Quote:
CL: Italians risk tough draw Wednesday 12 December, 2007
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now that the group phase is complete, Roma risk facing Chelsea, Real Madrid or Barcelona, while Milan and Inter could draw Arsenal or Liverpool.
Tonight’s games finalised the order of the teams going through to the knockouts of the Champions League and those who are re-routed to the UEFA Cup.
The next step is the draw on December 21 and all three Italian clubs still in contention risk dangerous opponents.
Having topped their group, Milan will take on one out of Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Lyon, Fenerbahce and Arsenal.
Inter also won their section, so their potential rivals are Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Lyon, Arsenal and Celtic.
Roma are the most at risk, having qualified second behind Manchester United. This means the Giallorossi will meet one of the top seeds.
The options are Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla.
Lazio are the only Italian entries to the Champions League to crash out, having failed to even grab third place for a UEFA Cup spot.
Group winners:
Porto (Portugal)
Chelsea (England)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Milan (Italy)
Barcelona (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Inter (Italy)
Sevilla (Spain)
Group runners-up:
Liverpool (England)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Celtic (Scotland)
Lyon (France)
Roma (Italy)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Arsenal (England)
UEFA Cup:
Olimpique Marseille (France)
Rosenborg (Norway)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Benfica (Portugal)
Rangers (Scotland)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
|
group stages done and dusted and i am quite afraid.
imo i would be glad if we got porto or sevilla.and it will be suicidal if we met any of the tops wth all of the in rich form.not to say we cant handle them but after a long absence from cl i think its better we get last 16 against a mid runner like our selves and after that, im confident we can take any one.
wth 2 of the winners are italians and 1 from our own group that just leave 2 as the ones that would make my day happy.
porto come on to us baby!!
