Champions League Round of 16 Draw

[gatorchomp91]

... comes out in a week.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=600979&cc=5901


Draw to take place at around 11.00 GMT on Friday, December 19. Expect a short delay for the usual speeches.

Group winners will face group runners-up. At this stage it is not possible to face a team from the same country. It is also not possible to draw the winner/runner-up from the same group.

GROUP WINNERS: AS Roma, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, FC Porto, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United, Panathinaikos

GROUP RUNNERS-UP: Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Internazionale, Lyon, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Villarreal

I will post the fixtures when they come out.

[2008 National Champions]

I figured for the pick'ems we will just have everyone pick who gets through instead of worrying about individual legs. Any thoughts?

[dnmuga93]

I figured for the pick'ems we will just have everyone pick who gets through instead of worrying about individual legs. Any thoughts?

Either way is ok with me, cause I am IN!!!

[SCfan804]

I figured for the pick'ems we will just have everyone pick who gets through instead of worrying about individual legs. Any thoughts?

Agreed.

[dnmuga93]

Here is the draw (team listed second plays second leg at home):

Chelsea v Juventus
Villereal v Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Arsenal v AS Roma
Inter v Manchester United

Mourinho comes back to England. As a ManU fan, I both love and hate this draw.

My picks will come later. Ties to be played Feb 24/25 and return legs March 10/11.

[gatorchomp91]

Thanks for getting it for me dnmuga, I've been gone all day.