Big matchups of UCL group stages

Mouth Watering Clashes of Champions league group stages 

Arsenal vs. Borussia Dortmund 

Arsenal fans were in for a disappointment as they were placed in "Group of Death" to deal with BVB, Napoli and Marseille.
 It's a tough group in general and Dortmund will be the favorites to win Group F, but Arsenal could give them a great run and even take it in the end. The Gunners have looked good early in the season, and with their style, they can get on the counter and snatch a goal very quickly.

The issue will be whether or not Arsenal will be able to handle Dortmund's attack, which has brilliantly coped with departure of Mario Gotze. Robert Lewandowski and Marco Reus are still there, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has wasted little time in bedding into Dortmund. Both teams play a very attractive brand of football, so this one will be entertaining for the neutrals. 

Real Madrid vs. Juventus 

The winner of Group B will almost certainly be either Real Madrid or Juventus.
There's a combined 11 European titles between Madrid and Juventus—nine and two, respectively. There's also Carlo Ancelotti facing off against Juve, a club he's no stranger to from his time as manager from 1999-2001 and subsequent tenure at AC Milan.
Just thinking about the battle in midfield is enough to make your mouth water. With Madrid, you've got Sami Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Luka Modric, Mesut Ozil and Isco. Juventus feature Paul Pogba, Claudio Marchisio, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal.
Cristiano Ronaldo could prove the difference, as the reigning Italian champions lack an attacker who can change a game like Ronaldo can. Juve have gotten better with the additions of Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez, though, and they're much more prepared for a deep European run.

Tevez strike Juve to victory in the opener

New signing Carlos Tevez was on the mark as Champions Juventus began the quest for their third straight Scudetto with a sloppy 1-0 victory at Sampdoria on Saturday.

Carlos Tevez, making his first league start since signing for the Bianconeri in June, scored the winner in the 58th minute. Poor conditions affected the first half in Genoa as both teams struggled to carve out clear chances in a tightly contested first half.
Juventus finally broke down the hosts with a superb move early in the first half. Arturo Vidal played the ball to Paul Pogba on the left, and Pogba squared for Tevez, who converted from close range.
Sampdoria nearly equalised soon afterwards, but Andrea Costa's effort was ruled out for offside following a free kick. The hosts continued to threaten on the counter throughout the match but could not find the net.
In stoppage time, Sampdoria's Paolo Castellini was sent off following a late challenge on Stephan Lichtsteiner.

STATS
Shots: Sampdoria 4-12 Juventus
Passing: Sampdoria 74%-87% Juventus
Possession: Sampdoria 31%-69% Juventus

Predicting top 2 of Serie A 2013/14

After predicting the 3rd and 4th lets see who could be the teams for 2nd and 1st position.

 Napoli : 2nd position

Having replaced Edinson Cavani with his country mate Gonzalo Higuain's , he 's about to find out just what it means to be the main man at Napoli. The Partenopei faithful are always a fiery bunch, but this season there's a genuine belief that they can challenge for the title and the San Paolo promises to be red hot.
Edinson Cavani has left for Paris Saint-Germain, but oddly enough the Azzurri look a better team without him. They've kept hold of Marek Hamsik, and the addition of Higuain calmed fears about where the goals would come from.
The excellent Belgian winger Dries Mertens will only strengthen what was already an excellent attacking line, in which local boy-wonder Lorenzo Insigne is also going to feature prominently. If new boss Rafa Benitez can get the chemistry right, this could be one of the continent's best forward lines.
It's worth noting that Benitez is a manager who tends to get results wherever he goes. His 44 games in charge at Chelsea had the same percentage of wins as Jose Mourinho's last 44, without the luxury of having hand-picked a squad of winners like the Portuguese did.
On top of that, only one manager at Liverpool post-WWII won more games than the Spaniard—and that was Kenny Dalglish's first stint during which he had one of the greatest teams of all time. On top of that, he's one of the few to ever break the Barcelona-Real Madrid duopoly in La Liga. Benitez' tactics, and the arrival of Raul Albiol to bolster an already solid defence, should mean that the Azzurri lose few games this season. But to overcome the team at number one, they'll need to win almost all of them.

