All first leg ties from the Champions League Round of 16 will be completed on Wednesday night with Manchester United in France to face Olympique de Marseille and Inter Milan and Bayern Munich resuming battle in a repeat of last season’s final.
The knock-out phase of the Champions League doesn’t kick-off until February but Ger McCarthy sees plenty of reasons to be excited about the return of the continent’s most prestigious club tournament.
The draw for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League takes place in Nyon today and Ger McCarthy analyses the participants in the last 16 of this season’s competition.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United qualified for the knockout phase of this season’s Champions League by topping their respective groups following Tuesday night’s results writes Ger McCarthy.
The final round of Champions League group fixtures offers a host of clubs the opportunity to make it through to the knockout phase of the 2010-2011 competition whilst other sides will be anxious to secure a Europa League spot writes Ger McCarthy.
The Group stages of the 2010-2011 Champions League comes to an end on Matchday 6 with four berths in the knockout phase of the tournament yet to be filled. Ger McCarthy looks ahead to Tuesday’s fixtures.
Tottenham Hotspur can clinch qualification for the round of 16 in this season’s Champions League with victory at home to Werder Bremen on Matchday 5 writes Ger McCarthy.
In a new series on Back Page Football, Tim Hill outlines two of his tactical observations from the previous weekend of football. This week, he glances over Chelsea v Arsenal, Manchester Utd v Sunderland and Mainz v Hoffenheim.