Champions League Draw

[best little spaniard]

Interesting

Arsenal face Celtic in Champions League qualifier | European Football - Times Online

Arsenal face Celtic

Lisbon face Fiorentina

Best-placed Path

Lyon (France) vs. Anderlecht (Belgium)
Celtic (Scotland) vs. Arsenal (England)
Timisoara (Romania) vs. Stuttgart (Germany)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) vs. Fiorentina (Italy)
Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain)

Champions Path

Sheriff (Moldova) vs. Olympiakos (Greece)
Salzburg (Austria) vs. Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Ventspils (Latvia) vs. Zurich (Switzerland)
Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. APOEL (Cyprus)
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) vs. Debreceni (Hungary)

 

[TGV]

The reason for these match-ups are a new seeding system with a "chamions path" and a "non chamipons path" som the champions from smaller leagues don't risk facing any of the non chamions from the big leagues. Quite a good system to me, gives teams from small nations a better chance.

 

[TGV]

Edit: You beat me to it with your edit ...

 

[Lao]

Another 'Battle of Britain', Celtic will again prove that the big two up there have no chance of ever competing in the premier league.

 

[davek]

That's a complication Arsenal wont relish. I'd say as weak as Celtic are in relation to the Gunners they'll make a fist of that. About 60/40 in their favour.

 

[Welton Toffee]

So do the losers of these games go into the Europa group stage?

 

[Azzbot]

Yeah Welton, it's a joke to be honest.