UEFA Champions League - Round Of 16 Draw

SEPT 23 1989

Eli Manning wrote: »

United will beat Madrid

:pac:

gnfnrhead

The only positive I can say for Arsenal is we got tough draws like this when we made it to the final in 06. Written off in pretty much every round so hopefully we can do similar and keep sneaking through as the underdogs.

Rekop dog

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I'd expect the lines to move somewhat before the tie kicks off.

Unless the Madrid squad comes down with the Ebola virus days before the tie there isn't a hope United will be favs or particularly close.

Corholio

Rekop dog wrote: »

Unless the Madrid squad comes down with the Ebola virus days before the tie there isn't a hope United will be favs or particularly close.

In fairness they will be close, bookies are smarter than that than to write off United.

IncognitoMan

Best price on Man utd to qualify is 6/4. Madrid are 8/13 best.

Rekop dog

Corholio wrote: »

In fairness they will be close, bookies are smarter than that than to write off United.

It's currently 4/7 Real 11/8 United

Theyre not writing them off, i'm not writing them off. Just making a very basic point that they won't be starting favs.

LuckyLloyd

Rekop dog wrote: »

It's currently 4/7 Real 11/8 United

Theyre not writing them off, i'm not writing them off. Just making a very basic point that they won't be starting favs.

Fair enough.

eagle eye

Liam O wrote: »

Shakhtar most definitely are not. Just because they had a good group stage doesn't mean they rank up with even underperforming powerhouse teams.

AdamD wrote: »

People have short memories. Arsenal knocked Dortmund out in the group stages last year. Shaktar isn't even worth addressing.

While some people might be overrating them they are certainly worthy adversaries for anybody right now. They were quarter-finalists and lost out to Barcelona two years ago. They didn't do great last year and this year they should have topped their group. They knew a draw was enough to win the group but they set up for the draw and paid the price.

They are capable of beating any team over two legs in the ECL. All about their away performances but they certainly are in with a real shot this year.

Andersonisgod

I'd be surprised if any of the British teams make it through to the quarter finals. Madrid's league form has been poor but their focus this season is now soley on the Champions League, overcoming a team of that class and a club with their history and tradition would take something truly extraordinary. Bayern have been brilliant this season and Arsenal are t any better this season than last.

cracking draw!

764dak

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

PSG V Valencia could be decent game ttoo. Dont think that is a sure thing for PSG either.

PSG will win easily.

RayCon

rarnes1 wrote: »

cracking draw!

Agreed ... pretty much every one of those games have the potential to be crackers.

The_Kew_Tour

764dak wrote: »

PSG will win easily.

When you say easily by how many goals in total? 4+?

JP Liz V1

Some cracking games to come would love to see Celtic and MU both progress tough games for them

Nailz

andrew241983 wrote: »

if it was 1 game id say they could but not over 2 legs

Actually, I'd say it's more likely we beat them over two legs, same with Barça; we had a better chance of beating Barça over two legs than we had when it was in the final (of course that's disregarding the fact that Barça got better over those years).

Mr.Nice Guy

Tough draws for United, Arsenal and Celtic. I can't see United beating Real over two legs but I think they'll push them close. Sadly I think Cristiano could well be the difference. It's written for him really.

I don't rule out Arsenal getting through. If the games began next week I would, but I think Arsenal will be a stronger challenge in the new year and I give them a decent chance.

tolosenc

Think we'll be seeing 4 Spanish teams, 3 German teams and Juve in the last 8.

Lawrence1895

Two home games for Galatasaray, I suppose...I that region, they have a strong Turkish community, a very strong and big one indeed :P

Borussia Dortmund should go through, but it will be a tricky one, imo. They always had some difficulties against teams from Eastern Europe :rolleyes:

764dak

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

When you say easily by how many goals in total? 4+?

I can see 1-0 away win and maybe a 2-0 or 3-0 home win for PSG.

Cantona's Collars

Seems like in the dress rehearsal for the CL draw the pairings were identical to the real thing.The odds of it happening were 2,000,000-1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2251604/Champions-League-draw-produces-exact-pairings-dress-rehearsal--odds-staggering-2-000-000-1.html

Doctor Jimbob

zerks wrote: »

Seems like in the dress rehearsal for the CL draw the pairings were identical to the real thing.The odds of it happening were 2,000,000-1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2251604/Champions-League-draw-produces-exact-pairings-dress-rehearsal--odds-staggering-2-000-000-1.html

Were those odds calculated on a cheese grater?

IncognitoMan

'it is possible there will be no British clubs in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1996.'
Ah isn't that possible at this stage every year.

curry-muff

IncognitoMan wrote: »

'it is possible there will be no British clubs in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1996.'
Ah isn't that possible at this stage every year.

It's also possible that there will be no Brazilian teams.

NIMAN

curry-muff wrote: »

It's also possible that there will be no Brazilian teams.

No, its definite that there will be no Brazilian teams in the next round.

Only possible that there may be no English.

Tchaikovsky

Shakhtar Donetsk are practically a Brazilian team.

NIMAN

Maybe a team of Brazilians but not a Brazilian team;)

Tchaikovsky

But that's the same thing. They're a Ukrainian club but a Brazilian team.