UEFA Cup predictions

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It seems Bayern are hot favourites to win the UEFA Cup. bwin have set up a bet just for Bayern winning or not winning the UEFA Cup. If you go to https://www.bwin.com/betsnew.aspx?SportID=4, click on "UEFA Cup" and then "Outright winner", you will see the bet:

Outright winner
Thursday, May 15, 2008
UEFA Cup, Europe
Will FC Bayern Munich win the UEFA Cup 2007/2008? - 8:45 PM
Yes 4.50
No 1.17

Mirage

I don't want to get too excited yet, not until I've seen how we play in the Bundesliga.

FC Bajern

UEFA Cup first round draw tomorrow (Friday)!

Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski of Poland, Macedonian outfit FK Rabotnicki Skopje, Irish League side Drogheda United, FC Midtjylland from Denmark and Armenian club FC Mika Eriwan may not be especially familiar names to anyone outside their own local support and truly well-informed football stattos.

Ottmar Hitzfeld and his men may soon be learning a lot more about one of them, as they are all potential opponents in the UEFA Cup first round. “We’ll take what comes and approach the tie appropriately,” the Bayern coach commented ahead of Friday’s draw in Monaco.

After a decade in the Champions League, Bayern’s return to the UEFA Cup is likely to see them entering unfamiliar territory. “We’re all intrigued about who we might draw,” Philipp Lahm declared. The Germany international is one of the few members of the current squad with experience of the UEFA Cup, picked up in the 2004-5 campaign with VfB Stuttgart.

Hitzfeld and his men may be required to undertake an arduous journey, but are unlikely to face a big-name rival, as the 80 clubs involved in the first round are divided into eight groups of ten teams according to certain regional criteria. The teams will not be finally sorted into pots until the final round of qualifiers on Thursday evening.

Bayern cannot be drawn against fellow German opponents in the first round. Ties will be played on 20 September and 4 October. The draw for the Group phase, which begins on 25 October, takes place at midday on 9 October in Nyon. The 40 first round winners are drawn into eight groups of five, with each club playing two games at home and two away. The top three in each group progress to the knockout stage.

As of that point, the Reds could do battle with higher profile teams such as Girondins Bordeaux, Tottenham Hotspur or Fiorentina, but for now, the likes of Lithuanian representatives SK Liepajas Metalurgs or NK Siroki Brijeg from Bosnia-Herzegovina will provide the opposition. All will become clear on Friday afternoon at around 1.30 pm.

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mackoy

Bayern will play Belenenses of Portugal. First leg is at home (unfortunately in my opinion) lol

fcb 4eva

Dont really think it matters Mackoy lol

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mackoy

You're probably right but don't under estimate smaller opponents. Generally they play more better against big teams and surprise everyone!

kevh26

I'm expecting us to win every competition we enter this year (that's why i've put money on every one) but I'm always fearful of knockout competitions and cups!

FC Bajern

So here is the deal, Bayern could be facing one of the opponents from pot 2, 3, 4, and 5 Hopefully not Fiorentina in pot 3 Razz

Pot 1: Villareal, Bayern Munchen, AZ, Bordeaux, Panathinaikos, Basel, Bordeaux, Leverkusen and ANDERLECHT.

Pot 2: Tottenham, Lokomotiv Moskou, Zenith St-Petersburg, Sparta Praag, AEK Athene, Hamburg, Bolton and Austria Wenen.

Pot 3: Spartak Moskou, Braga, Galatasaray, Getafe, Atletico Madrid, Everton, Fiorentina and Rennes.

Pot 4: Toulouse, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rode Ster Belgrado, Dinamo Zagreb, Kopenhagen, Panionios, Nürnberg and Boleslav.

Pot 5: Thessaloniki, Aberdeen, FC Zurich, Larissa, Aalborg, Brann Bergen, Elfsborg and Helsingborg.

Bayernbazi

BAYERN
Bolton
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Aris Thessaloniki

SNAKE

It could have been much worse if we got Atletico,Fiorentina or Everton.
SNAKE

FC Bajern

Bayern’s Group F fixtures:

25.10.2007 FK Crvena Zvezda v Bayern Munich
08.11.2007 Bayern Munich v Bolton Wanderers (k-o 7 pm)
29.11.2007 SC Braga v Bayern Munich
19.12.2007 Bayern Munich v Aris Thessaloniki (k-o 8.45 pm)

bwfcolinh58

wanderers, wanderers, wanderers Very Happy

bwfcolinh58

my prediction is.....me permanently p*ssed in munich... Shocked

oh and 3 - 0 for munich Crying or Very sad

Delije · Hey, I'm new here! Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 9

Do you remeber 1990/91? Very Happy

Semifinale of Cup Champions.

That will happen again. Cool

Mirage

Bolton and Red Star the toughest. I haven't heard of the others. I don't want to get cocky, but Bayern will be fine.