champions league draw date

OMG this will be a very tough battle, i'm happy we didn't get Chelsea

At least one other tough team, Chelsea or Barca, will be gone from the competition. I feel Barca will win, and have their revenge from last season....only to be knocked out by Milan.

Lets kick some Bayern Butt!!!

From channel4.com:

Galliani galled by Bayern draw
Friday 16 December, 2005


Milan chief Adriano Galliani was disappointed with the draw for the next stage of the Champions League. "We wanted to avoid Bayern Munich," he said.

The Rossoneri face a tough task to get through to the quarter-finals after being drawn against the German champions.

Bayern finished second to Juventus in their qualifying group and even inflicted one of only two defeats the Bianconeri have suffered this season.

Juve’s other loss was at the hands of Milan in Serie A, which should make their clash with the men from Munich a mouth-watering tie – not that Galliani thinks so.

"We wanted to avoid Chelsea and Bayern," said Galliani after the draw was made today at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

"They are literally dominating the English and German championships respectively.

"We do have a good record against them," he admitted. "But obviously, we’re talking about a great club and a great side. I can’t exactly call this a good draw for us.

"It’s a shame that one of us must go out at the last 16 stage, but that’s the luck of the draw for you."

Well, I cannt say I share Galliani´s pessimisim...if we lose, we do so to a team that can potentially win the tournament...nothing wrong with that...if we win, then we have defeated a European giant...a real confidence builder for the next round of matches.

I am so excited, I cannot wait for the UCL to restart!!!

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILAN!!

Well, without hard work from 11players we could lose.

I think we should push Kaka and Seedorf higher up the pitch
and play with 1 striker.Then we can bring in an extra midfielder to even the numbers in the midfield postion.Knowing the Germans I am sure they have already started studying that liverpool match.

Chelsea - Barca, Milan-Munich, Arsenal-Real....... and Rangers-Villareal ?????? their drawing system is really wierd but i have no problem with it as long as we keep getting inter

IMO we should win the match vs Bayern. Curious to see if Inzaghi can score 4 again against Kahn . We should not be worried.

Despite wanting to avoid Bayern, I can't say I'm too disappointed. Either way, we have to come up against good sides sometime and this match will hopefully bring the best out of the side and some confidence, who of late seem to be unable to keep consistent.

If we don't get new defenders we are out.

i heard some people said the draw system is weird, if big teams play each other at this stage of competition, it doesnt mean it is weird. as i said, if we are going to win this competition, we have to beat whoever that we face. yes we really need a defender in january, my feeling is it will be lugano, he is a damn fine defender. i dont mind chivu either.

Even if we dont get a new defender, I am still cautiously optimistic regarding our chances.

What I am more concerned about is the ref...a Nordic ref will favour the Germans, while a Latin ref will favour us...