Here's an early review on the first 8 matches of the 1/8th round in the Champions League of season 2008-2009.
As you all (should?) know, there were -in total- 8 matches yesterday and today. Many big clubs showed their status by reaching the 1/8th finals, resulting in the following line-up:
Internationale, Man Utd, Atl. Madrid, FC Porto, Ol. Lyon, Barcelona, Arsenal and AS Roma played their games yesterday, whilst Chelsea, Juventus, Villarreal, Panathinaikos, Sporting Lissabon, Bayern Munchen, Real Madrid and Liverpool finished their games (when I started writing) only 15 minutes ago.
Results were:
Inter-Man Utd: 0-0
Atl Madrid - FC Porto: 2-2
Ol. Lyon - Barcelona: 1-1
Arsenal - AS Roma: 1-0
Chelsea - Juventus: 1-0
Villarreal - Panathinaikos: 1-1
Sp. Lissabon - Bayern Munchen: 0-5 (!)
Real Madrid - Liverpool: 0-1
If I had to predict the outcome for the quarter finals (and yes I know, there's still another round of games in the 1/8th finals), I would say Man Utd, FC Porto, Barcelona, Arsenal, Chelsea, Villarreal, Bayern Munchen (quite obvious I guess) and Liverpool... If this were to be the case, once more, English clubs will show their strength by getting 4 teams into quarter finals. But then again, I could be completely wrong as well of course... We'll just have to wait and see. Next games are on the 10th and 11th of March.
