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Boat one
Teams: Bayern Munich, Seville, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit St Petersburg, Porto
Best Screenplay: Porto
Naturally, there are many difficult groups in this boat, so it is a selection of two at best: Porto or Zenit St Petersburg.
Zenit has capable strikers and a trip to Russia is the last thing United will need in such a hectic season, so you can think of Porto as the most productive scenario.
Portuguese champions have smart players but they are not the force they once were, and United feel confident of dominating them in midfield.
Worst scenario: Bayern Munich
The German giants were crowned European champions last month after a Champions League dominant.
His offensive prowess stood out through an astonishing 8-2 win over Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
While the loss of midfielder Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool will weaken Bayern, their attack can cause many disruptions to United’s lately fragile defence, especially with the speed of Serge Gnabry and side Alphonso Davies.
Pot three
Teams: Dynamo Kyiv, RB Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Inter Milan, Olympiacos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta
Best Screenplay: Dynamo Kyiv
There are some in well 3 that would constitute favorable draws for United.
Olympiacos is a strong but defeated team, while Krasnodar has won a Champions League match in its history.
However, as his Europa League victory against Arsenal showed, Olympiacos has the ability to surprise and Krasnodar would involve a long journey.
Therefore, Dynamo Kyiv would be the most productive option of this pot.
They finished in the Ukrainian Premier League last season and, they have a fairly forged defense, it remains to be noted whether their attack can pose a risk at the highest level.
Worst scenario: Inter Milan
Aside from some favorable groups on paper, there are also a number of tricky projects in well three.
RB Salzburg is able to scare the teams, while Atalanta performed excellently in the Champions League last season.
RB Leipzig have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League but, Timo Werner, it remains to be seen whether they still have the offensive quality needed to put the groups at this level.
That’s why we’re a reborn Milan Inter as the worst opponent of the third pot for United.
Antonio Conte controlled Inter until the final of the Europa League last season and Romelu Lukaku smartly after leaving Old Trafford.
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Boat four
Teams: Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Club Brugge, Borussia Monchengladbach, Istanbul Bakasehir, Midtjylland, Rennes, Ferencvaros
Best Screenplay: Club Brugge
There would possibly be some unknown amounts on this boat, in addition to some long trips.
Some will be tempted to say that Ferencvaros’ Hungarian appearance is the most productive scenario, however, they have recorded the correct effects to qualify for the Champions League, adding Celtic’s elimination.
That’s why, perhaps on this boat, he’s older for a rival United already knows: the Reds comfortably sent Club Brugge to the Europa League last season.
At worst: Lokomotiv Moscow
Rennes’ French appearance can only be complicated opponents, however, a week to Moscow in a truncated season is the main thing United deserves to hope to avoid.
United would feel relatively safe against Lokomotiv, who finished in the Russian Premier League last season, but the prospect of a long, busy week makes the clash of other groups a little more favorable.