Also happy with the draw. Porto get 6 high profile games for Meti to shine as starter. They have solid chance of finishing 3rd and going to EL above milan, will take some major ballsy performances to go through as second place team but if they beat Juve and pushed chelsea to brink last year its not out of the realms of possibility, just need to avoid kiri defensive/individual errors.
For zenit, Chelsea and Juve are very high profile matches. If juventus didnt have such a strong coach like allegri I would say zenit with a bit of luck could even take points off them. Whatever the case the games will be much more high profile than dortmund,Lazio,Brugge group of last year. Would be super embarassing if they dont finish third and continue european adventure in the spring since theoretically they should have no issue with malmo, but knowing semak any embarassment is possible.
I can see azmoun scoring a few goals in that group, especially with claudinho,malcom,wendel all seeming to be improving and developing nice chemistry with sardar, attacking wise they seem more creative and fluent than before with static dzyuba-azmoun axis. But, zenits defense looks more trash than ever before, lovren genuinely is struggling to keep up in RPL and rakitskiy is not the same player that balled out vs leipzig two years ago. So given that 3rd place is max they can do. You would think any azmoun goals vs juve,chelsea would secure a very solid transfer as a FA if he doesnt leave this summer.
For zenit, Chelsea and Juve are very high profile matches. If juventus didnt have such a strong coach like allegri I would say zenit with a bit of luck could even take points off them. Whatever the case the games will be much more high profile than dortmund,Lazio,Brugge group of last year. Would be super embarassing if they dont finish third and continue european adventure in the spring since theoretically they should have no issue with malmo, but knowing semak any embarassment is possible.
I can see azmoun scoring a few goals in that group, especially with claudinho,malcom,wendel all seeming to be improving and developing nice chemistry with sardar, attacking wise they seem more creative and fluent than before with static dzyuba-azmoun axis. But, zenits defense looks more trash than ever before, lovren genuinely is struggling to keep up in RPL and rakitskiy is not the same player that balled out vs leipzig two years ago. So given that 3rd place is max they can do. You would think any azmoun goals vs juve,chelsea would secure a very solid transfer as a FA if he doesnt leave this summer.
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