Book your 11 a.m. (GMT) 12.am. (CET) Coffee break as the last 16 draw takes place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland;
You can watch it via a live stream live stream on UEFA’s official website at http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2523834.html#/
It’s crunch time for the last 16 as we will soon know who we get in the knock-out stage, we know we can’t get another English side, here is who is left:
Teams Qualified For Champions League Last 16
(*group winners)
Barcelona*
Basel
Bayern München
Beşiktaş*
Chelsea
Juventus
Liverpool*
Manchester City*
Manchester United*
Paris Saint-Germain*
Porto
Real Madrid
Roma*
Sevilla
Shakhtar Donetsk
Tottenham Hotspur*
The rules of the draw:
Two seeded pots, one with all the group winners and the other made up of the runners-up, but it then becomes a bit more tricky as no team can play a club from their qualifying group or their own Football association.
Pot 1: Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Roma, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester City, Besiktas, Tottenham
Pot:2: Basle, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto, Real Madrid
Who can we get?
As we finished top of Group H we could face either Porto, Sevilla, Basle, Bayern Munich, Juventus or Shakhtar Donetsk
Who do we Want?
Last 16, no game will be a slam dunk. These teams represent the best of the best, so…
My preference is to avoid Bayern Munich or Juventus, and I’d also stick Shaktar Donetsk in as another to avoid, it’s as near as damn it a 6-8 hour trip, to Kharkiv, where they now play their ‘home’ games due to the ongoing conflict between Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk. Their home games are now at the OSK Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, almost 500km from their training base in Kyiv, and they’re my outside bet for the dark horse that are better than some think.
So, my smiley face draw for us would be one of Porto, Sevilla or Basle – which probably means we’ll get Bayern Munich.
What I do know is that after the manner of our winning our Group, no one will relish playing us.
Who would you rather we draw, am I right?
What comes next?
13/14 & 20/21 February: round of 16, first leg
6/7 & 13/14 March: round of 16, second leg
16 March: quarter-final draw – it would be great to be in it!
Kane has told reporters how he is not scared of any team left in the draw, this is what he had to say to Sky Sports:
“When we have been in the group we have been in with Real Madrid and Dortmund and we have done as well as we have, I know people say it a lot that we don’t fear anyone, but to go far in the Champions League you are going to have to play the best teams in Europe so we will see who we get.”
Poch showed his PMA too by weighing in with this:
“I’m so brave and like to play against the big teams. I love to play against Real Madrid, the big teams, of course. I love the challenge and to challenge the best as I’m a winner. You can see the game against Real Madrid I prefer to play against a team that will motivate everyone rather than a team all people say you will beat easily, then it gets complicated.”
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