CL | 1/8: FC Barcelona - Arsenal 5-1 agg.

[Flavia]

WWW.FCBARCELONA.COM
12/14/2015 12:00

Monday’s draw in Nyon, Switzerland pits the Catalans against the team they beat in the 2006 final in Paris, still managed by Arsène Wenger

The draw has been made and FC Barcelona will be facing Premiership club Arsenal in the second round of this season’s Champions League
As reward for finishing top of their first round group, Barça will play the second leg at home.

So they’ll be playing the first leg at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 23rd and then the Camp Nou will host the return game on March 16th.

The other matches

The other seven ties drawn on Monday at midday in Nyon are as follows (team on the left will be at home for the first leg):
Roma v Real Madrid
Gent v Wolfsburg
PSV Eindhoven v Atlético Madrid
Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City
Juventus v Bayern Munich
Paris St Germain v Chelsea
Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg

 

[khaled_a_d]

So correct me If I am wrong ,in the last 6 years our draw in 1/8 has been
2011:Arsenal
2012:Leverkusen
2013:Milan
2014:Man.City
2015:Man.City
2016:Arsenal
All with us being the top of the group

 

[raskolnikov]

So correct me If I am wrong ,in the last 6 years our draw in 1/8 has been
2011:Arsenal
2012:Leverkusen
2013:Milan
2014:Man.City
2015:Man.City
2016:Arsenal
All with us being the top of the group

Meanwhile Real have had:

2011: Lyon
2012: CSKa
2013: Manchester United
2014: Schalke
2015: Schalke

Them compare quarter finals:
Barca:
2011: Shaktar
2012: Milan
2013: Psg
2014: Atletico
2015: Psg

Real:
2011: spurs
2012: Apoel
2013: Galatasaray
2014: Dortmund
2015: Atletico

Its easy to predict who will get Wolfsburg and who will get Bayern or Psg.

these are Bayerns draws by the way:

1/8 draw:
2011: Inter
2012: Basel
2013: Arsenal
2014: Arsenal
2015: Shaktar
2016: Juve

Quarter finals:
2011: -
2012: Marseille
2013: Juve
2014: United
2015: Porto

 

[Alik]

Damn, now I can't wait!

Should be really entertaining.

 

[Galning]

Nice.

 

[Barcaman]

We avoided PSG and Juve so I am satisfied.
We always get strong opponents in last 6-7 years so drawing Arsenal is nothing surprising.

 

[Horatio]

Pretty good drawing. Arsenal not the weakest but not the strongest either. We might be able to trash them with a more attacked focused Barca + MSN.

 

[Jaguar]

Could have been PSG or Juve so not the worst possible draw Should be a good tie which hopefully won't cause us too many problems although anything can happen in football. Visca el Barca

 

[Flavia]

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[Luftstalag14]

I don't know about the fixture, I used to think it is good to play the away game first but after last season and seeing how many other ties turned out, I am starting to think it would be better to play at home first to establish a solid win and then just to get some away goals in the away game. Oh well. The winners of the groups all have to play the away game first.

Let's beat Arsenal!

 

[Ghostmaster]

I forgot Cech is their GK, Messi never have scored against him right? I guess it's time to break the curse.

 

[Horatio]

I forgot Cech is their GK, Messi never have scored against him right? I guess it's time to break the curse.

Or let Suarez or Neymar score =P.

 

[MaxY]

I don't know about the fixture, I used to think it is good to play the away game first but after last season and seeing how many other ties turned out, I am starting to think it would be better to play at home first to establish a solid win and then just to get some away goals in the away game. Oh well. The winners of the groups all have to play the away game first.

Let's beat Arsenal!

I also share that opinion. Playing the last game away is better because away goals can easily decide the whole thing.

 

[Luftstalag14]

I also share that opinion. Playing the last game away is better because away goals can easily decide the whole thing.

Yeah. Perhaps UEFA is purposely trying to help out the runner-ups with this kind of fixture?

 

[raskolnikov]

There should be a rule that when its tied after two games the extra time starts 0-0 with no away goal rule.
That way its better to play away first,and more fair.