andykeenan Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Lyon v Apoel, Napoli v Chelsea, AC Milan v Arsenal, Basel v Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona, CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica, Marseille v Benfica Hard place to go for Chelsea away 1st leg gonna have to get a score draw over there
dudevillaisnice Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Chelsea and Arsenal both have tough games.. both worth watching.
coda Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Marseille against Inter. Milan v Arsenal looking good.
andykeenan Posted December 16, 2011 Author Posted December 16, 2011 Europa League Draw last 32 FC Porto v Manchester City Ajax v Manchester United Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv Stoke City v Valencia Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht Lazio v Atletico Madrid Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente Plzen v Schalke Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege FC Braga v Besiktas Udinese v PAOK Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven Hannover v Club Brugge Legia Warsaw v Sporting Lisbon Europa League Draw Last 16 LAZIO/ATLETICO MADRID v BRAGA/BESIKTAS AZ ALKMAAR/ANDERLECHT v UDINESE/PAOK STOKE CITY/VALENCIA v TRABZONSPOR/PSV EINDHOVEN WISLA KRAKOW/STANDARD LIEGE v HANNOVER/BRUGGE STEAUA BUCHAREST/TWENTE v VIKTORIA PLZEN/SCHALKE LEGIA WARSAW /SPORTING LISBON v PORTO/MANCHESTER CITY SALZBURG/METALIST KHARKIV v RUBIN KAZAN/OLYMPIAKOS AJAX/MANCHESTER UNITED v LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW/ATHLETIC BILBAO
ryanvilla_1994 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Napoli vs Chelsea is the one I will watch. Can see it being a cracker.
hogso Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Decent draw for all the English teams from the point of view of the neutral, some good games there. Channel 5 will be happy with the Mancs Europa draw
villa4europe Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 yep in terms of the neutral its a good draw, what i consider the best 3 teams in the CL - bayern, madrid and barca have been kept apart too so the next round should be exciting there is of course the automatic response that the manc clubs have made the europa instantly more exciting but IMO thats utter BS, utd vs plzen wouldnt have "made the competition" its purely a good draw
Wainy316 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica, Marseille v Benfica That's a bloody tough draw for Benfica I must say.
Zatman Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 very difficult for Chelsea and Stoke. Arsenal could struggle vs Milan. the 2 Manc clubs should go through if they play strongest side
Rino8 Posted December 16, 2011 Visiting Supporter Posted December 16, 2011 Don't think any English teams are going to make the 1/4 finals.
kurtsimonw Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Walcott vs Antonini/Taiwo/Zambrotta is my only concern.
walesavfc Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 man utd could still play in champions league FIFA and president Sepp Blatter have opened up the outside possibility of Manchester United being reinstated in the Champions League knockout stages writes KEIR RADNEDGE. United apparently lost hope and were ‘relegated’ into the Europa League – in which they face Ajax Amsterdam in the second round in the spring – after losing their last group match 2-1 to FC Basel in Switzerland 10 days ago. Basel thus finshed as runners-up in Group C behind Benfica and, yesterday, were drawn against Bayern Munich in the second round in February and March. However, in the early hours of this morning FIFA announced that it would suspend Switzerland from all international football – which would, logically, include the European club competitions – unless it brought the rebellious FC Sion club to heel. Sion president Christian Constantin has been fighting through the sports and civil courts against FIFA, UEFA and the Swiss football authorities over the fall-out from a transfer ban wrangle with the world federation. On Thursday the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Sion’s plea that UEFA should reinstate the club in the Europa League from which it was expelled last August. Sion’s legal advisers have indicated the club’s intention of carrying on with an appeal to the Swiss federal court which need not be registered until later next month. A FIFA statement, after today’s executive committee meeting Tokyo, said: “Following the latest developments in the FC Sion/Olympique des Alpes SA (OLA) case, and in particular the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport of 15 December 2011, the Executive decided to give a final deadline of 13 January 2012 to the Swiss FA to enforce the registration ban imposed on OLA by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and confirmed by the Swiss Federal Court and to sanction the attitude of the club repeatedly trying to circumvent this decision in a legally abusive manner. “As a consequence, all matches in which the relevant players participated shall be declared forfeit or three points shall be deducted respectively. Should this deadline not be respected, the Swiss FA will be automatically suspended from 14 January 2012 onwards.” Given the warlike and nothing-more-to-lose stance of Constantin, it seems likely only that FIFA’s threat will harden attitudes in Sion. This would then trigger a domino effect of Switzerland’s suspension from all international football, Basel being barred from the Champions League and, logically it would appear, United’s reinstatement in the Champions League. Comments are awaited from FIFA and UEFA.
lapal_fan Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 Walcott vs Antonini/Taiwo/Zambrotta is my only concern. You'd think he would go with Taiwo, he's no slouch, also, Silva is quick as is Abate. The only slowpoke in Milans defence is Nesta/Bonera whoever plays. Saying that though, Mexes is playing ok and he's not slow.
Zatman Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 what happened to Emanuelson he is quite a fast player
kurtsimonw Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 He rarely plays. Whenever he does it's usually behind the strikers!
lapal_fan Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Yea he's been pushed up to Midfield. He seems a utility player though and only plays when there is injuries, which Milan have had alot of this season. You also can't play Seedorf or Ambrosini every game because of age/injuries. Aquilani is getting a few games though considering his proness to injury. Boateng has been injured a few times this season too.
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