Champions League Top 16 draw

delija_sever029

Okie its tommorow at 11:00

Pot 1

Roma
Panathinaikos
Barcelona
Liverpool
Manchester United
Bayern
Porto
Juventus


Pot 2

Chelsea
Inter
Sporting
Atletico Madrid
Villareal
Lyon
Arsenal
Real Madrid


Teams from Pot 1 will play 2nd leg at home,teams from same country cant play against each other

Ok what you expect and what would you like to watch in this round
I would like for United to get Sporting or Lyon

Smegball

United - Madrid, has to be

OPENROAD

Arsenal V Juventus

Bubs101

As long as Chelsea avoid Juve I'll be happy enough. Don't want the two teams I support to go against each other

mayordenis

Liverpool vs Inter

ArmaniJeanss

Barca have the least options, only four possible opponents - can't play either of the Madrids, Villareal, or Sporting Lisbon (group opponent) so they are 50/50 to draw either Chelsea or Arsenal. Monster tie if it happens.

Lisbon look the plum draw for the 6 sides who can get them, inc Liverpool and MUFC.

SantryRed

Roma against Madrid.

United Inter.

Tom65

Man Utd - Sporting would be best for us, I think.


Besides that:

Roma - Lyon
Panathonikos - Villareal
Barca - Arsenal
Liverpool - Inter
Bayern - Real Madrid
Porto - Athletico
Juventus - Chelsea

Would be a very good round :P

keane2097

What's the rationale on teams from the same country not being able to play one another at this stage?

Surely ties like this are better to have early in the tournament than later...

I hate it when three teams from one country make it to the lsemi-final - I'd much prefer to see country vs. country clashes imo...

redout

I would love Chelsea v Barcelona. The game would be a cracker, Barca will not steam roll Chelsea and dominate like they have every team this season. It would be good to see Barca play a side who is going to give them as good as they get as we have not seen that yet this season.

eZe^

Realistically Barca are going to tie one of Inter, Chelsea or Arsenal. Bring it on I guess, think we are capable of beating any team over two legs and it's hopefully time to prove it.

mike65

Madrid let it be Madrid. They'll still be crap in February.

eZe^

mike65 wrote: »

Madrid let it be Madrid. They'll still be crap in February.

Madrid tend to win the CL when they play really bad in the league.

mike65

Quit that jibba jabba!

Rafa would love it, he'd love it.

Vokes

The main ones would like to see:

R. Madrid vs Liverpool
Inter vs ManU
Arsenal vs Barca

eZe^

mike65 wrote: »

Quit that jibba jabba!

Rafa would love it, he'd love it.

Hahaha, indeed, but they'll be splurging with the likes of Huntelaar, Diarra and possibly Benzema/ Aguero so they may be tearing sh*t up then. Personally I want to see Utd vs Madrid, or the classic Munich vs Madrid.

mayordenis

eZe^ wrote: »

Huntelaar, Diarra and possibly Benzema/ Aguero

all of which are cup tied in europe no?

redout

eZe^ wrote: »

Realistically Barca are going to tie one of Inter, Chelsea or Arsenal. Bring it on I guess, think we are capable of beating any team over two legs and it's hopefully time to prove it.

I dont think Inter or Arsenal will worry Barcelona as much as Chelsea. Inter's Champions league record is woeful and from what they have shown in this seasons competetion it does not look like Mourinho has sorted that out as of yet. Arsenal could maybe do it, all depends which Arsenal turns up. They have raised their game this season against the top sides and beat both Man Utd and Chelsea. Lets see how they get on against Liverpool this weekend. But as I said Chelsea are the big threat.

eZe^

mayordenis wrote: »

all of which are cup tied in europe no?

Good point actually, has Diarra played for Portsmouth in Uefa Cup? Because you can only have one Uefa Cup player in a CL squad.

redout

Huntelaar and Diarra (Portsmouth) are not the other two are.

redout

eZe^ wrote: »

Good point actually, has Diarra played for Portsmouth in Uefa Cup? Because you can only have one Uefa Cup player in a CL squad.

Did not know that. Then I reckon they will pick Huntelaar and omit Diarra if they buy him.

kryogen

Roma v Chelsea
Panathinaikos v Villareal
Barcelona v Inter
Liverpool v Sporting Lisbon
Manchester United v Athletico Madrid
Bayern v Arsenal
Porto v Real Madrid
Juventus v Lyon




theres my predictions

id love united to get lisbon or lyon, but i cant see us getting an easyish draw with liverpool arsenal and chelsea all in the draw


last 3 have no effort put into em but sure, hey who cares :P

chips1234

redout wrote: »

Huntelaar and Diarra (Portsmouth) are not the other two are.

did they not play in the uefa cup if they did then they're cup tied i think ?

redout

kryogen wrote: »

Roma v Chelsea
Panathinaikos v Villareal
Barcelona v Inter
Liverpool v Sporting Lisbon
Manchester United v Athletico Madrid
Bayern v Lyon
Porto v Arsenal
Juventus v Real Madrid




theres my predictions

id love united to get lisbon or lyon, but i cant see us getting an easyish draw with liverpool arsenal and chelsea all in the draw

I dont care who we get to be honest.

Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid
Lyon
Inter
Sporting

We are more than capable of beating all those side's. People might say Real and Inter but I believe our defence and attack (bearing no critical injuries) are to strong for both of them. Bring them on. They will be more eager to avoid us.

redout

No looks right what eze said. Champions league regulation 17.18

One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club
competition matches for another competing club in the current season may
exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded:
− in the same competition for another club
− for another club that is currently in the same competition.
Furthermore, if the player’s new club is playing in the UEFA Cup, his former
club must not have played in the UEFA Cup at any point in the current
season.

Karmafaerie

I'm easy to be honest.
I'd be least happy to see Liverpool against Villereal.
Still would be confident though.

Would like to see Barca vs Chelsea.
Good game.

ghouldaddy07

Hoping for Utd vs Madrid and Barca vs Chelsea.

PHB

I want an easy draw. Normally I take the idea that you need a hard draw, because it prepares you. Last year, imo, we got pretty much the hardest draws we could get at any point, constantly, and it worked out great. 99 was the same.

Inter and Madrid are teams to avoid. Although I'd kinda like to play Madrid, let Ronaldo win back the fans in the proper way, scoring the winning goal against Madrid
That said, in the CL, over two legs, I'd be fairly confident of winning against any of the 5.

Inter
Sporting
Atletico Madrid
Lyon
Real Madrid

Dave!

United will somehow manage to get Roma

Frisbee

Roll on Barca!

Jazzy

very excited about this draw.
would love to see pool get madrid

whatawaster

As a Liverpool fan i wouldn't mind Sporting or Madrid. Teams i want to avoid are Villareal and Lyon. Wouldn't fear Inter. Rafa has the CL curse on Mourinho.

bigstar

you could say the same about fergie having benitez figured in the league, but you beat them this year. id say all the english teams will get through though

Spud83

Sporting are the team to get in Pot Two.

Panathinaikos are the team to get in Pot One.

However United v Real are just meant meet, Liverpool and Inter will prob meet, Arsenal v Barca would be great to see, but then I think Chelsea v Barca would be great to see as well.

stovelid

Surprised Ferguson is still winding up Madrid, given the possibility of a meet. Will be a real needle match, and at least he'll be assured of a shop-window performance from CR.

keane2097

keane2097 wrote: »

What's the rationale on teams from the same country not being able to play one another at this stage?

Surely ties like this are better to have early in the tournament than later...

I hate it when three teams from one country make it to the semi-final - I'd much prefer to see country vs. country clashes imo...

Anyone?

Headshot

Man utd v sporting Lisbon
Barca v chelsea
Liverpool v R.Madrid
Bayern v Arsenal


in the rehearsal man utd got Real Madrid

i wouldnt mind getting them

keane2097

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

Man utd v sporting Lisbon
Barca v chelsea
Liverpool v R.Madrid
Bayern v Arsenal


in the rehearsal man utd got Real Madrid

i wouldnt mind getting them

Is that real or just what you'd like to see Headshot?

Headshot

keane2097 wrote: »

Is that real or just what you'd like to see Headshot?

no the draw isnt till 11.00

so its what i would like to see

jimbling

is there live streaming of the draw?
I see the website says that there will be live video, but can't find it anywhere.

Headshot

jimbling wrote: »

is there live streaming of the draw?
I see the website says that there will be live video, but can't find it anywhere.

jimbling i think you have wait till 11 for the live video

have another look at 11

abelard

RTÉ's stream gone live now for me anyway

Frisbee

Jayzus lads Im on the edge of my seat here. I just want to know and be done with...

Spud83

stovelid wrote: »

Surprised Ferguson is still winding up Madrid, given the possibility of a meet. Will be a real needle match, and at least he'll be assured of a shop-window performance from CR.

Fergie winding up Real. Surely its Real winding up Man Utd.

Headshot

abelard wrote: »

RTÉ's stream gone live now for me anyway

thanks abelard

http://www.rte.ie/live/
Man utd are seating beside Real Madrid :eek::D

bloody mafia

Dave!

1052: A colleague has just done a quick scout around Europe's leading sports papers, and this is what he has discovered. Real Madrid want Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos want anyone not Spanish, Roma and Liverpool want Real Madrid, Arsenal want anyone but Barca, Bayern fancy Chelsea, Real or Inter, and Villarreal are just happy to be there.


lol

ShiverinEskimo

Watching it on RTE. There's an awful lot of nothing happening. Thought this was supposed to start at 10:30?

/EDIT here we go.

Headshot

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Watching it on RTE. There's an awful lot of nothing happening. Thought this was supposed to start at 10:30?

no mate the draw is 11

Frisbee

Dave! wrote: »

1052: A colleague has just done a quick scout around Europe's leading sports papers, and this is what he has discovered. Real Madrid want Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos want anyone not Spanish, Roma and Liverpool want Real Madrid, Arsenal want anyone but Barca, Bayern fancy Chelsea, Real or Inter, and Villarreal are just happy to be there.

I don't want Panathinaikos. There exactly the kind of team that will turn us over. Anyone but them, and barca, and juve...

So Bayern or Roma please!

abelard

Away we go....

No doubt we'll have to endure 15 minutes of crap before the actual draw though

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Get on with it!!!