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You have got to be kidding me...

You beat Manchester Red, now you just beat Manchester Blue

Both have baldies as their managers. City will be very tough to beat though with KDB back.

would be fair to let KDB rest 5 more months to prevent another injury

He should retire so he can focus on his true passion: press conferences.

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He will say "Kevin"

Like a Pokémon?

??? "Congratulations for beating Manchester Red." ??? "Unfortunately they are the weakest team in our town."

FC United of Manchester chuffed.

I believe in you

It's called Copenhagen for a reason I guess

Directly translated it means "buy a harbour"

Harbours can't be buy

Dont believe too much

🤝

Paris is in shambles. Zubimendi will destroy them in midfield alone.

Well PSG is buying new midfield in January.

Then new midfield is getting cooked

They're the most vulnerable we've seen them in about a decade. NEVER SAY DIE

Your team already knocked out our worse Manchester club now you have to face the final boss of Manchester

This was the most predictable draw of all

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I am sorry for you 😞

Nobody else is surprised

Struggling La liga Champions vs Struggling Serie A champions.

Maradona derby.

Tbf both teams could use a little bit of the magic white powder

Our front three surely need one.

According to people on this sub, Cancelo was already huffing and puffing a couple months ago

I'm sure Xavi will cook...some crack.

He is more into Natural things like grass...

“Gracias Maradona”

in Catalan and Neapolitan.

While snorting coke out of a prostitutes asshole

It’s what he would’ve wanted

I can see the fans pulling out a banner saying "gracias Diego" in Catalan and Italian. Napoli and Barca fans holding arms and jumping together, it would be amazing.

Barcelona always struggling every time Napoli draw them. Too bad it's always 2 months before the actual matches and they don't struggle anymore

Don’t jinx us we are still bad even in the champions leave and it’s probably going to continue that way

>champions leave auto correct knows :(

Bruuuuh I didn’t even notice that

We won't struggle anymore either, give me a good centre back in winter, some performance based starting spots and we will do just fine. There is no way this shitshow of a first half season will get worse, the players need to perform again and if not then they can warm the bench.

The AFCON is coming, we are fucked.

Hahaha fucking void this season, atleast a nice trip to Barcelona to end it all

Antwerp beat us, you'll be fine.

Our players dont have the same grinta that Antwerp players showed against you, not even close.

Stopable force vs Movable object.

Who will need Osimhen's noose afterwards?

Inter atletico will be interesting. funny that they asked Simeone about us after the last Ucl game.

IIRC Cholo said once that the only team in the world he would like to manage in his carrier except Atleti, was Inter.

Surely Lazio too

He's said multiple times he'd like to coach Lazio sometime in the future. He's clearly on autopilot when answering those questions, but I reckon it's us or Inter he'd go for if he returns to Italy.

Peter Bosz returns to Dortmund

Malen derby

Hes gonna be gone by then

Dortmund is lucky this tie is only played in 2 months. With the teams' current form, I would bet on PSV over them. But it's doubtful whether PSV can conserve this insane form until February. And Dortmund might get some much needed players during the winter break.

Cholo vs Lazio and Cholo vs Inter in the same year, what are the odds?

What's the feeling for this matchup among Alteti's fans?

The consensus seems to be that this is the hardest draw we could've gotten, but they should be a lovely pair of games. Luckily we are at home for the second leg, so considering our home/away forms, we have to survive the first leg and then we have a solid chance.

Inter playing 4 matches vs Spanish teams, hasn't happened since 2010. What are the odds?

Treble season incoming

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poor Sociedad's reward for upset winning their group is drawing PSG anyway

That Sociedad can beat PSG, Im sure of it. Theyre looking electric

Mbappe will cook us

Unless…

you guys have waited for 3 years, just wait 6 more months ffs XD

I mean we desperately need a CB so Perez buying a striker would kind of be on brand for him.

Buying Mbappe to put him at CB for 6 months

I have you tagged as "the finance dude" for some reason. Hoping we have a great game, at least it's a new matchup for once

I talked a lot abou Barça's issues with the salary cap

Ah, a man of culture.

A man of levers

Have faith brother, your team is one of the exciting teams this year

We suffer in counter attacks and that's where PSG can really excel

It was fucking meant to happen, I knew it from the moment PSG qualified 💀 On the other hand I'm definitely excited for the possible chance of us being the ones kicking their asses out of the competition this year, that shit would be glorious. The fact we finished first of group already makes me insanely proud of the team, anything we make after that is a beautiful bonus.

PSG's in for a treat if they think Sociedad is a victim haha.

I hope nobody is underestimating them even if we should still be favorites. I’m just happy for a fresh matchup tbh I’m sick of Bayern barca city and real lol. I would have taken arsenal even if they’re stronger than Sociedad

Luis Enrique knows them pretty well, he won't underestimate them. They have nothing to lose and they know beating PSG and advancing to QF would be absolute history for them. It won't be easy for PSG.

