Champions League Knockout Draw: Arsenal v Barcelona (As Requested), Mlian v Tottenham, Copenhagen v Chelsea, Marseille v Man Utd
By Ollie Irish
Bring it on, Arsenal fans said. BRING IT ON. Bring on one of the greatest teams ever to play football. And lo, Arsenal will face Barcelona in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League. I hope Gooners are happy now. They got their wish and it will take something of a football miracle for Arsenal to make it through two legs against Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and co. They can do it, but I’d fancy their chances much more over just the one leg. Over 180-odd minutes, Barca would beat most teams nine times out of ten.
It’s a tricky-looking draw all round for the English teams in fact, with only Chelsea pulling out a juicy tie, against underdogs Copenhagen; even then, the Danes will cause some problems for the creaky-looking Blues.
Tottenham will face Zlatan and Milan, which should be a cracking couple of matches whoever wins (I would side with Milan, just – Tottenham’s defence is too leaky), while Man Utd face a potential stumbling block in Marseille; I might bet on the French side to go through there, as they have some dangerous players.
The draw in full, with my predictions for the winners of each tie:
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk – Roma
AC Milan v Tottenham – Milan
Valencia v Schalke 04 – Schalke 04
Inter v Bayern Munich – Bayern
Lyon v Real Madrid – Real Madrid
Arsenal v Barcelona – Barcelona
Marseille v Man Utd – Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea – Chelsea
What do you make of the draw, folks?
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Some real doozies there. A repeat of last year’s final no less!
For me: Shakhtar, Spurs, Valencia, Bayern, Madrid, Barca, United, Chelsea.
simply put – The best knock out draw in years
bar the valencia game – every single draw is appealing
i agree with most of your predictions but i think shakthar are a good outfit and could easily win that tie
the big banana skin comes in the form of lyon – real , i know they will be keen to not make the same mistakes as last yr – but i can see an upset here – again
the group stages were so poor – we needed this
Great Draw. United, Spurs and Chelsea to go through and the Barca/Arsenal tie will be brilliant.
Soft draw for Copenhagen.
Shakhtar will destroy Roma, if all their best players dont leave in January.
I agree with Ted, Kobenhavn are the hot favourites against Chelski !
No, seriously, Marseille will DESTROY Man Yoo. Can’t wait
you recon marseille will beat man u? you’ve been on the alcoholic croissants.
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk – Roma
AC Milan v Tottenham – Tottenham
Valencia v Schalke 04 – Valencia
Inter v Bayern Munich – Bayern
Lyon v Real Madrid – Real Madrid
Arsenal v Barcelona – Barcelona
Marseille v Man Utd – Man Utd
Copenhagen v Chelsea – Chelsea
nahh man utd will beat shit out of marseille watch
haha arsenal v barcelona (again) im gonna go with barca again unless arsenal do something .. nahh dont think so
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I was hoping Man Utd could play Barcelona but go Arsenal!
Chelsea better watch out. Kobenhavn’s not that easy