Champions League Knockouts Draw Stuffs & Predictions

When: 1200 CET
Where: Michel Platini’s panic room Nyon, Switzerland.

First and most importantly (not to mention nearly the whole reason for this little deal): Rob’s CL draw liveblog is thisaway.

Second….here’s the stream. And yes, they stream everything these days. I believe uefa also has a stream, but if I recall last year uefa was behind the pirated stream. Figure that one out.

Now, to eliminate confusion, there’s also a list of the pots and the teams each club can draw. Clubs from the same country cannot play each other in the quarters nor can teams from the same group stage group. Easy as pie, really.

Group Winners: Roma (Ita), Panathinaikos (Gre), Barcelona (Spa), Liverpool (Eng), Manchester United (Eng), Bayern (Ger) Porto (Por) and Juventus (Ita).

Runners Up: Chelsea (Eng), Inter Milan (Ita), Sporting Lisbon (Por), Atletico Madrid (Spa), Villarreal (Spa), Lyon (Fra), Arsenal (Eng), Real Madrid (Spa).

Roma: Sporting, Atletico, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal, Real Madrid

Panathinaikos: Chelsea, Sporting, Atletico, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal, Real Madrid.

Barca: Chelsea, Inter, Lyon, Arsenal. (Ha! Game of the KO’s, whomever they draw.)

Liverpool: Inter, Sporting, Villarreal, Lyon, Real Madrid.

ManU: Inter, Sporting, Atletico, Lyon, Real Madrid.

Bayern: Chelsea, Inter, Sporting, Atletico, Villarreal, Arsenal, Real Madrid.

Porto: Chelsea, Inter, Atletico, Villarreal, Lyon, Real Madrid.

Juventus: Chelsea, Sporting, Atletico, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal.

Chelsea: Panathinaikos, Barca, Bayern, Porto, Juventus.

Inter: Barca, Liverpool, ManU, Bayern, Porto.

Sporting: Roma, Panathinaikos, Liverpool, ManU, Bayern, Juventus.

Atletico: Roma, Panathinaikos, ManU, Bayern, Porto, Juventus.

Villarreal: Roma, Panathinaikos, Liverpool, Bayern, Porto, Juventus.

Lyon: Roma, Panathinaikos, Barca, Liverpool, ManU, Porto, Juventus.

Arsenal: Roma, Panathinaikos, Barca, Bayern, Juventus.

Real Madrid: Roma, Panathinaikos, Liverpool, ManU, Bayern, Porto.

So now it’s time to play the predictions game. Because it’s late and I really don’t care to do maths at the moment, I’m going with an approach straight from the Fuck It School of Probabilities.

Roma v Real Madrid. Because drawing the same team all the fucking time is Roma’s thing.

Panathinaikos v Arsenal. Because the least deserving team is going to get the easiest draw.

Barca v Chelsea. Because Jose Mourinho is rigging the draw.

Liverpool v Villarreal. Because the gods want the Spanish press to talk about something other than the bullshit transfer rumors they make up. Rafa versus an old rival gets the job done.

ManU v Lyon. Because drawing the same team all the fucking time is ManU’s thing. (So what are the odds, if both teams go through, on a Roma v ManU semifinal date? Even? 1-50? 1-100?)

Bayern v Sporting. Because Miguel Veloso needs more admirers and Bayern hasn’t been linked yet…but they will.

Porto v Inter. Because Jose Mourinho is rigging the draw.

Juventus v Atletico. Because Juventus is rigg……shit, that’s not funny.

Now it’s your turn. Leave your predictions in the comments and the winner gets whatever Christmas gifts I don’t want – not to mention bragging rights.

Follow the draw with Rob’s CL LiveBlog here.

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