Will Any British Teams Survive This ...?

[ichkeria]

Galatasaray v Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris St Germain
Porto v Malaga

[Stephen_G]

Arsenal: Depends on who Arsene Wenger can get via the transfer window. They've got to kill off Bayern at The Emirates and keep it tight in the second leg.

Manchester United: Have a much better squad than Arsenal right now, and, with their second leg being at Old Trafford, I (Personally) think they've got a better chance. Fergie knows exactly what Cristiano Ronaldo is all about and will come up with a plan to keep him quiet.

Celtic: Who knows? They gave Barca a shock in the Nou Camp and outplayed them at Celtic Park. Juve are sitting pretty at the top of Serie A (Played 17. Won 13, Drawn 2 and Lost 2). I've only seem them play against Chelsea, but theywere very impressive AND kept their top scorer on the bench that night. If Celtic concede at home then I think they might struggle to overturn the deficit.

Like all the teams, it'll depend on who does what in the transfer window.

[aelmpvw]

I'm having a bet that they all go out but I don't think I'll win much

[VHG]

>>>Depends on who Arsene Wenger can get via the transfer window.

Who has not already played for another team in the Champions League !

[Stephen_G]

There's that as well, VHG. Didn't take that into consideration :-(

They might have looked inpressive against Reading on Monday night, but they were up against a team low on confidence and shakier at the back than Shakin' Stevens and Shane "Shakey" Byrne!

[Duncer]

Arsenal to go out unless Wenger produces a miracle but, as already pointed out, most top players will be inelligible.

ManUre to exit too, as their defence is too weak, and Jar-Jar Rio makes it weaker, but they do have a fighting chance, especially if RVP hits form.

Celtic palpably did not outplay Barcelona at home, unless 14% constitutes outplaying a team, but they did beat them. Juve, however, are just too good and I expect them to progress.

Spain will reaffirm their position as the strongest league in Europe, with the Germans close behind.

[Duncer]

Here goes............

Shalke
Juventus
Bayern Munich
Dortmund, just
Barcelona
Real Madrid
PSG
Malaga

[Ric.ror]

Look Chelsea won it last year so anything is possible - no disrespect (well not much anyway) but even the most ardent Chavski fan would admit they were not the best team in Europe last year - by a long way

[Arksided]

Real Madrid aren't playing their best at moment by their own standards but I do believe that even with Uniteds defensive problems recently (Vidic will have had a few games by then) I think that United have a good chance.

Even though playing for the opposition, Ronnie will surely get a warm welcome back to OT. (until kick-off)