Administrator Stan Posted December 9, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2020 Seeded Teams Liverpool Bayern Munich Man City Juventus Chelsea PSG Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid Unseeded Teams Atletico Madrid Porto Sevilla Gladbach Atalanta RB Leipzig Barcelona Lazio Draw on Monday 14th December 2021 at 11am (GMT) Ties take place on 16-17/23-24th Feb (1st Legs) and 9-10/16-17 March (2nd Legs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBBIEFC Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Some strong unseeded teams this year. I'm hoping for another Atletico v. Liverpool tie. To be fair though, with the form of a lot of the big clubs at moment I wouldn't be surprised if the likes of Porto ended up in the semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Only clubs from outwith the 'big four' leagues are PSG and Porto. Not exactly much different from last year. Basically shows how dull and predictable the group stages are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Anyone but Atletico Madrid. I can't be arsed watching two legs against them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 10, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 10, 2020 Sevilla vs Bayern Munich RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid Barcelona vs Man City Porto vs Liverpool Atalanta vs PSG Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund Gladbach vs Juventus Lazio vs Chelsea Heard it here first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 14, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2020 Draw: Borussia Monchengladbach vs Man City Lazio vs Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea RB Leipzig vs Liverpool Porto vs Juventus Barcelona vs PSG Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund Atalanta vs Real Madrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Tough ties for Chelsea and Liverpool, but both probably should get over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Real Madrid have it tough too with Atalanta, Barce and PSG should be a good tie too but most likely PSG will give Barce a slappin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I’m just glad we avoided Atletico. Fuck them bastards. Still not good mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I would for once like to see a pre determined bracket A1vsB2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 We've been shafted the past 6 or 7 consecutive times in the round of 16. Going to be difficult, but with everyone fit I'd back us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 To be totally frank, I think Bayern are another level and then there's everyone else. It's pretty open. The powerhouses of Real, Barca, Juve, PSG etc are no longer intimidating in this competition. Long as you can avoid Bayern, you've as good a chance as any to progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Rick said: I’m just glad we avoided Atletico. Fuck them bastards. Still not good mind. You will be up against a team that will actually play some attacking football, as opposed to team that just parks the bus a lot of the time. It will be a tough test for Liverpool against last season's semi-finalists and an interesting challenge. Certainly for the neutral, Liverpool against RB Leipzig promises to be a couple of entertaining games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 14, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Michael said: You will be up against a team that will actually play some attacking football, as opposed to team that just parks the bus a lot of the time. It will be a tough test for Liverpool against last season's semi-finalists and an interesting challenge. Certainly for the neutral, Liverpool against RB Leipzig promises to be a couple of entertaining games. One could argue that Liverpool do better against attacking football sides - leaving space in behind for the likes of Salah/Mane/Firmino to counter on. I can see Liverpool going through as by Feb they might have been rid of their injuries and back to a near-full squad. Might still concede but might be too strong going forward for Leipzig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Lazio are no mugs, but I would expect Bayern to comfortably beat them over two legs. Chelsea against Atletico Madrid, Man City against Gladbach, Liverpool against RB Leipzig and Dortmund against Seville are all pretty evenly balanced in my opinion. PSG should overcome Barcelona, if they have all their players fit and ready. Real Madrid should also have too much for Atalanta over two legs. While Juventus were probably handed the easiest draw of all against Porto and they should edge past the Portuguese side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stan said: One could argue that Liverpool do better against attacking football sides - leaving space in behind for the likes of Salah/Mane/Firmino to counter on. I can see Liverpool going through as by Feb they might have been rid of their injuries and back to a near-full squad. Might still concede but might be too strong going forward for Leipzig. Yes, I was thinking about the key injuries that Liverpool have had in defence so far this season. van Dijk should be back by then and so should Gomez. But then again, RB Leipzig have been hampered by some injuries in defence as well this season. They've gotten some players back now, but Klostermann is still out and he too should also be back in February. I would definitely agree with the idea that Liverpool prefer playing against more attacking sides such as RB Leipzig, however, Leipzig have proven their credentials and this does look like a close matched encounter if both teams have their best players available. Liverpool will go in as favourites as they won the Champions League the year before last, but I still think that it should be quite a close affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 That Chelsea Atletico tie strikes me as the kind of tie where Chelsea have the players but Simeone will school Lampard. Be interesting if Diego Costa plays too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I'm no rocket scientologist, but judging by Neymar's injury I'd fancy Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Michael said: Yes, I was thinking about the key injuries that Liverpool have had in defence so far this season. van Dijk should be back by then and so should Gomez. But then again, RB Leipzig have been hampered by some injuries in defence as well this season. They've gotten some players back now, but Klostermann is still out and he too should also be back in February. I would definitely agree with the idea that Liverpool prefer playing against more attacking sides such as RB Leipzig, however, Leipzig have proven their credentials and this does look like a close matched encounter if both teams have their best players available. Liverpool will go in as favourites as they won the Champions League the year before last, but I still think that it should be quite a close affair. No way are Van Dijk or Gomez back for these games. By the sounds of everything, they’ll be lucky to play any part at all. But if we have Thiago back (I’d hope so) we won’t miss Fabinho as much in the midfield. Jota will be back by then as well I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 27 minutes ago, Rick said: No way are Van Dijk or Gomez back for these games. By the sounds of everything, they’ll be lucky to play any part at all. But if we have Thiago back (I’d hope so) we won’t miss Fabinho as much in the midfield. Jota will be back by then as well I hope. Yeah, my bad, I saw a headline saying van Dijk was back in training recently, so I assumed he wouldn't be out for too long. But having just read the extent of his injury, it seems like he won't be back playing by February. Thiago returning should be a huge boost to the Liverpool team though and Jota's return will also be welcomed with open arms. Those two were shrewd signings by Klopp this summer and they have both improved an already impressive Liverpool squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Somehow UEFA have all the games kicking off at 20:00 You'd think they would have had one at 18:00 and one at 20:00? Seems a simple thing to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Monkey Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, ScoRoss said: Somehow UEFA have all the games kicking off at 20:00 You'd think they would have had one at 18:00 and one at 20:00? Seems a simple thing to me? That would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, ScoRoss said: Somehow UEFA have all the games kicking off at 20:00 You'd think they would have had one at 18:00 and one at 20:00? Seems a simple thing to me? Sky Q is your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 14/12/2020 at 18:08, Rick said: But if we have Thiago back we won’t miss Fabinho as much in the midfield. Jota will be back by then as well I hope. False hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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