PSG, not spoiled, inherits the Real and Shakhtar, OL is doing pretty well – Eurosport.fr

         Opposed destinies for PSG and Lyon on Thursday after the draw for the hens made the Champions League in Monaco. Paris is thought protected by his top seed status. Well no, PSG has inherited a very tough group with Real Madrid, but also Shakhtar Donetsk. Malmö, the first club from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, complete this group A.
       

         
           Lyon, meanwhile, has no complaints. Present in the cap 3, Lyon have avoided all the top names of the first two pots. They find Zenit St. Petersburg, Valencia and AA Gent. A very open group, no favorite, allowing Lyon to seriously consider a qualification for the knockout.
       

PSG always qualified against Real in European Cups

         Paris finds herself one of the favorites of the competition: Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, a semifinalist last year and winner of the Tenth C1 in 2014. Two clubs that are longer faced since 1994 a quarter-final Cup Winners’ Cup won by the PSG (1-0, 1-1), one year after another victory Parisians on Merengue, in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup this time (3 -1, 4-1).
       

         Paris has always crossed the obstacle Madrid in the European Cup, but this clash between two contenders for the final victory is unprecedented in the Champions League. Laurent Blanc’s men will not underestimate Shakhtar Donetsk, eighth finalist last year. Although Ukrainians have lost this summer their main offensive weapon, Douglas Costa. The Swedes in Malmö, with which Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his first steps in football, will be hard to survive in this tough group.
       

not varnished Juve, Chelsea spared

         Lyon does not go completely into the unknown and find an opponent, Valencia, which had caused many wrongs inflicting two defeats in the group stage of the C1 (2-1, 1-0) in 2000 / 2001. That year, the Spaniards had reached the final. They probably will go that far in May, but their double confrontation against Monaco (3-1, 1-2) demonstrates the danger. Zenit St Petersburg Hulk and Witsel, Russian champion title remains a tough opponent, but the scope of the OL. As for AA Gent, it is clearly a notch below in this group H.
       

         In the other groups, Juve has not been painted. The Italians inherit Manchester City, FC Sevilla and Mönchengladbach. Is almost what was best in each hat. Barca, the defending champion, will also scrap hard against Bayer Leverkusen at AS Roma and BATE Borisov. The fate was much milder in revenge for Chelsea who will face Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
       

All groups:

• Group A: Paris-Saint-Germain , Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo

             

• Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg

             

• Group C: Benfica Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Astana

             

• Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, FC Sevilla, Mönchengladbach

             

• Group E: FC Barcelona, ​​Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov

             

• Group F: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiakos, Dinamo Zagreb

             

• Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel Aviv

             

• Group H, Zenit St. Petersburg, Valencia, Lyon , Gent