And so the last groupstage match in UC -old style has finished, we have seen some surprises, of which the main is Sevilla's elimination. I would say. Looking at Holland I am pleasently surprised that 3 teams made it, I wouldn't have thought that 2 months ago...
Looking at the changes that happened due to this last round in the expected countryranking '09 we see a little setback for England and Spain (despite Sevilla's elimination), Germany rising and FRance falling. More important we see them falling to just above Russia now - the battle for 5th spot seems to be back! Also Ukraine with Metalist ending on 1st spot has climbed closer to Portugal, Is also this 9th spot still under pressure? with a good draw, it can change, but for Shakthar and Dinamo Kiew it probably is a hard draw, as nr2 from the UC group are mostly big names: Milan, Valencia, Tottenham...