Champions League Last 16 Draw | City v Sporting Clube de Portugal

[LangleyBlue1970]

Rags will be seething. PSG was tough but doable. Can’t see them beating Madrid though. And with us getting another relatively easy draw….

That was funny.

 

[Cotontoquinn]

City had Athletico? Are they even BOTHERED to check

Checked that Sporting beat us 10 years ago though.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

It wouldn’t be so complicated if it wasn’t so contrived.

 

[kun]

Its not a cock up.

Inter Milan couldn't face Juventus.

Villarreal couldn't face Real Madrid.

Inter Milan couldn't face Real Madrid.


So Liverpool had to face Inter Milan. Even though Villarreal were drawn first.

Was trying to explain this and kept getting lost just writing it.

This is a prime example of why the CL should bin those rules and just do 1st vs 2nd.

 

[knuckles]

Owen thinking above his pay grade.

Was the question - "what is your name?"

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Liverpool got fucked, ours is about the same, one of PSG or Madrid out. Funny stuff.

 

[gray740]

All in the pot every team no matter what country who you played in previous group etc ffs what`s so wrong with the simple method ?

 

[flook]

PSG (was Benfica) v Real Madrid.
Sporting (was Villarreal) v Manchester City
Salzburg (was Atletico Madrid) v Bayern Munich
Inter (was Red Bull Salzburg) v Liverpool
Benfica (was Inter Milan) v Ajax
Villareal (was Sporting Lisbon) v Juventus
Chelsea v Lille (no change)
Atletico (was Paris St-Germain) v Manchester United

who are the happiest....United? Bayern?

 

[BM96]

Here come the brown paper bag comments all over social media. The absolute disgust by 1000s of people, who apparently don't care about city.

 

[wagonman]

Bring back an open draw rather than trying to fix it so the so called bigger teams all go through

But maybe you misunderstand the purpose of the competition which is, of course, to make money... more viewers, more advertising revenue... so they don't want the big teams being knocked out too soon JJ