 Juventus : 1st position 

Already their match against Lazio in Supercoppa has sent warning bells to othes Scudetto hopefuls when they humiliated Lazio .
Last season, the only flaw with Juve was that their strikers were far from world class. They were serviceable, and the quality of the midfield and the back-line saw them through. This year, that same core of talent behind the forwards will be feeding Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente—and the results should be devastating.
On top of that, Paul Pogba looks set to continue his development into one of the game's best players, leaving Antonio Conte with an embarrassment of riches.
The Bianconeri are the team to beat, and this reporter doesn't see anyone with the quality to do it.
There's no telling what can happen over the next 38 games, of course, but before it's even started it looks like the league is Conte's to lose.

Are Juventus a champion's league favorite with Tevez in the fold

No Italian teams have threatened to come up with a record-breaking bids to rival that of Real Madrid's for Tottenham's Gareth Bale or attempted to outbid the newly rich Monaco when they swooped for Falcao, the most prolific striker (in terms of goals per game) in Europe. Nor did Edinson Cavani—a player who could vie for that title this year—realistically look like staying within the Italian shores.

But To complement them  Fiorentina secured the signature of Mario Gomez, fresh from being an integral part of the all-conquering, treble-winning Bayern Munich.

 But it is Juventus, the reigning Italian champions, that will feel the wrath of the microscopes most scathingly. Expected to capture a third consecutive Scudetto—a feat only done three times in the last 60 years—their transfer activity has been select.

 One player, however, who looks destined to leave fans both delighted and despaired is the nomadic Carlos Tevez. Signed for a paltry €9 million in June, the Argentinian striker arrived from Manchester City, thus ending a seven-year, love-and-loathe affair with the English Premier League. Here is a player who guarantees goals, averaging a goal every other game when in the colours of City. He is renowned for his tireless work rate, his feisty attitude and his dogged determination to aid his side's cause.

 He does, however, have a dark undercurrent: His career is littered with a litany of strife. No Manchester United fan will forget anytime soon how, fresh from forming a Champions-League winning quadruplet alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov, his head was soon turned by the lucrative offer from resented rivals, City.

 Then, when at the Etihad, there was the debacle with former boss Roberto Mancini, when the two were at loggerheads with each other following Tevez's apparent refusal to be subbed on during a pivotal game against Bayern Munich. After a self-imposed exile, Tevez didn't appear for the club for six months. But the caveat to that last saga is that he returned to the team and played an instrumental part in the team winning the title. He has that effect.
 When questioning if he can fire Juventus to European glory, that will simply be a stretch too far. Whilst he equals his teammate Andrea Pirlo in possessing a Champions League winners medal, in his 33 appearances in European competition, he has notched only six goals. Last year, Juve exited Europe's premier competition at the quarterfinal stages, going out in a whimper to eventual winners Bayern Munich. When questioning if they can go several rounds further this year, even before they signed Tevez, Juve could not compete with the rest of Europe's creme de la creme.

 Barcelona have not only strengthened their team with the acquisition of Neymar, but they have also fought off Manchester United's overtures to retain key players, such as Cesc Fabregas. Real Madrid have welcomed new coach Carlo Ancelotti to the Bernabeu by allowing him to spend a €70 million bounty on new players—and that is before Gareth Bale's €100 million arrival is secured.
 Bayern Munich have Pep Guardiola chomping at the bit to get started. Last year's finalist's Borussia Dortmund have retained key personnel. Chelsea have Jose Mourinho, winner of two Champions League titles with different clubs, at the helm. Unfortunately for Bianconeri fans, it will take more than the arrival of Tevez to end their 18-year wait for a European title. He does, however, appear to be experiencing a new lease on life in Turin. After recently telling the club's website that he hasn't "worked this hard since I was at Boca Juniors" (when he first burst onto the scene), he's also drawn praise from head coach Antonio Conte. He will prove the perfect foil to fellow new signing, rangy target man Fernando Llorente. The Spaniard can control crosses from the wide-men whilst Tevez—who excels with the ball on the ground—is superb at close-range finishes. It could prove a potent combination.