Today was the draw for the Champions League knock out stage, with only sixteen teams left in the competition, this is where it gets exciting and the draw threw up a couple of real whoppers today.

Champions League draw

Draw Friday for the Champions League (home teams in first leg listed first):

Second Round

(Matches to be played Feb. 19-20, and March 4-5)

Celtic (Scotland) vs. Barcelona (Spain)

Lyon (France) vs. Manchester United (England)

Schalke (Germany) vs. FC Porto (Portugal)

Liverpool (England) vs. Inter Milan (Italy)

AS Roma (Italy) vs. Real Madrid (Spain)

Arsenal (England) vs. AC Milan (Italy)

Olympiakos (Greece) vs. Chelsea (England)

Fenerbahce (Turkey) vs. Sevilla (Spain)

Celtic get Barcelona, while Liverpool and Arsenal both the teams from Milan, while Man utd may think themselves fortunate to get Lyon and Chelsea meet the Greek side Olympiakos. When you think that half of those teams will not be going through to the next stage, it is then when the importances of getting a good draw in this league!

Source [IHT]

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