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Champions League | Chelsea | Inter Milan | Jose Mourinho | Juventus | Liverpool | Manchester United | Ranieri | Real Madrid | Sir Alex Ferguson
Jose Mourinho will clash with old foe Alex Ferguson in the Champions League last 16 with holders Manchester United playing Inter Milan.
It is England v Italy twice more with Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri facing former club Chelsea while Arsenal and Roma, two teams who love to play the beautiful game, also meet.
Real Madrid against Liverpool will also be special for Madrid-born Rafael Benitez. Here’s the draw. What do you make of it?
Chelsea v Juventus
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Olympique Lyon v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Arsenal v AS Roma
Inter Milan v Manchester United
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Mourinho vs Ferguson and Real Madrid v Liverpool look the juiciest ties. Anyone remember the last time Liverpool played Real in the European Cup?
A couple of teams will get an ‘easier looking’ quarter-final given it’s Villarreal v Panathinaikos and Atletico Madrid v Porto
I think Liverpool have a tough draw but home advantage in the second leg will really help. Looks like a UEFA conspiracy to get rid of the English teams
And to answer my own question, Real and Liverpool last met in the Euroepan cup in the final in 1981. strange that they haven’t crossed paths since, especially in the last few Champions League years. As Mark says, will be interesting with Benitez there. I’m sure he’ll be high up their wish list if Juande Ramos doesn’t work out between now and the end of the season.
Maybe it is me but as a Manchester United supporter, I was relieved Manchester United has not been drawn to face Real Madrid. With all that latest speculation over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future, it will be really intriuging if it had happened.
But still, Sir Alex versus Jose…should be still very interesting.
Real Madrid v Man U would have been fantasice, given Sir Alex’s comments yesterday. Talk about needle. Maybe in the quarter-finals?
Why is the focus always on the Premier League in the write up? You could at least write a sentence or two about the other four games.
Anyway, I see a quarter final that has four English teams and three Spanish teams (sorry Real Madrid, but the Reds are just too good for you at the moment), plus Bayern of course. That’s based on current forms of course. Many things can change in two months.
Since Barcelona are the favorites to win it all this season, I wanted to see them in a more exciting encounter against an English team, since they were responsible for knocking Barca out three times in the past four seasons (the exception being 2006 when they won it). Morinho’s Inter vs Barca would have been exciting also, because of Jose’s quasi-rivalry with the Catalans.
So how many players can you name who have played for Real and Liverpool. I can think of 4 straight off.
A very bad draw, mostly best and strong teams against each other, and semi-finals won\’t look very interesting like clash of giants as inter and MU.
Looking far ahead, I dream of a United – Barca final with the two best players in the world, Ronaldo and Messi, going toe-to-toe.
I’m actually pleased and excited with the draw.
All the matches makes for excellent football watching.
When it comes to this point in the champions league, a deserved eventual champion should be comfortable challenging ANY team.
When we have sent the “Special One” and his crew to the scrapheap of history, we will wipe out “that mob” like a virus. Champions of England, kings of Europe, emperors of the world – long live United’s tyranny.
Anelka, Owen, McManama, Nunez, Arbeloa, Dudek, Morientes
Mcintyre, Treadmore, Davitt
It is going to be strange this year!!!
I think the blues will ride high on juventus
All the English teams will qualify to the next stage because thhe current form of the Italian teams can be compared to the English. Liverpool will beat Real Madrid
you go well