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    Group stage set for 2012-13 UEFA Champions League

    UEFA revealed this year's full Champions League group stage with Group D emerging as the clear Group of Death, as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund will fight it out for two spots towards the Round of 16.

    Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 will be grouped in a good Group B that features Arsenal, French champs Montpellier and Olympiakos. Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht will face Milan, Zenit and Malaga in Group C. Michael Parkhurst will be in Group E as Nordsjaelland will face Chelsea, Shakhtar and Juventus.

    Chicharito's Manchester United will head Group H, facing Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj. Andres Guardado and Valencia squares off against Bayern Munich, Lille and BATE.

    The Champions League group stage draw in full:

    GROUP A
    PORTO
    DINAMO KIEV
    PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
    DINAMO ZAGREB

    GROUP B
    ARSENAL
    SCHALKE
    OLYMPIAKOS
    MONTPELLIER

    GROUP C
    AC MILAN
    ZENIT
    ANDERLECHT
    MALAGA

    GROUP D
    REAL MADRID
    MANCHESTER CITY
    AJAX
    BORUSSIA DORTMUND

    GROUP E
    CHELSEA
    SHAKHTAR DONETSK
    JUVENTUS
    NORDSJAELLAND

    GROUP F
    BAYERN MUNICH
    VALENCIA
    LILLE
    BATE BORISOV

    GROUP G
    BARCELONA
    BENFICA
    SPARTAK MOSCOW
    CELTIC

    GROUP H
    MANCHESTER UNITED
    BRAGA
    GALATASARAY
    CLUJ

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