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Paris Saint-Germain- another club fueled by Qatari mega millions- is the class of the group- as long as all the new signings get on the same page quickly.\u00a0 Having brought in the likes of Javier Pastore, Alex and Jeremy Menez since taking over ownership in 2011, the Qatari investment Authority pulled off an Italian job this summer, luring AC Milan duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and defender Thiago Silva to Paris. Surprisingly- or maybe not so- PSG had an indifferent start Ligue 1 with three consecutive draws, before finding its stride and winning the last two games.\u00a0 As for the Champions League, French teams have not left much of an imprint in the tournament for a good number of years now, and PSG has not played a game in this tournament since 2004.\u00a0 A lot is expected this season, though, and Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s men should buck that history and make it through to the knockout phase. A fortunate bounce here and there, and they could make a deep run.<\/p>\n

Porto are really going to feel the expected, yet unexpected loss of Brazilian striker Hulk to Zenit St. Petersburg over the summer.\u00a0 He absolutely killed it and was a scoring machine even before the loss of teammate Falcao to Atletico Madrid last season.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see if the feeding ground continues to churn out young stars and can still carry them past this stage, which is surely possible with there not being a clear second-best team in the group.<\/p>\n

Dynamo Kyiv has a lot of players that took part in Ukraine\u2019s valiant stint in this summer\u2019s Euro 2012, as well as drawing England in a recent World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.\u00a0 The addition of Niko Kranjcar form Tottenham could very well swing the pendulum for second place in the group towards Kyiv, and he\u2019s been in fine form domestically.<\/p>\n

The last time Dinamo Zagreb played a Champions League game, Lyon defeated them 7-1 at home, which cost the manager his job immediately after the game.\u00a0 More than likely, the Croatians will follow in that same vain this season in Europe.<\/p>\n

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Prediction:<\/p>\n

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  1. PSG<\/li>\n
  2. Porto<\/li>\n
  3. Dynamo Kyiv<\/li>\n
  4. Dinamo Zagreb<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Preview by Arif Ahmed and Adesina Koiki.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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