UEFA Champions League

Blast from the Past- Porto vs Juventus 10 October 2001 Highlights Video

As Porto prepare to welcome Juventus for the first leg of their Round of 16 tie, we take a look at Juve’s last trip away to Portugal when they faced Porto. This was on 10 October, 2001, at the erstwhile Estadio das Antas.

Porto’s starting lineup that day: Ovchinnikov, Ricardo Carvalho, Carlos Paredes, Costinha, Deco, Jorge Andrade, Hugo Ibarra, Capucho (c), Clayton, Mario Silva pena,

Juve starting XI that day: Gigi Buffon, Paolo Montero, Igor Tudor, Gianluca Pessotto, Lilian Thuram, Alessandro Birindelli, Gianluca Zambrotta, Alessio Tacchinardi, Edgar Davids, Marcelo Salas, Alessandro del Piero (c)

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Arsenal draw Bayern AGAIN, Man City get Monaco

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League was conducted today afternoon in Switzerland, and the powers that be in Nyon have rewarded (or should that read punished?) Arsenal for topping Group A by drawing them AGAIN against German giants Bayern Munich.

The Gunners, who finished ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, avoided Real Madrid, but will now meet the Bavarians for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

Other English clubs have been given a relatively easier draw- Leicester’s reward for finishing ahead of Porto, Brugge and FC Copenhagen is a clash against Sevilla while Man City, who finished behind Barcelona in their group, will face Monaco.

It’s not been smooth sailing for Unai Emery in Paris this season (they’re third currently behind Nice and Monaco) and his debut season just got tougher after they drew Barca.

The two Madrids- Real and Atletico will fancy their chances of going through to the quarters, after drawing Napoli and Bayer Leverkusen respectively.

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