What to make of Chelsea's Champions League group draw?

First glance at the group and immediately Juventus scream out as the team that will be the main danger, followed closely by Shakhtar Donestk. Juventus are the current Italian champions who went the whole season undefeated in the league last year and are looking to be a major player in Europe again and Shakhtar are the Ukrainian champions who have good European pedigree winning the Europa League only a few seasons ago. The last team in the group Nordsjaelland are also champions of their domestic league in Denmark but will definitely be considered as minnows with this being their first time in the competition.

So what should we expect from each team?

Against Juventus I expect a relatively tight clash in the home tie with Chelsea eventually prevailing in the end and getting the victory. I would also expect us to have too much for them attacking wise and win away from home even though a draw would be a very good point as it is a tough place to go. They have a very good squad with the likes of Pirlo, Buffon and Vidal however they have never beaten Chelsea in the Champions League before and I think that is a sign that our team know how to get a result against them. They shouldn't be taken lightly at all however I don't see them being a major problem for us and expect us to pick up at the very least 4 points from our two clashes against them.


Shakhtar Donestk I think will be equally as tricky as Juventus as the Chelsea team will have to make the long journey to the Ukraine where they have great support from their home fans and depending on the time of the fixture the weather conditions over there could be very harsh and could cause us problems. Other then the potential tricky weather conditions and hostile atmosphere Shakhtar posses some very talented young players like Willian and Douglas Costa as well as inspirational captain Srna who on their day can cause any defence problems so should be taken very seriously. However even though they do have talent in their squad I would still find it hard to look past Chelsea in the two clashes. I just think we will have to much in the locker for them.

To be honest I don't know to much about the Danish champions Nordsjaelland however they are obviously a decent outfit otherwise they wouldn't be in the competition. As this will be the first time for a lot of their players to be participating in the Champions League I am sure they will be very pumped up for their clashes against Chelsea 'the European Champions' so we will need to be wary of complacency as they could easily cause a shock just as Genk did last year if the game is not approached with right mind set. With all that said I can only see one winner and that is Chelsea.

I think that Chelsea will definitely qualify from the group in 1st place as even though the teams in the group are good and do posses a lot of quality we are a level ahead of all them all, especially with our experience in the competition being so strong.