Europe Awaits UEFA Champions League Draw
By: roberto | December 18th, 2008Gather round the fire children, it’s time we find out who we square off against for the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League. Don’t get too excited though as the first set of matches won’t go for another two months. Oh well this gives us plenty of time to hone our voodoo techniques. Here’s a thought though: Who would you rather face? Finishing first in our group affords us the all-important second-leg home advantage (if there is one), however with more than one “favorite” putting in a lack-lustre qualifying effort, it makes this draw that much more erotic.
The draw takes place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, today from 12:00 CET.
Familiar faces
Ten of the sides that reached this stage last season are still in the running, with AC Milan, Sevilla FC, Celtic FC, FC Schalke 04, Olympiacos CFP and Fenerbahçe SK the absentees. The sides who were not in the last-16 draw last time around are Panathinaikos FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Club Atlético de Madrid, Villarreal CF, FC Bayern München and Juventus. Eight of the 16 teams in the draw – those that won their sections in the group stage – are seeded. The unseeded clubs are the group runners-up.
2008/09 UEFA Champions League
First knockout round – to be played 24/25 February and 10/11 March
Group winners Group runners-up A AS Roma (ITA) Chelsea FC (ENG) B Panathinaikos FC (GRE) FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) C FC Barcelona (ESP) Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) D Liverpool FC (ENG) Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) E Manchester United FC (ENG) Villarreal CF (ESP) F FC Bayern München (GER) Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) G FC Porto (POR) Arsenal FC (ENG) H Juventus (ITA) Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Further conditions
- Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other.
- The winners and runners-up of the same group must not be drawn against each other.
- The group winners must not be drawn against each other.
- The group runners-up must not be drawn against each other.
- The group runners-up shall play their first-leg match at home.
Procedure
Under the draw procedure, eight blue balls containing the names of the group runners-up are placed in a bowl. A first ball is drawn from the bowl containing the group runners-up. The team drawn is placed as the home team of match 1. In accordance with the conditions of the draw, the computer will then show which group winners are eligible to play the runners-up of match 1. A bowl will be prepared with white balls containing the names of the group winners which are eligible to be drawn against the runners-up of match 1. A ball will be drawn from this bowl to complete the pairing of match 1. The team drawn is placed as the visiting team of match 1. This procedure is repeated for the remaining matches. If the computer indicates that only one group winner can be drawn, there will be no draw.
Fixture days
In accordance with the competition regulations, the UEFA Administration, following the principles set by the UEFA Club Competitions Committee, will determine which games will be played on Tuesday or Wednesday. The draw result and full fixture list will be available after the draw ceremony at 12.45CET.
IERI… OGGI… DOMANI… SEMPRE JUVE!!!
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but inter has serie A titles to show for their efforts
lolgood luck against chelsea!!!
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kj, one day your grandchildren can brag about your team “counting for nothing” in the cl too.
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…that is, assuming you and giro manage to qualify for that gay couple adoption process first.
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I might be going to the Juve-Chelski game…
Ravi, I think it is redrawn after the round of 16.
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And so, once again, an English team.
Refresh my memory guys… didn’t we like lose all of our matches against EPL teams since the year 2000? From the top of my head I remember playing Arsenal (and losing), and playing Liverpool twice (and losing). Lucky number 3 with Chelski?
Anyways yes, there is another draw for the Quarter-finals Ravi, at which point the complete playoff tree is made all the way till the final.
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Yeah Marco, actually I kind of wanted Arsenal to banish the last few CL experiences.
Chelski two years, or even last year would have scared me. But Scolari’s Chelsea has plenty of holes in the armor that I’m sure we can exploit.
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Our team as of know should be good against Chelsea, I just hope no one gets injured. The best lineup I’ve see this yer from Juve is the one we played against Milan. De Ceglie over Nedved anyday especially after what he did against Milan.
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Our team as of NOW***
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Hey alessio.. are you seriously thinking about going? Are you already going to be over there? I have been wanting to get to a Juve match and now that I have a real job and get paid time off, I would love to make the trip. I thought about going in May to a Serie A game on the weekend and at least being in Rome for the finals (since I probably couldn’t get tickets).
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Check out my fantasy team for serie a (limited to 100mil euros):
Carrizo
Chiellini – Criscito – Portanova – De Ceglie
Marchisio – Zanetti – Pazienza
Del Piero – Floccari – GilardinoPosted from
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Yeah Calisi, I am seriously thinking about it. I’m studying at the Complutense University in Madrid next semester, so I’ll be over in Europe. Just a short flight/train ride over to Turin.
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for he’s a jolly good fellow.. for he’s a jolly good fellow.. for he’s a jolly good feellooooow!!! Which nobody can denyyyy.
I think some offsiders might disagree with that last line but still.. Happy birthday Ale.. haha
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They are in Turin for the March leg am I correct? Hm I would seriously like to do this, I will have to do some research on traveling abroad or if anyone has done this quite a few times and would like to give me some advice that would be much appreciated
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I officially hate both you and calisi, alessio.
“De Ceglie over Nedved anyday especially after what he did against Milan.”
adam, wouldn’t you rather see PDC in Molinaro’s place instead of Nedved’s? All things considered, Nedved is still the poster boy for consistency this year. Ranieri’s doing well tactically by conditioning Paolo as a left-sided utility man, kinda like how Lippi did Zambrotta… but eventually I’d much rather see De Ceglie hone his craft at left-back.
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im going to the madrid liverpool match at anfield as im in liverpool and im seriously thinking about the juve match at stamford bridge just to see pavel one least time
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Well that would be cool if alessio, alessandro and I could all meet up for the match.. come on roberto start collecting money!
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March 8th is Torino vs Juve too..
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I’m torn between something like that, or saving a bit more and going to South Africa 2010. They’re two different worlds; club vs country competitions.
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Yeah that is true. I would like to go to South Africa too. Arsenal v Roma on the 11th too, in Rome. Might as well just hit all three games if I actually go.
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Really wish Juve was on today but I suppose I will watch Inter after this last EPL game.
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Thanks Bash.
Alessandro, I think I’m hitting up the Real Madrid-Liverpool game in Madrid. Don’t have to travel, so why the hell not?
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We should host a chat on IRC/AIM
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Aren’t we doing that right now?
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In a way I guess but if we started something maybe others from the offside would join and it could be Italian football discussion all the time
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Yeah I’ve kinda thought about that before….we could create our own chat on Mibbit.com, on some random server.
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