Official Champions League draw Thread

[bazza76]

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[certifiable]

dates announced
Quarter-final draw
AC Milan v Bayern Munich
(First leg 3 April, second leg 11 April)
PSV Eindhoven v LIVERPOOL
(First leg 3 April, second leg 11 April)
Roma v MANCHESTER UNITED
(First leg 4 April, second leg 10 April)
CHELSEA v Valencia
(First leg 4 April, second leg 10 April)

Semi-final draw
Roma or MANCHESTER UNITED v AC Milan or Bayern Munich
(First leg 24 April, second leg 2 May)
CHELSEA or Valencia v PSV Eindhoven or LIVERPOOL
(First leg 25 April, second leg 1 May)

I know it's jumping the gun, but thinking forward, this would mean that if chelsea win we would know when playing next day that we would face them in semi.

In terms of semis if utd and us get through, utd would play semi second leg knowing they would face us in final.

I think sometimes knowing/not knowing who you'll face, depending on how 2nd leg games land on tuesday/wednesday can be beneficial/detrimental.

Am I being clear/confusing on this issue?

[REDSCOUSER]

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[nobbylad]

I know it's jumping the gun, but thinking forward, this would mean that if chelsea win we would know when playing next day that we would face them in semi.

In terms of semis if utd and us get through, utd would play semi second leg knowing they would face us in final.

I think sometimes knowing/not knowing who you'll face, depending on how 2nd leg games land on tuesday/wednesday can be beneficial/detrimental.

Am I being clear/confusing on this issue?

Maybe, maybe not

[Johnny]

I've just looked at the fixtures, we've got....

Villa on the 18th (First choice eleven - try out Masher/Alonso in the middle)

Internationals on the 24th (lots of travelling for Stevie, Carra, Kuyt, Reina etc)

Arsenal on the 31st (Rest key players - play Fowler, Pennant, Sami, Gonzalez etc)

PSV away on the 3rd

We could be scrapping for fourth place by then.

[anfieldanfield]

We could be scrapping for fourth place by then.

No way.

We'll finish top four, no matter how much Rafa rotates the squad.

[El Jefecito]

Roma wont be easy at all, they have quality in defence, midfield and attack. And Man Utd look woeful in Europe, he makes them play 4 5 1 and it goes away from what they're used to in the Premiership and they look dreadful.

They usually play 433 in europe. That's a good thing as they end up with Rooney isolated on one or other of the wings. Go Roma!

[El Jefecito]

I know it's jumping the gun, but thinking forward, this would mean that if chelsea win we would know when playing next day that we would face them in semi.

In terms of semis if utd and us get through, utd would play semi second leg knowing they would face us in final.

I think sometimes knowing/not knowing who you'll face, depending on how 2nd leg games land on tuesday/wednesday can be beneficial/detrimental.

Am I being clear/confusing on this issue?

Crystal mate.

[kurtangle01]

I'm not saying we'll get through but should we happen to we have 2 mouth watering ties of great significance in the semis.

Chavs for obvious reasons or Valencia, again for obvious reasons.

I really, really hope that the chavs lose out to Valencia because I don't think my ticker would last another 180 minutes of CL semi final football against them.

[Kopite_Colin]

I'll start.... I'm putting in a tenner in the kitty so Craig can take John-Arne on a luxury golfing weekend the weekend before the quarters, the semis and the final......come on cough up....

[SouthAfricaRed]

No way.

We'll finish top four, no matter how much Rafa rotates the squad.

Ok Who are You and what have you done with real AnfieldAnfield?

[Sydney Vicious]

United are wank in Europe and will have to beat two very good sides over two legs to have a chance of meeting us.

Did you know that in around 15 seasons of United being in CL competition, they have never beaten any of Milan, Barca or Real Madrid? They've also never beaten Bayern, with the notable exception of the final in 99. Their record against the big guns is DIRE.

Haven't they won only 2 knockout ties since '99? One against Deportivo in 2002 and against Lille this season?

They are ****ing ****e in Europe, proved it this season in a walkover group and an easy 2nd round match. IF (big if) they get past Roma, they'll be ****ed by Milan/Bayern

[Sydney Vicious]

If you could only have one, which would you prefer..

Chelsea to get beaten by Valencia, or the mancs to get beaten by Roma ?

[anfieldanfield]

Ok, here's a new one for you..

The mancs to collapse in the title race and finish 2nd behind Chelsea ? Or..

The mancs to lose to Roma ?

[Sydney Vicious]

Ok, here's a new one for you..

The mancs to collapse in the title race and finish 2nd behind Chelsea ? Or..

The mancs to lose to Roma ?

They'd still lose the semi, everyone (who's a scouser) wins!