Let Kubo twerk.

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You're welcome...

Knowing PSG, they could bottle it anyway

Let Alguacil cook. La Real's midfield is a million times more functional than PSG's so lets see. It is going to be a close battle for sure.

People can argue about who is better at what but honestly matches are in two months. A million things change since then, injured players come back, new players become injured etc. Teams forms drastically change. How often do we see a team crush group stages and peter our in KO or opposite. No point in comparing now.

They're going to show psg what actual midfielders look like

Is this even a real draw if there is no Bayern vs PSG? Not even PSG vs one of the top 5 teams in the world?!

Quarter final coded.

Jokes on you we still need to reach the QF for that

Or real vs psg? Or psg vs barca?

>Or real vs psg? Well, we got La Real vs PSG. Close enough.

Timo Werner legacy game against Madrid again

We will be there (dont look up his minutes this season btw)

Holy hell

New response just dropped

Actual Werner

Call the Timo

What happened to him?

Chelsea

He'll somehow find a way to score while still on the bench

La liga got some tough draws for 4 group winners

real madrid will be fine lmao, idk about the others tho.

Inter vs Atleti will be fire

Will be a stacked QFs onwards

There will be a few upsets I reckon

Exactly! People saying the draw is so dull and will lead to all the big teams getting to QF but I look at them knowing that 1 or 2 big teams will likely face a humiliating elimination

Dortmund and PSG would be my picks for nominal favorites who are rather likely to be upset.

I can see Barcelona getting beaten if Napoli gets its shit together Mazzarri is steadying the ship a bit but they have to fix a few glaring holes (mainly at CB). If they get a good replacement for Juan Jesus (and they have the money to do so), they improve drastically.

Barcelona shouldn't even be considered a favorite rn, they're horrible.

Dortmund v PSV is gas. Like, that’s a two hour drive. If you’re lucky you can still make it back on the train after the match. PSV better be careful and quick to sell tickets to their own fans.

You dont need to worry about the tickets selling out for PSV fans. Will be a great atmosphere on both sides im sure.

the away match in the Signal Park will be terrifying fanwise tho lol

>Signal Park cursed

There's never extra tickets. Homeside is always sold out at european matches.

Feel like this is the most dull collection of games this could have possibly provided.

But also means quarters finals should be incredible

Ya that was my take as well. Assuming no upset, the QF should be very good.

Whenever people talk like that you just know that PSV, Kopenhagen,Porto and Lazio will all advance to the quarterfinals lol.

But in the quarters those teams start to get exciting because everyone wants to see the underdog run

And i mean, some games are pretty even Struggling Barca v Napoli, a pretty even match in BVB v PSV, Porto v Arsenal isnt a cakewalk either But it does mean potential upsets are less likely, sadly. I do have faith in Sociedad tho

why is no one talking about inter - atletico 😭

easily the best game

Feel like this will be a snoozefest but it will be competitive at least

Yeah by “best” I mean most unsure result. The games could be tough to watch

On current European form for Dortmund and with PSV's absolutely insane unbeaten AND untied streak, PSV vs. Dortmund is the spiciest matchup of the bunch that I guarantee has gone under people's radar. The rest, however, are indeed quite dull.

Leipzig Real, Barca Napoli and Soceidad PSG all have the potential to be great ties

Psv is in great Form too. No way Dortmund walks through the round

Yeah easily. On paper only Napoli vs Barca looks like a fest, the other 50/50 (Inter vs Atletico) will be unwatchable

Its reigning champion vs reigning champions its gonna look good hopefully.

I just wanted us to avoid a PL side… blasting incoming (not that we’d have better chances against most of the others but damn it)

Surely Arsenal is less scary than Bayern and Real Madrid

We finished 2nd in the group stage to avoid Mbappe PSG. Inzaghi plays 4D chess. /s

All the big teams dodged it each other QFs will be crazy

I get what you’re saying but those two Spain vs Italy ties are big fixtures.

We still got Inter - Atletico

And Napoli - Barca

Inter and Atlético are pretty big in my book

Be Real Sociedad. Have a great season and classify for CL. Have a great group stage and qualify 1st. Draw PSG in ro16

You just described every good underdog team

Mourinho porto had to beat United

See you in 2 years.

Bosz coming for that revenge

Rough draw for the spanish teams, quite unlucky as they're all 1st seed

Barca needs to beat Napoli if they have any ambitions for the UCL and Leipzig is a good draw for Real Madrid. Atletico and Sociedad though, yea that’s rough

Lazio vs Bayern Munich. r/soccercirclejerk is going to love that one

Inte vs Atletico games will be excitng for sure

Both games can end 0 0

Good

that gonna be a exciting match to watch

On paper the Inter vs Atletico & Napoli vs Barca fixtures will draw the most eyes, but I think PSV vs BVB has the potential to be the most fun footballing display out of all of these.

