So, even if all of Arsenal, Porto, Zenit, Leverkusen and Napoli fail to qualify, we can't be in pot two
Just checked quickly: Düsseldorf to Munich main stations - 5-6 hours and 100-150 Euro for a single. I might as well go to Anfield! I'm not sure our Astra would compare to a 911...
Full play-off round details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–15_UEFA_Champions_League#Play-off_round Draw is tomorrow. 10 winners go into the group stage. 10 losers into the Europa group stage.
He did with the others. The Bayern bit was in reference to definitely not being in the same pot surely?
I predict we'll get Barcelona and Dortmund. Best case scenario is Porto/Benfica and Basel. Even that is a challenge though.
The twenty teams are split into four pots: [table="width: 1000"] [tr] [td]Pot 1[/td] [td]Pot 2[/td] [td]Pot 3[/td] [td]Pot 4[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Red Bull Salzburg[/td] [td]Maribor[/td] [td]Arsenal[/td] [td]Athletic Bilbao[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Steaua București[/td] [td]Legia Warsaw[/td] [td]Porto[/td] [td]Lille[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]APOEL[/td] [td]Slovan Bratislava[/td] [td]Zenit Saint Petersburg[/td] [td]Copenhagen[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]BATE Borisov[/td] [td]Malmö FF[/td] [td]Bayer Leverkusen[/td] [td]Standard Liège[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Ludogorets Razgrad[/td] [td]AaB[/td] [td]Napoli[/td] [td]Beşiktaş[/td] [/tr] [/table] Teams from Pot 1 can only play a team from Pot 2 and vice-versa. Teams from Pot 3 can only play a team from Pot 4 and vice-versa.
EDIT: Düsseldorf to Liverpool is apparently 580 miles, though it's quite a curved route, so looks like it could be somewhat less as the crow flies.