Champions League - First Knock-out stage draw.

Top Seeds: (Set 1) - Tottenham, Schalke, Man Utd, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid & Shakhtar Donetsk.

Second Seeds: (Set 2) - Inter, Lyon, Valencia, FC Kobenhavn, Roma, Marseille, Milan & Arsenal.

Rules: Teams from same country cannot play against each other, and Teams from the same previous groups can't not face each other in this draw.

Potential draws: (Spurs)
Tot v Lyon, Valencia, Milan, Marseille or Kobenhavn.

(Man Utd)
Man Utd v Lyon, Milan, Marseille, Kobenhavn, Roma or Inter.

(Barcelona)
Barca v Inter, Lyon, Milan, Marseille, Arsenal or Roma.

(Schalke)
Schalke vs All second seeded teams except Lyon.

(Bayern Munich)
Bayern v second seeded teams except Roma

(Chelsea)
Chelsea v Inter, Lyon, Valencia, FC Kobenhavn, Roma, or Milan

(Real Madrid)
Real v Inter, Lyon, Marseille, FC Kobenhavn, Roma or Arsenal.

(Shakhtar Donetsk)
Shakhtar v Anyone from the second seeds except Arsenal.

The teams in the last 16 of the Champions League
Tottenham, Inter Milan, Schalke, Lyon, Manchester United, Valencia, Barcelona, FC Copenhagen, Bayern Munich, Roma, Chelsea, Marseille, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal.

The teams in the last 32 of the Europa League
Man City, Lech Poznan, Bayer Leverkusen, Aris Salonika, Sporting, Lille, Villarreal, PAOK Salonika, Dynamo Kiev, BATE Borisov, CSKA Moscow, Sparta Prague, Zenit St Petersburg, AEK Athens OR Anderlecht, Stuttgart, Young Boys, PSV Eindhoven, Metalist Kharkiv, Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla, Liverpool, Napoli, FC Porto, Besiktas.
(Dropped down from Champions League as seeded teams):
Spartak Moscow, Braga, Ajax, FC Twente
(Also dropped down from Champions League):
Rubin Kazan, Basel, Rangers and Benfica.

You can not play a team from the same country.
First plays second; (Obviously teams from the country have an effect on this)
You can not play a team from the same group as you.

Now do the sum.

Arsenal can't play

Shakhtar, Spurs, Man Utd or Chelsea.

Leaving Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Schalke.

So obviously they REALLY want Schalke.

You would think so anyway.

Top Seeds: (Set 1) - Tottenham, Schalke, Man Utd, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid & Shakhtar Donetsk.

Second Seeds: (Set 2) - Inter, Lyon, Valencia, FC Kobenhavn, Roma, Marseille, Milan & Arsenal.

Rules: Teams from same country cannot play against each other, and Teams from the same previous groups can't not face each other in this draw.

Potential draws: (Spurs)
Tot v Lyon, Valencia, Milan, Marseille or Kobenhavn.

(Man Utd)
Man Utd v Lyon, Milan, Marseille, Kobenhavn, Roma or Inter.

(Barcelona)
Barca v Inter, Lyon, Milan, Marseille, Arsenal or Roma.

(Schalke)
Schalke vs All second seeded teams except Lyon.

(Bayern Munich)
Bayern v second seeded teams except Roma

(Chelsea)
Chelsea v Inter, Lyon, Valencia, FC Kobenhavn, Roma, or Milan

(Real Madrid)
Real v Inter, Lyon, Marseille, FC Kobenhavn, Roma or Arsenal.

(Shakhtar Donetsk)
Shakhtar v Anyone from the second seeds except Arsenal.


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Potential interesting matches:

Man Utd v Inter (Sir Alex v Rafa)
Man Utd v Roma (7-1 revenge?)

