Article: ANDY TOWNSEND'S GUIDE TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUPS.(Sport)

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
August 28, 2009
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Byline: ANDY TOWNSEND'S

GROUP B

MANCHESTER UNITED

Domestic champions: 18. Current league position: 4. Champions League record: W82 D43 L32. Last season: beaten finalists. Home: Old Trafford. Capacity: 76,000. Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson.

CSKA MOSCOW

Domestic champions: 3. Current league position: 4. Champions League record: W7 D7 L14. Last season: N/A. Home: Luzhniki Stadium. Capacity: 78,360. Manager: Zico.

THE DANGER: Wolfsburg are making their debut and the German champions were the team to avoid in pot four. United have the heaviest travel demands of the British clubs and must go to Moscow and Istanbul for two of ...

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