Same old stories, with ONE intriguing Encounter that draws the eye in Champions League Draw

Meh. That is really my main reaction to the draw. My own personal draw was far more interesting. The two favourites literally have byes to the quarters, and THREE of the ties are matches we saw last year. Real should SPANK Schalke, and City will run Barcelona close but the Liga boys will sign that booty and Chelsea against PSG is another close one, but we've already seen it. FC Porto and Basel is the sideshow that may end up having a lot of goals and the other matches are pretty straightforward. And that really only leaves one standout draw which pits two VERY different styles of football against each other. Sorry, it's NOT Chelsea and PSG....

Juventus finally made it out of the pack, first or second, they made it out. It could have been worse. If they went up against Bayern, Real and maybe Chelsea, they are OUT. They ain't beating those teams, especially the  Madrid or Munich kids. But this match against Dortmund is the best middle-of-the-road game for them. There's just so much going in there. Do they respect a team fighting for relegation? Do they underestimate a team that were Champions League finalists a few years ago and topped their group? A lot will be going on in their minds and there is also the thing of facing a team that has the complete opposite way of playing to them, which makes for great football.



Dortmund are just a whole confusing pie. They ARE in the relegation zone, but they are still a very talented team. When they get it on and play at their best, they can easily beat ANY team, but when they run out of ideas and Mkhitaryan is given open goals to aim at...they lose. But going against Juventus, I can't just say the Italians will win....ANYTHING can happen in the Champions League. Chelsea and Liverpool both won the Champions League during years that they struggled in the league...but not to the stage where they almost got relegated.

I just want to see how the match unfolds. It could be cagey, or it could be a rather exciting match. When Juventus were forced to come out and ATTACK Olympiacos, they showed that they have an attacking side to their game, so it could be a pretty cool cowboy match.


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