UEFA Champions League - Round Of 16 Draw

Lawrence1895

Eli Manning wrote: »

Schalke are a poor side. The other two German sides could very easily go to the final.

They are poor indeed, they never won the Bundesliga, why should they win the Championsleague?

But Borussia Dortmund might go all the way, like in 1997, just after winning back-to-back titles in 95 and 96. I have a Tenner on them anyway, 9/1 it was three weeks ago, I suppose, the price will go down

Rekop dog

Really want to go to PSG game before the end of the season. Hope Milan draw them to give me a proper incentive

Kylo Ren

Thought I'd share this here. The all time top Champions League table.

Rekop dog

Keno 92 wrote: »

Thought I'd share this here. The all time top Champions League table.

That site is statstastic, god love the Germans.

NUTZZ

Champions League Draw: Potential Dream Ties for the Neutral

Luckycharms_74

Draw is live now

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/draws/index.html

Caveman1

Juventus 12/1 to win the CL is a decent price, Juve will be a very tough team to beat.

Nailz

Feck sake, last time SSN skipped all this crap, get on with it!!

lubo_moravcik

dahat wrote: »

Sure it's grand to be in the hat so to speak!......

Hope we draw Celtic and batter them but definately wish to avoid Shaktar

bring it on

Jelle1880

Schalke heading to Istanbul.

Jelle1880

Juve

s_carnage

Arsenal V Munich

Tough one that

s_carnage

Shakhtar V Dortmund

Caveman1

Shakhtar V Dortmund will be a great game.

Nailz

REAL! :O

Caveman1

Real Madrid V Man Utd what a tie.

s_carnage

AC Milan V Barcelona
Real Madrid V Man Utd!!!!!!

Jelle1880

Some crackers in there, Madrid v ManU and Milan v Barca for example.

Jelle1880

Galatasaray (TUR) V Shalke 04 (GER)
Celtic FC (SCO) V Juventus (ITA)
Arsenal (ENG) V Bayern Muchen (GER)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) V Borussia Dortrmund (GER)
AC Milan (ITA) v Barcelona (ESP)
Real Madrid (ESP) V Man United (ENG)
Valencia (ESP) V Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
FC Porto (POR) V Málaga CF (ESP)

edit: Did he just say that this is the exact same draw as the practice draw ?

Coincidence, I think not.

lubo_moravcik

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Juve

Are you still in any cups?


Edit: Here's your wink

ctrl-alt-delete

Exactly the same as the rehersal!

Jelle1880

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

Are you still in any cups?


Edit: Here's your wink

Don't be bitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJY7JSHA3SY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Caveman1

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Some crackers in there, Madrid v ManU and Milan v Barca for example.

Milan & Barca always seem to draw each other at some stage in this competition.

lubo_moravcik

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Don't be bitter.

Hahaha

klose

With the form munich are in i cant see arsenal getting a sniff in there, would say united have a chance v madrid though!

Pompey Magnus

In before ITV's "Bye Bye Celtic" :pac:

I reckon Celtic have as good a chance as Utd or Arsenal to progress to the Quarter Finals now, Juve are no better than Barcelona and with a bit of luck and a fantastic team performance there is always a chance. In reality I don't expect any British team in the last 8 but imagine the gloating rights if Celtic were the only one to make it

cson

Thats an incredible Bayern Munich team we're going to be playing.

Faaaaack.

Jelle1880

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

In before ITV's "Bye Bye Celtic" :pac:

I reckon Celtic have as good a chance as Utd or Arsenal to progress to the Quarter Finals now, Juve are no better than Barcelona and with a bit of luck and a fantastic team performance there is always a chance. In reality I don't expect any British team in the last 8 but imagine the gloating rights if Celtic were the only one to make it

I understand that for example the two games against Barcelona have given Celtic a lot of confidence (and rightly so), but do you watch a lot of Serie A ?

Juventus are doing brilliantly, and unless Celtic play out of their skin again I can't see past Juve to go through.
Barcelona had no plan B, and Celtic knew that and played it perfect, Juve however do know how to turn it around.

Could be my hope speaking though

Blatter

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

In before ITV's "Bye Bye Celtic" :pac:

I reckon Celtic have as good a chance as Utd or Arsenal to progress to the Quarter Finals now, Juve are no better than Barcelona and with a bit of luck and a fantastic team performance there is always a chance. In reality I don't expect any British team in the last 8 but imagine the gloating rights if Celtic were the only one to make it

They don't really. Madrid v United and Arsenal v Bayern are more evenly matched affairs than Celtic v Juve. Juve will be overwhelming favorites.

General Relativity

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Don't be bitter.

How can we be bitter? We're off to Italy, it's roasting over there. I'm sure it'll be bitter cold in Elgin, where ever that is. Bring a jacket.

Pompey Magnus

Jelle1880 wrote: »

I understand that for example the two games against Barcelona have given Celtic a lot of confidence (and rightly so), but do you watch a lot of Serie A ?

Juventus are doing brilliantly, and unless Celtic play out of their skin again I can't see past Juve to go through.

