A quick glance at the eight Champions League groups indicate that three were won by German clubs, indicating the strength of the Bundesliga at the moment, but although Shalke topped their group ahead of Arsenal, they are toiling in seventh place domestically and sacked manager, Hubb Stevens, this week. Bayern Munich are nine points clear at the top with Borussia Dortmund third.
Shalke would be an excellent draw.
Paris Saint-Germain were flooded with cash this year and despite a slow start are no top of Ligue 1. We met their manager, Carlo Ancelotti at the same stage of the tournament six years ago when Gordon Strachan took Milan to extra time. We came close to progressing and perhaps would have had the referee awarded Celtic a late penalty for handball. Milan got the breaks against Celtic and went on to win the tournament.
Ancelotti knows he would face a stiff test if drawn against Celtic.
Juventus are Italian champions and sei seven points clear at the top of Serie A. They eliminated the tournament holders in the last round and are a formidable opponent.
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Malaga are fourth in La Liga behind Barca, Atletico and Real Madrid. They are clearly not in the class of Barcelona but any team within five points of Real in that league are clearly formidable. Malaga breezed their Champions League group but a draw against un-fancied Celtic might present them with a few interesting challenges.
Manchester United are top of the English league and hot favourites to retain the title. Games against English opposition tend to be hyped by the UK media but for fans lack the sophistication of a ‘foreign’ opponent. They would present a difficult challenge without the sense of adventure others would provide.
Shalke or Malaga would be ideal but Paris in the springtime would be nice.
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Are the huns watching Cash in the Attic???
We’re up
Players, manager, backroom staff and media gathered in canteen at Lennoxtown and everyone is glued to the TV as the draw gets underway.
We want Malaga dont we :o)
we are in
I’ll take the winner of Shalke v Galatasary
its usssssss
Come on you Celts. Juve
celtic v juventus
Juve
Juve
Juventus!!
Juve
Celtic get Juve !
Same as the dummy draw
Celtic V Juventus. Hard draw.
Juve!
Bugger
Its going to be Juventus
juventus
Juve
Juventus…
Celtic vs Juventus
juventus….holy shite!!!
YEEEESSSSS Celtic v Juve
HH
Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juve
Juve, dawdle
Juve
Juve
arsenal v bayern
We’ll do em
Bring Sutton back
Arsenal vs Bayern Munich
We’ll beat them!!!!
Mama Mia
That could be the first thing I’ve predicted correctly all year.
Well it will be good to play a team that cheated to win titles. Been a while since we did that.
obviously Santa wasn’t listening – Juventus – at least not Man U, Dortmund, or Bayern
happy with that
This is a team that thinks Bendtner is a player.
Easy passage to the Q-F :-)