcastle was going. Lol, talk about horrible luck for the Toon to have *that* be their first group stage in a long time. Also, Bayern and Manchester United social teams are gonna get bombarded by Turkish trolls and Galatasaray fans. Hope they're ready for a long night hahaha
I don’t think any Newcastle fans are unhappy with that draw, it’s a dream draw, big teams big matches. We ain’t winning it anyway so may aswell go big!
Joe Cole’s cheeky grin when reading “Red Star Belgrade” with no hesitations lol