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Champions League Group Stage Set

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to today's UEFA Champions League Group Stage draw and question if Newcastle are in over their head after being drawn into a heavyweight group with PSG, Dortmund and AC Milan. Plus, Gab Marcotti joins the show to break down if Mo Salah has any chance of moving to Al Ittihad this summer and Ian Darke breaks down Ansu Fati's impending move to Brighton from Barcelona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNSC. I'm Dan Thomas from the studio today by

0:07.8

Alan Rello and Stevie Nichol. Today's all about the Champions League draw that was made

0:12.4

in Monaco. In case you missed it, here it is in all of its glory.

0:17.2

Oh, quick, look, there it is. All the teams, all the groups, will be taking you through

0:22.3

them all with Gabb Marquotti, who was there in Monaco. We know Shakur obviously wasn't

0:29.8

in dark, joins us as well. And there's only one group, well, no, I should rephrase that.

0:35.8

No, I don't. There's only one group that really everyone cares about. And that is Group

0:39.3

F. Let's take you through it. PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle. How cool

0:46.8

is that, Shakur? Yeah, listen, on the show yesterday, I was talking about Newcastle

0:54.0

and being back in the Champions League and really not a whole lot of expectation.

0:59.3

And, and, and, and that the Jordan is wanted to see the big clubs come back to St. James's

1:04.0

Park. Well, they got it in every single respect. All through those clubs have, have rich

1:11.3

histories in, in this competition. All through those clubs are, are fantastically run clubs.

1:17.4

A whole lot of talented to display. And if you want a, a marker, I say, where you are

1:24.4

in terms of your own progress, your own development to be, to, to be competing at the highest, highest

1:30.4

levels of European football. I don't think Newcastle have asked for a tougher group, if that's

1:36.7

what you're asking for. It is without a doubt the toughest groups are cool. And you look

1:41.1

at it all, capsum, great away days for everyone involved. Yeah, no question about it. Great

1:48.1

crowds as well. Borussia Dortmund, last we forget, highest average attendance in your

1:53.9

playing under the yellow wall. You've got the San Sido, you've got the Park Departments,

1:58.3

you've got St. James Park. I mean, I think we just, if you're one of those like stadium

2:02.1

nerds, this is, I think, the ultimate group for you with these four clubs in there.

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