Champions League Last 16 Draw
Coverage of the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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Welcome to Football FanCast’s LIVE Champions League draw from Nyon, where we will bring you all the comment and debate from UEFA HQ.
Champions League Draw in Full
Galatasaray v Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v FC Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
Porto v Malaga
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Group Winners
PSG (FRA)
Schalke (GER)
Málaga (ESP)
Dortmund (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Bayern (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Man United (ENG)
Group Runners-Up
Porto (POR)
Arsenal (ENG)
Milan (ITA)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Valencia (ESP)
Celtic (SCO)
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The eight group winners are seeded and will be drawn against group runners-up while clubs cannot play against those from the same association or from within their same group.
Those teams that finished second in their group will host the first legs on 12/13 and 19/20 February. -
Champions League Fact
For the first time since the group stage was introduced, the reigning European champions will not be taking part in the competition come the New Year – following Chelsea’s exit after finishing behind Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk in Group E. -
The trophy that the 32 teams are all vying to hold aloft at Wembley on May 25th
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A little look back at last season's epic final in Munich - seems like a long time ago for Chelsea fans!
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Alex Song would relish a return to Arsenal should Barcelona be pitted against his old club in the UEFA Champions League draw.
“Of course I would like to play against Arsenal. For me to go back there, where I had seven magnificent years, would be something very special.”
“If we draw Arsenal I'd be happy to see the fans again and go back to the club, even though if we go there it will be to get the best result possible.” -
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How the mock draw came out of the hat today - I'm sure Manchester United will hope history doesn't repeat itself
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Celtic fans will be eagerly awaiting their first experience of the knock out stages of the Champions League.
They could end up facing either - Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke, Malaga, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United -
Arsene Wenger has reportedly said that he will not be relishing the prospect of a match-up against Barcelona. (I wonder why.)
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Champions League Fact
Manchester United are the only English team to have reached the KO phase of the Champions League 15 times. -
The Champions League theme to get you in the mood
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Come on Santa be nice to the Celtic todayby OfficialNeil via twitter 12/20/2012 10:29:20 AM -
The Champions League draw is about to commence...
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Steve McManaman will be conducting the draw....when they finally get round to it that is!
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Champions League Fact
The pot of eight ‘group winners’ have won 14 European Cups between them, while the ‘runners-up’ have 19.' -
UEFA going through the technical side of the draw (like we don't know it already).
Sorry for the delay guys - I promise the draw will be starting soon... -
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That concludes the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League - some glamour ties to say the least.
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Just for those of you interested in conspiracy theories - this draw was EXACTLY the same as the mock draw that was done earlier in the day!
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Crisitano Ronaldo will certainly be delighted to be returning to Old Trafford in undoubtedly the tie of the round
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"In terms of glamour it's a beauty, Juventus are one of the great traditional European teams, in terms of qualification its going to be tough, but it could have been other teams and been just as tough. We will look forward to that games and I'm sure the supporters will be too." Neil Lennon talking to Sky Sports
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The second leg at Old Trafford benefits Madrid more as they enjoy playing the counter and will relish spaces left by an attacking Unitedby Guillem Balague via twitter 12/20/2012 11:08:20 AM -
Real being 'out' of Spain's title race won't help Man Utd. Mourinho's focus will be on Europe. But still plenty of problems in Madrid.by Paul Hayward via twitter 12/20/2012 11:10:05 AM -
Epic ties but seriously daunting for #afc (Schweini, Neuer, Ribery, Muller etc) & #mufc (Mourinho, Ronaldo, Alonso, Casillas etc)by Henry Winter via twitter 12/20/2012 11:11:50 AM -
"We can live with the draw. But it's very hard to play against Arsenal. That will be not easy. We have to try to get a good result in London and we have to score an away goal." Karl-Heinz Rummenigge reacts Bayern's Champions League Draw against the Gunners
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So how do Arsenal, Manchester United and Celtic fans feel about the Champions League draw?
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Champions League Fact
Arsenal have lost seven and won none of their last eight Champions League knockout legs away from home. (Courtesy of Opta) -
"It's the game that everybody wanted to see, but no-one wanted to see - they wanted to save it for later in the competition. But out of several standout ties I think this is the one." John Alexander on Manchester United's matchup with Real Madrid in the Champions League draw.
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Barcelona - 9/4
Real Madrid - 4/1
Man United - 12/1
Arsenal - 33/1
Celtic - 150/1
Selected odds to win the Champions League (courtesy of William Hill) -
Boooooom.....absolute beauty of a tie...very tough but then they all potentially were..brings back great memoriesby OfficialNeil via twitter 12/20/2012 11:37:13 AM
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Four years ago, I would have strongly fancied #MUFC and Arsenal against Real and Bayern. Far, far less optimistic about English chances nowby Oliver Kay via twitter 12/20/2012 11:41:25 AM -
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Will the Real Madrid live up to his name-sake on his Old Trafford return?
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on a slightly geeky note, shakhtar v dortmund will be an entertaining tie. goals in that one,by Ian_Ladyman_DM via twitter 12/20/2012 11:57:56 AM -
Man U facing Real Madrid will give Fergie a chance to point out again that the 9-time European champs won 5 of those titles 1956-1960by RobHarris via twitter 12/20/2012 11:58:50 AM -
Thank You for joining us for our LIVE coverage of this morning's Champions League draw in Nyon. Join Football FanCast from 12.45pm for the run up to this afternoon's Europa League draw.
