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maishot: Let's see how ready you guys are,
When you loose today.





Na Morinho go hang una this season. CHEL's'hit'.

1st ola: u beta be carefull
too low is as bad as too high
#hypotension, bradycardia...#

mike404: DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOU BP BEFORE GOING TO BED BRO

Ogbeche77: Post the preview of the matches, then I can make them sticky

Ogbeche77: Post the preview of the matches, then I can make them sticky

Afam4eva: Na SPanish teams wan play for Carling cup final before? We're talking of the UEFA Champions league and not some local competition in England. The cup belongs to either a Spanish team or a German team. That's how it will be for some time.

Afam4eva: Keep dreaming. They're all going home except two English teams meet each other.

Afam4eva: Chai, no Portugese team made it to the round of 16. What has happened top FC Porto, Benfica et al.

I hope all the English teams that made it through never go past this stage. It has always been a recurring decimal.

Austeenx: Well, that's new. Anyway, fingers crossed.

chymystique: Mama Patience¤ Mama Peace¤ ... Soon na Mama Pen!s

[size=30pt]UEFA Rules May Set Up Arsenal Against Man City In Round Of 16[/size]


WEDNESDAY’S results left 16 teams soaring, those clubs having confirmed their place in the knockout round of UEFA Champions League. Come Monday? A few will rue their knockout round draws, with two English clubs destined for nightmare match ups in the Round of 16.

By virtue of tough groups (and finishing just behind last year’s finalists, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund), Manchester City and Arsenal are in the runners-up pot – the pot that will be drawn against the eight winners from Champions League’s group stage.

Those teams that were just good enough to make the final 16, but not good enough to win their groups? Manchester City and Arsenal can’t draw them. They’ll be matched up against the best teams in Europe.

There are, however, two caveats. First, teams can’t be drawn against clubs they faced in group play. Been there, done that, moving on. Second, teams can’t be drawn against clubs from their own federations. If we are going to see rematches of games we see domestically (at least) twice a year, it’s going to be in the later rounds. Champions League’s exotic that way.

Unfortunately, come Monday, those rules will work against Arsenal and City. While each will be able to avoid one German team (Dortmund and Munich, respectively), they won’t be able to draw Manchester United in the Round of 16.

They also won’t be able to draw Chelsea. Mileage will vary, but for many, those are the two easiest teams in the group winners pool. Not being able to draw them increases the odds City and Arsenal will be draw against one of the tournament’s true favorites.

Those favorites (in group order): Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona. Some may see PSG and Atlético as the lessors of that group, but results say otherwise.

Between league and Champions League results, these are the six standout teams in Europe. The fact that Arsenal and City can only draw them (and not Manchester United or Chelsea) leaves UEFA’s rules are working against them.

homesteady: Everybody is fighting for leverkusen
Please they are for barca oh!

Austeenx: Man City vs Chelsea is impossible.

*2 teams from the same country can't meet in the round of 16.

wesley80: It had already been before you started caring.

wesley80: Neither have I seen a recent post where you've said you wont be interested. Action they say speaks louder than what again?

homesteady: Just watch and see Monday is not far

ChinoElects: This is what is going on right now in yorobar land. This people are really cursed..