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Who are the favourites for this season’s Champions League?

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In case you missed it, the Champions League kicks off this evening. Whilst many of the group games have a whiff of inevitability about them, every game counts and it is a long road to the Bernabeu in May. So who are you backing to pick up Europe’s most coveted club title? The Football Blog tries to predict the unpredictable.
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Celtic vs Arsenal

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After barely a couple of days to draw breath following the weekend’s games, tonight sees the first leg of an intriguing Champions League qualifier between Celtic and Arsenal at Celtic Park.
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Barcelona breeze it

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Pep Guardiola is just 38 years old but has just secured Barcelona’s third European Cup, first ever treble, and humbled Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in the process.
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Champions League Final Preview

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It’s difficult to know where to begin with the most highly anticipated and written about game of the season. With both finalists crowned as champions of their country, the stage is set for the final most neutrals wanted.
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“Are you watching this? It’s a disgrace. It’s a f**king disgrace.”

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And so it was with these unsavoury words from Didier Drogba that Chelsea’s Champions League came crashing to a halt on Wednesday evening. Much has been written on the game since, Drogba has issued a full apology for his actions, the referee has been smuggled out of the country, but the fact still remains that it is Barcelona that will face Manchester United in Rome on May 27th and not Chelsea.
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