Barcelona v Inter (2010 CL Semi-Final rematch)
Barcelona v Arsenal (Passing football clash)

Bayern v Inter (2010 CL Final rematch)
Bayern v Milan

Chelsea v Inter (2010 CL Quarter-Final rematch)
Chelsea v Milan (Carlo Ancelotti v Milan)

Real v Inter (Jose vs Inter, Sneijder vs Real Madrid, Cambiasso vs Real Madrid)

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I might miss something but that's what I can come up with.

Cheers for that post George.

Inter Milan have the most menacing group of possibilities, seeing as how every 1st placed team is available for them.

Tbh I could see us losing to every team there.

Sean CFC wrote:Tbh I could see us losing to every team there.

Same for us..

kyro7 wrote:Cheers for that post George.

No problem.

kyro7 wrote:

Sean CFC wrote:Tbh I could see us losing to every team there.

Same for us..

Not Kobenhavn.

FCK vs Shaktar or Schalke is what I'm hoping for.

chiboygeorge wrote:

kyro7 wrote:

Sean CFC wrote:Tbh I could see us losing to every team there.

Same for us..

Not Kobenhavn.

Why, exactly, would FCK be worse than any of the other second placed teams?

Pretty sure Inter and Madrid have to be drawn together, Rafa returing to Madrid, Mourinho back to Milan? Come on son.

Wonder who Arsenal will get, I'd bet Munich.

Thuda wrote:FCK vs Shaktar or Schalke is what I'm hoping for.

chiboygeorge wrote:

kyro7 wrote:

Sean CFC wrote:Tbh I could see us losing to every team there.

Same for us..

Not Kobenhavn.

Why, exactly, would FCK be worse than any of the other second placed teams?

Because they're a worse team?

Arsenal-Munich would be interesting, but I think the Arsenal players want another shot at Barcelona.

I reckon Arsenal just have to just not get Barca. They will comfortably beat Bayern and Schalke. They might need to get a bit of luck if they play Real Madrid cos we all know they will have 90% of the ball while Jose plays 9 at the back with Ronaldo up front alone ready to counter.

Spurs v Kobenhavn is what I wanna see cos I really think Spurs would destroy them.

Barca v Milan
Chelsea v Lyon
Spurs v Kobenhavn
Arsenal v Bayern


They are the ties I wanna see.

Scuba Steve wrote:Arsenal-Munich would be interesting, but I think the Arsenal players want another shot at Barcelona.

Half of them didn't get a shot to be fair.

I would like the following...

Spurs v Milan
ManUtd v Roma
Barca v Arsenal or Inter (not the best tie for Barca, but would make for a couple interesting matches)
Schalke v Marseille
Bayern v Lyon
Chelsea v Roma
Real v Arsenal or Inter
Shakhtar v Copenhagen

Madrid vs Arsenal please

Arsenal v Barca would be great for the neutrals.

I fancy us against any of the teams we have.

Torresxvilla wrote:Arsenal v Barca would be great for the neutrals.

Yeah. I can still see a huge victory for Barca though. Barca are even stronger this season. David Villa + Messi would wreck havoc.

If we draw Milan I will be pissed

But we'll beat any other team in that pot

Would like to see:

Tottenham vs Lyon
Schalke vs Arsenal
Man Utd vs Copenhagen
Barcelona vs Marseille
Bayern Munich vs Valencia
Chelsea vs Milan
Real Madrid vs Inter
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Roma

Easier ties for Man Utd, Barcelona and Arsenal, tough ones for Chelsea and Spurs, one of Real and Inter goes out, and the other two should be good games.

Torresxvilla wrote:Arsenal v Barca would be great for the neutrals.

The first leg was probably the second or third best game I've ever seen.

Spurs vs Marseille
Man Utd vs Roma
Chelsea vs Inter
Arsenal vs Barcelona

Why is everyone acting like FCK are dire? They drew with Barcelona, beat Panathinaikos home and away and beat Rubin in Russia. I guarentee you that the team who play FCK will find it tough.

Out of those teams i'd love to take roma as they are not playing very well atm

Roma and Copenhagen would be great, think we'd beat all those we can play tbh.

Watch us get Milan or Inter though