CL R16 - Real Madrid - (A) 26/02 - (H) 17/03

[lmhblue1]

I think it will be Dortmund, hard games whoever we draw.

I've got a feeling it will be Dortmund as well. Similar feeling to the one I had about drawing Spurs last season. If I end up correct again just call me an oracle.

 

[yeseye]

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Interesting, so Atletico most likely according to that. Don't think we've ever played them in the CL.

How do they come by these figures?

 

[dickie davies]

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How do they come by these figures?

Complicated arithmetic
You can't play a team from your home country and the other qualifier from your group
So the maths has to take into account the above plus the same rule for every other qualifying team
It's generally correct in that we have always drawn the team we had the biggest chance of. However its interesting to see Liverpool have the same % chance of drawing four teams as ourselves

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

Why would we be underprepared?

Because we aren’t really used to knocking out the big teams in the CL knockout stages, let’s face it. In fact over the past couple of years we haven’t faced any top foreign teams so it won’t exactly help us if we keep facing shit opposition as we won’t be used to playing those crunch two-legged knockout games against teams like Real, Barca, etc.

We’ve knocked out Dinamo Kyiv, PSG, Schalke and Basel. Only one of those is a top team. I think knocking out one of the top teams in the round of 16 would help us make a big statement and would fire the players up psychologically and really make them believe that we can beat whoever we face in the next round

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

Who we having?

Bring on Real. Send out a message that we really mean business

 

[Stoned Rose]

A lot of very good sides in this last 16.

On current form I'd have us nowhere near winning it.

However, if we can get Laporte and Sane back and put Fern back in DM, and we click like last year, I'd say we can beat any ****.

 

[bballchinaski]

bring on real, they aint shit right now and pep sure knows how to beat them

 

[cleavers]

A lot of very good sides in this last 16.

All of them very good, that's why its the last 16 of europe.

 

[lmhblue1]

bring on real, they aint shit right now and pep sure knows how to beat them

You realise Real's entire tactics revolve around crossing right? Have you seen us attempt to defend crosses this season?

 

[Allianz]

I hope the cnut Dippers draw Real Madrid. I bet they will get an easy draw, these Dippers cnut luck are surreal, I bet they get Lyon, you read here first.

I however do not want MCFC draw Real. They sure are not the Real couple years ago, but I wouldn't underestimate Zidane.