Champions League group stage was 2006-2007, the name, without any surprises. Virtually all of their favorite teams have made a start in the playoffs, and only in the individual matches were fixed unexpected results.
In contrast, the past was quite rich in sensations. What is not worth getting «Manchester United» in the playoffs! And for the first time in the history of Scottish football «Glasgow Rangers» grasped the group stage. Swiss «Toon» and Slovak «Artmedia» become full discoveries, and although not occupied one of the top two, but they came in the UEFA Cup, which is undoubtedly considered very good result for these modest clubs. And now you can not mention any of the club, which jumped above the head or failed.
Such predictable denouement could on the one hand look positive. After all, football is excellent including its unpredictability. On the other hand for the play-offs will be more matches with the super clubs, which, of course, can not please the true connoisseurs of the most popular game in the world. True, the bad taste left by Russian fans.