I know Juve are fantastic and I'm not expecting Celtic to beat them, but I do expect it will be tight and there will be a chance of an upset.

Jelle1880

General Relativity wrote: »

How can we be bitter? We're off to Italy, it's roasting over there. I'm sure it'll be bitter cold in Elgen, where ever that is. Bring a jacket.

Do you even know where Turin is ?

allybhoy

Anyone know the exact dates of the matches, specifically Celtic and Juve

Pompey Magnus

Blatter wrote: »

They don't really. Madrid v United and Arsenal v Bayern are more evenly matched affairs than Celtic v Juve. Juve will be overwhelming favorites.

Like Barcelona was?

gimmick

My predictions fwiw

Galatasaray(TUR) v Schalke(GER)

Celtic(SCO) v Juventus(ITA)

Arsenal(ENG) v Bayern(GER)

Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR) v Dortmund(GER)

Milan(ITA) v Barcelona(ESP)

Real Madrid(ESP) v Man. United(ENG)

Valencia(ESP) v PSG(FRA)

Porto(POR) v Málaga(ESP)

Man Utd will have too much for a struggling Madrid side. Should bea cracking tie.

I see Arsenal going through. Not sure why, I just feel they will have their shít together come february.

cson

Those ties are pretty cut and dried bar 3 of them imo.

Schalke, Juventus, Bayern, Barcelona and PSG will all qualify easily.

Blatter

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Like Barcelona was?

One swallow does not make a Summer.

Also, you're comparing apples with oranges. The dynamics of a group game are very different to the knockout stages.

allybhoy

Blatter wrote: »

They don't really. Madrid v United and Arsenal v Bayern are more evenly matched affairs than Celtic v Juve. Juve will be overwhelming favorites.

Dont give Arsenal much of a hope unless they drastically improve, united have a chance but again Madrid would have to be favourites. Juve will be strong favourites but being the underdog suits us....Thankfully! Juve havent lost in something like 18 months so best we can hope for is nill all at home and score draw away

General Relativity

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Do you even know where Turin is ?

Yes, I'm aware it's cold in winter. It was a joke.

kwestfan08

Just heard on talksport there that todays draws are a carbon copy of what happened yesterday at the rehearsals! I'm not suggesting a fix or anything like that but what are the chances?

ArmaniJeanss

kwestfan08 wrote: »

Just heard on talksport there that todays draws are a carbon copy of what happened yesterday at the rehearsals! I'm not suggesting a fix or anything like that but what are the chances?

Well if they wanted to fix todays draw exactly the way it turned out (for no obvious reason I can think of), I'd humbly suggest that the one thing they'd definitely not do is have the rehearsal draw throw up the exact same outcome.

mike65

Dortmund for the title (or Barca)

lubo_moravcik

Going to be really tough, they were right down my list of preferential opponents.

Pompey Magnus

allybhoy wrote: »

Juve havent lost in something like 18 months so best we can hope for is nill all at home and score draw away

They lost twice last month against Milan and Inter.

allybhoy

gimmick wrote: »

My predictions fwiw

Galatasaray(TUR) v Schalke(GER)

Celtic(SCO) v Juventus(ITA)

Arsenal(ENG) v Bayern(GER)

Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR) v Dortmund(GER)

Milan(ITA) v Barcelona(ESP)

Real Madrid(ESP) v Man. United(ENG)

Valencia(ESP) v PSG(FRA)

Porto(POR) v Málaga(ESP)

Man Utd will have too much for a struggling Madrid side. Should bea cracking tie.

I see Arsenal going through. Not sure why, I just feel they will have their shít together come february.

Madrid are not firing 100% at the moment but they are scoring a heck of a lot of goals. An average of 3 at home in both CL and LaLiga and 2 away from home in both competitions. United are conceeding a heck of a lot of goals these days, if they get Vidic back to full fitness then i give them a chance but if they keep conceeding i think Madrid will have too much firepower.

Blatter

allybhoy wrote: »

Dont give Arsenal much of a hope unless they drastically improve, united have a chance but again Madrid would have to be favourites. Juve will be strong favourites but being the underdog suits us....Thankfully! Juve havent lost in something like 18 months so best we can hope for is nill all at home and score draw away

Yeah Arsenal need to improve but IMO they'll have some sort of chance if they can keep it tight in Germany. Madrid will be slight favorites alright.

Juve's long unbeaten record was only in the league and it's gone now. Inter ended a few weeks a go, think they've lost since too.

Patsy fyre

How did barca manage to get ac Milan?

gimmick

Barca finished top of their group, Milan finished runners up.

GavRedKing

So if Ronaldo sends Utd out will he still be revered and loved by the Utd fans here?

aidan24326

cson wrote: »

Those ties are pretty cut and dried bar 3 of them imo.

Schalke, Juventus, Bayern, Barcelona and PSG will all qualify easily.

Very few of them are cut and dried in fairness.

Even Celtic aren't without a chance if they can get a decent result in the first leg.