Champions League : Favorites besides Spanish gaints?

[PSGman#19]

i think inter will finish them next game

I don't think so. Inter is so weak this year. And Marseille so lucky these last years

[I Walk Alone]

Real Madrid will win this one.

[Club monaco]

UEFA.com rounds up the key statistics from this week's UEFA Champions League round of 16 first-leg games, including why Chelsea FC and FC Internazionale Milano must improve their home form, PFC CSKA Moskva's unbeaten streak and a dramatic change of fortune for English clubs

[EKBATAN]

so much for 4 CL spots to germany for the 1st time
2 teams knocked out in group stage, 3rd team humiliated 1st round of knock out...and bayern can possibly be out by swiss team next week


also possibly NO english teams if chelsea doesnt beat napoli


could we see a Barcelona- Madrid foul fest/blood bath in the final??

[yashar_fasihnia]

^
nashashidi shab deraze saeed jan, germany always needs only 1 team to advance far and still get the 4th point from italy

this year, its going to be bayern

[shayan20]

Honestly, no team comes even close to Barcelona and Real Madrid this season. Milan probably with the only chance of upsetting them.
I'm hoping Barca-Madrid final, it will be the most epic final!!!!

I like Napoli, hopefully they make it as far as semi-finals.

[EKBATAN]

I'm hoping Barca-Madrid final, it will be the most epic final!!!!

if madrid actually plays football and not rugby. ive gotten sick of these el clasicos since mourinho came along, he took the beauty out of the game.

[yashar_fasihnia]

in a single 90 minute final, anything can happen. if messi has a bad day, of if xavi is injured or if iniesta is suspended, and the opponent has a good day, barca can very well lose the finals. and i hope barca and real play each other before the finals, so we dont see another barca real anymore. we have had enough of it for past few seasons.
if other big teams also played barca so many times, people wouldnt under estimate them anymore. just this CL, milan played them twice, drawing once and losing 3-2 the other time, which itself is a better record than madrid has with barca all these years.

with schweini coming back and robben beginning to get his form back, im excited to see us playing the final in munich. hoepfully we dont draw barca before that though

[EKBATAN]

this can turn out to be the most boring quarters in years....imagine benfica, basel, APOEL, marseille....goin agianst milan, napoli, real, barca

lol

[yashar_fasihnia]

this can turn out to be the most boring quarters in years....imagine benfica, basel, APOEL, marseille....goin agianst milan, napoli, real, barca

lol

more importantly, imagine apoel meeting benfica and real meeting barca in the next round

[PSGman#19]

Thanks to Platini we got a boring CL these years. I barely watched a game this year. Even Europa league seems to be more interesting.

[persepolisfan]

I wished apoel would have won

[PSGman#19]

i think inter will finish them next game

I was right, unfortunately...

[Club monaco]

Under 24 hours until the CL quarter and semi draw.
March 16 - 6 AM EST on FSC

The contenders

AC Milan (ITA)APOEL FC (CYP)
Last QF: N/A
QF record: 0
This season: W3 D3 L2 F7 A7
Top scorer: Gustavo Manduca (3)

Chelsea FC (ENG)
Last QF: 2010/11 (lost 3-1 v Manchester United FC)
QF record: W5 L2
This season: W4 D2 L2 F18 A8
Top scorer: Didier Drogba (4)

FC Barcelona (ESP)
Last QF: 2010/11 (won 6-1 v FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
QF record: W11 L2
This season: W7 D1 L0 F30 A6
Top scorer: Lionel Messi (12)


Last QF: 2009/10 (won 4-4 on away goals v Manchester United FC)
QF record: W12 L10
This season: W5 D1 L2 F18 A7
Top scorer: Mario Gomez (10)

Olympique de Marseille (FRA)Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Last QF: 2010/11 (won 5-0 v Tottenham Hotspur FC)
QF record: W22 L6
This season: W7 D1 L0 F24 A4
Top scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (6)

SL Benfica (POR)

[EKBATAN]

i thought it was unfair that napoli - chelsea tie breaker had to be played in chelsea's home. They should have penalties if both teams tie...cuz its not fair to the team that hosted first to have to play 30 min. of extra time away.