As most of you all know, on Friday the draw for the Champions League knockout stages, and since every other website is having their own little pick ‘em (and since we always enjoy trying to predict the future here) we too are having our own little draw. Other sites give out cool prizes and stuff, but we blew our prize budget trying to buy Portsmouth, so the only thing you get here is glory (and maybe a commenter star!!!)
For those who may not know how this works, the teams that finished first in their groups face off against the teams that placed second in their groups, there are two rules though:
1. No teams from the same group may play each other
2. No teams from the same country may play each other
Group A
1. Bordeaux
2. Bayern Munich
Group B
1. Manchester United
2. CSKA Moscow
Group C
1. Real Madrid
2. AC Milan
Group D
1. Chelsea 2. Porto
Group E
1. Fiorentina 2. Lyon
Group F
1. Barcelona 2. Inter Milan
Group G
1. Sevilla 2. Stuttgart
Group F
1. Arsenal 2. Olympiacos
There are actually only a couple of instances that cause matchup problems, Fiorentina can’t play either Milan club, and Bordeaux can’t play Lyon.
You get 1 point for every correct matchup, and -1 for every mistake (putting teams from the same group in a match, putting 2 first place teams in a match, etc), simple enough right?
Now have fun and make your picks in the comments!
I want a Europa League Draw contest, dammit!
FINE! I’ll get one set up tomorrow.
Chelsea/Inter Milan
Real Madrid/Olympiacos
Arsenal/Lyon
Manchester United/AC Milan
Sevilla/Porto
Bordeaux/Stuttgart
Barcelona/Bayern Munich
Fiorentina/CSKA Moscow
Bordeaux v. Inter Milan
Manchester United v. Porto
Real Madrid v. CSKA Moscow
Chelsea v. Lyon
Fiorentina v. Olympiacos
Barcelona v. Bayern Munich
Sevilla v. AC Milan
Arsenal v. Stuttgart
purely random, so why not?
Bordeaux v. AC Milan
Manchester United v. Inter Milan
Real Madrid v. Olympiacos
Chelsea v. Stuttgart
Fiorentina v. Porto
Barcelona v. Lyon
Sevilla v. AC Milan
Arsenal v. Bayern Munich
I’m gonna win my own Contest!
Bordeaux v. Internatzionale
Manchester United v. Porto
Real Madrid v. Bayern Munich
Chelsea v. AC Milan
Fiorentina v. CSKA Moscow
Barcelona v. Lyon
Sevilla v. Olympiacos
Arsenal v. Stuttgart
Why not?
First off, where’s Liverpool? Oh right. And what about the Old Firm? I see…
This contest is too much like a word problem for me and thus I will not be able to participate.
Just in case, though, I think both trains will get to the station at the exact same time.
I think you just won the contest.
I’m not acknowledging Olympiacos until there’s consensus on how to spell “Olympiakos”.
Bordeaux/AC Milan
Chelsea/Inter
Fiorentina/Bayern
Sevilla/CSKA
Man U/Olympiacos
Real Madrid/Lyon
Arsenal/Porto
Barcelona/Stuggart
My head hurts.
Drawn from a pouch with slips of paper, just the real thing! (The balls in fishbowls is a dog-and-pony show for the press.)
Bordeaux v. Inter Milan
Manchester United v. AC Milan
Real Madrid v. Porto
Chelsea v. Bayern Munich
Fiorentina v. Olympiakos
Barcelona v. Lyon
Sevilla v. CSKA Moscow
Arsenal v. Stuttgart
Just like the real thing? How do you heat the slips of paper up?
I light the one I want to pick on fire. No one ever knows the difference.
Bordeaux/Porto
MANU/AC Milan
Real Madrid/Olympiakos
Chelsea/CSKA Moscow
Fiorentina/Bayern Munich
Barcelona/Lyon
Sevilla/Inter Milan
Arsenal/Stuttgart
This really put my cut-and-paste abilities to the test. Also my logic skills, until I realized there are not two group F’s.
1a. Bordeaux v. 2d. Porto
1b. Manchester United v. 2f. Inter Milan
1c. Real Madrid v. 2e. Lyon
1d. Chelsea v. 2h. Olympiacos
1e. Fiorentina v. 2g. Stuttgart
1f. Barcelona v. 2c. AC Milan
1g. Sevilla v. 2a. Bayern Munich
1h. Arsenal v. 2b. CSKA Moscow
Bordeaux – Olympiakos
Manchester United – Internazionale
Real Madrid – Olympique Lyonnais
Chelsea – AC Milan
Fiorentina – Bayern Munich
Barcelona – Stuttgart
Sevilla – CSKA Moscow
Arsenal – FC Porto
NOOOOO The plastic pitch in Russia would surely knock 2-3 players out for the season for Arsenal.
Bordeaux – AC Milan
Manchester United – Bayern Munich
Real Madrid – Porto
Chesea – Inter Milan
Fiorentina – CSKA Moscow
Barcelona – Lyon
Sevilla – Olympiakos
Arsenal – Stuttgart
I hope this is it.
Bordeaux – Porto
Man United – AC Milan
Real Madrid – Inter Milan
Chelsea – Lyon
Fiorentina – Stuttgart
Barcalona – Olympiakos
Sevilla – CSKA Moscow
Arsenal – Bayern Munich
Holy shit I got 6 right ha ha.