Thursday, August 28, 2014

Holders Real face former champions Liverpool in group stage

Real Madrid's players celebrate a goal during their Spanish Super Cup first leg soccer match against Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid By Mike Collett MONACO (Reuters) - European champions Real Madrid will face former champions Liverpool, FC Basel and debutants Ludogorets of Bulgaria following the draw for the group stage of the Champions league on Thursday. Real won the title for the 10th time when they beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 after extra time in Lisbon in May and have the chance to avenge a 5-0 aggregate defeat to five-time champions Liverpool in the last 16 in 2009. Further back in time Liverpool beat Real 1-0 in the 1981 European Cup final in Paris. Arsenal were drawn in the same group as Borussia Dortmund for the second successive season, as were Chelsea and Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich and Manchester City.








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