My tips for the group stage (from A to D)

Cool exercise to try and guess the final line up on each of the groups.
Here is my tip:

Group A:
1º Juventus
2º Bordeaux
3º B.Munich
4º M.Haifa

Reason: Juventus new signings Diego and Felipe Melo are the adds they needed to produce consistent and top form football; Bordeaux with Gourcuff and Chamack on cool form and good defensive ability is a force to fear; Munich needs a couple of months to really connect with Van Gaal tactics (let’s hope they’ll give him the time); and Haifa, well they come from no football threat Israel.

Group B:
1ª Man.United
2º Wolfsburg
3º CSKA Moscow
4º Besiktas

Reason: Obviously as a Premier League side the red devils are super-favorites to win this phase; Wolfsburg are German champions and produce an awesome offensive football, with Misimovic, Dzeko, Grafite and sub Martins really connecting; CSKA as a couple of Brazilian offensive players that can help them to beat de Turkish side Besiktas on trying to get to the Europa League.

Group C:
1ª AC Milan
2º Marseille
3º R.Madrid
4º Zürich

Reason: Milan a stable and top of the world club, with Pato achieving maturity and Ronaldinho truly back on the pitch; Marseille keep their key figures and bought experienced Argentineans Lucho and Heinze; Madrid will probably struggle in the first ‘new galactic’ year, and locker room problems are in order; what to say about Zürich, is nice to reach this stage, enjoy!

Group D:
1º Chelsea
2º Porto
3º Atl. Madrid
4º APOEL

Reason: Stability on the first eleven and new added Carlo Ancelloti to the bench are blues real achievement’s for 09/10; alongside with Man.Utd, Porto is the club with most presences on the group stage, experience counts and watch out for Hulk; Madrid kept Agüero and Forlán, but defense keeps on looking pretty unstable; Cyprus continues is emerge on CL scene, for second year in a row they’ve got a team, well done.