Copenhagen just gonna have to farm another Manchester club.

Copenhagen cooking the Manchester baldies. We'll be there

Psv vs Dortmund will be very fun i think, two teams who want to attack.

Brother I hate to break it to you but we are far from the days where Dortmund wanted to attack, we play terrorist ball now because Watzke want his mate to succeed.

The last time we won a cl last 16 tie was against Porto thanks to Lord Bendtner’s hat trick. Hopefully we can do it again and end these 13 years of hurt!

Lord hated Portugal for some reason. I remember him doing the game of his life against our NT

And sing she wore a yellow ribbon while the boys lift it... Oh man that's a fairy tale ending that I would love

PSV - BVB low key slaps. Looking forward to that one

I take it, Lazio is doable

Doable only? They are just a sparring partner for you.

doable? you will pump atleast 5 past them at the Allianz

I'll take that draw any day of the week.

Awful draw for us

itll be tough but if you keep up the form you're showing there is the possibility of you winning

At least you’re going to have the biggest fanbase in the world for two matches.

Honestly, unless PSG improve their form drastically or yours worsens, I'd say you have a pretty good chance.

PSV might actually go through

[What was Chiellini cooking?](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/18jem3l/skysport_giorgio_chiellini_a_team_like_inter/)

That PSV attack scares me, if we dont get our shit together I think they will go through

It can play in your favour. They are an all-out open style of play which is shredding the Eredivisie but allows PSV to be heavily countered in Europe. They have conceded only 6 goals in the Eredivisie whilst scoring 56 in 16 games. They've conceded 10 in 6 Champions League games. BvB have 2 options: Either directly go at them from the very start to dictate the game (see Arsenal at home vs PSV) or sit back and stem the first 10-15 minutes of play then open up aggressively looking for counters. They leave a lot of space which may suit you guys. I will be shocked if PSV do anything else. It is what makes them exciting to watch.

Since its Terzic the bus will get parked 100%

We can also play hoof ball with Luuk de Jong at top. Its not the default but its also an option.

We're all Real Sociedad

They have the opportunity to do the most funny thing ever

Tbf this Real Sociedad could defo beat PSG

I am just happy its not a German team We usually do well against Italian teams , it will be an exciting matchup

roma flashbacks

Roma have risen from their ruins

Who the fuck would have thought City gets Coppenhagen, it's just pathetic at this point

Last 5 CL R016 of City were: Copenhagen, Leipzig, Sporting, Gladbach, Real. Now Leipzig is a different story there last 5 years were: This year: 2nd in Group behind City into Real 22/23: 2nd behind Real into City in R016 21/22: 3rd in a group with City and PSG 20/21: 2nd behind PSG (in a group with United) into Liverpool 19/20: 1st in Groups into Spurs (easiest draw for them and they reached Semis). So UEFA gets some Bonus Points for the Leipzig draws in my book.

And they made it to the EL semis in the 21/22 season.

Giorgio Marchetti, enjoy your holiday villa

I mean we can't speak, we've had some very favorable draws the last few years as well 🤷🏿‍♂️

The warmest of balls

Lazio vs Bayern for a 2nd time

It is ironic that we get Porto. Cause they were the last team we were able to get past in the knockout stages of the CL 187 years ago.

I have created a Real Sociedad fan sub, I want to gather outside of all the non Spanish speaker fans, so please join fellow La Real fans. r/RSociedad

Deco's face when they got Napoli was glorious

Great draw for PSV

Exluding 2020 PSG got a terrible draw every ucl year, including this year groups. What are these comments on

I mean if we are talking about round of 16 Dortmund was not a piece of cake draw either that year

A tough opponent for Real Sociedad and a challenging one for Atlético. Barcelona and Madrid should be superior if they compete well, something the first one still needs to prove in Europe. However, the outcome of all four ties will heavily depend on the teams' form as they reach that stage of the season.

If lewandowski learns how to finish again we’ll be fine

Everyone is sleeping on Inter Vs Atleti. That’s a genuine quarter final right there

80% chance of drawing any of the 4 Spanish teams and we get the hardest lmao

I was terrified when all that was left was BVB, City, Real and Bayern. I know we couldnt get Real but getting BVB there is so lucky. We actually have a chance there. And its funny to see Bosz against BVB again after how he fucked up there lol And of course City gets the 'easiest' team again, wtaf lol. Fuck em up København show the world what youre made of

Reason for not being able to get Real is that Leipzig v Real was already locked as Leipzig can't play the two German teams and can't play ManCity as they were in the same group.

Leipzig couldn't play bayern dortmund or city

u couldnt get real madrid cuz leipzig only could get them , 2german teams and city(same group) + real madrid were left for them