UEFA Champions League: Twitter reacts to lip-smacking draws for knockout stage
Nyon: The 2017-18 UEFA Champions League draws for the knockout stages threw some exciting surprises on Monday. The luckiest of them were Premier League teams Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool and Serie A outfit AS Roma who topped their respective groups.
Three top sides were pitted against each other with Juventus drawing Tottenham Hotspur, defending Real Madrid drawing PSG and Chelsea squaring off against Barcelona.
The round of 16 #UCLdraw has been made ðŸ˜
— ★ #UCLdraw ★ (@ChampionsLeague) December 11, 2017
Backing your team to progress? pic.twitter.com/v7I6dSq7Tc
Twitterati came up with some amazing reactions to the draw.
Antonio Conte on seeing Chelsea drawn against Barcelona in the Champions League last 16...#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/nNERRopsnp
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 11, 2017
What a match
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) December 11, 2017
what a #UCLDraw @ChelseaFC vs @FCBarcelona
âš½ï¸ðŸ‘Š#CFC #FCB #UCL
Got to feel for Spurs. Top their group with Real Madrid and Dortmund in and they get rewarded with a game vs Juventus! #UCLDraw
— Spencer FC (@SpencerOwen) December 11, 2017
6 - Barcelona have progressed from six of their last seven Champions League knockout ties against English opposition - the exception was against Chelsea in the semi-final in 2011/12. History. #UCLDraw
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 11, 2017
When Real Madrid get PSG instead of Besiktas#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/XP1HXxUAXX
— sj (@sun2jay) December 11, 2017
Just if anyone is wondering... #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/DE0W2HQU2p
— Ken Byrne (@kenb21) December 11, 2017
Real Madrid fans right now😂#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/zQQJPh3WxD
— H E R 🎈 (@Amo_Seetelo) December 11, 2017
Somewhere around the world, some set of people are out there waiting for Europa League Draw #UCLDraw 😂 pic.twitter.com/S1f606WN9h
— 9jaWitches 🧙♀ï¸ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¬ (@badgalmaddie_) December 11, 2017
Time to face the monsters you created @FCBarcelona. #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/kP5AEqn2hD
— Daily Chelsea (@DailyChelsea_) December 11, 2017
#UCLDraw The quarter-finals will turn into English FA cup
— Utd Nana Manchester (@sarpongjnr33) December 11, 2017
😕 Messi vs Chelsea...
— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) December 11, 2017
- Games: 8
- Wins: 1
- Goals: 0#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/lTH3eWxF56
REAL MADRID V PSG ðŸ‘ðŸ½ðŸ‘ðŸ½ðŸ‘🽠Can it be February now please?! #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/sCW37TSUHV
— Jules Breach (@julesbreach) December 11, 2017
Real Madrid Vs PSG.!!! Gonna be an epic clash #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/GC6QLK9Cwr
— Anup (@anup_jeppu) December 11, 2017
Xabi Alonso left Liverpool 8 years ago and still contributed more to Liverpool this season than Jordan Henderson #UCLDraw
— James (@Save_Us_Kloppo) December 11, 2017
PSG v Real Madrid
— Oddschecker (@Oddschecker) December 11, 2017
Barcelona v Chelsea
Juventus v Spurs
Thank you Xabi Alonso... #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/JiiTor2HYA
Imagine spending €500m in one summer, prying away Neymar in the biggest deal of all time, getting the next Ronaldo Nazário in Mbappé, only to get eliminated by Real Madrid in the first knock-out round.
— Xav Salazar (@XavsFutbol) December 11, 2017
Casillas will warn Porto about Anfield #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/zr4wVr2Dir
— issam (@issam_LFC) December 11, 2017
Chelsea v Barcelona
— Hi Moise (@Himoise7) December 11, 2017
Sevilla vs Manchester United
A chelsea fan reaction right now #mufc #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/r80EAR43FI
Basel vs Manchester City
— botox Worcha (@kweku_cyber) December 11, 2017
Man city will be going into the game like...😂#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/Mt7vTNdmM4
Basel vs Manchester City
— botox Worcha (@kweku_cyber) December 11, 2017
Man city will be going into the game like...😂#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/Mt7vTNdmM4
I talk say make you give me Besiktas!😡 Not Psg 😩 #Ucldraw pic.twitter.com/iJEN2NuCSW
— BarcaInPidign (@BarcelonaPidgin) December 11, 2017
PSG: We finished top
— Ewuoso Olubukayo (@Bukayor_BK) December 11, 2017
Bayern: finishes second, wait for it......
PSG gets Madrid
Bayern gets Besiktas #UCLDraw #UCL pic.twitter.com/92Y5M5LatQ
Chelsea looking at the trophies this season ...
— SURE BETS KENYA (@bets_kenya) December 11, 2017
#UCLDraw IEBC WAS pic.twitter.com/aVegSnBqdv
Chelsea fans when they realise it'll be Bakayoko vs Iniesta for Chelsea v Barcelona #UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/ub3Ri7O66c
— Shava (@RonnieSigei) December 11, 2017
All the Spanish teams got a very tough draws. UEFA, i see what you did there. #UCLDraw #FanAntics pic.twitter.com/VKOjRO0NVJ
— Seun Oreks (@SeunOreks) December 11, 2017
Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid will continue their bid for a first European Cup treble in 40 years against Neymar's Paris Saint-Germain after the big-spending duo were on Monday drawn together in a mouth-watering Champions League last 16 clash.
No club has won the European title three years running since Bayern Munich in the mid-1970s, underlining how big an achievement it would be if Madrid -- 12 times winners overall -- won the trophy again in the final in Kiev in May.
They know exactly what it takes to be European champions, and in Ronaldo have the most prolific goal-scorer in the competition's history. Real's La Liga rivals Barcelona were drawn against Chelsea, while English Premier League leaders Manchester City play Basel, who have had some fine results against English sides in recent years.
Five-time winners and current Bundesliga table toppers Bayern Munich drew Turkish giants Besiktas, while last year's beaten finalists Juventus take on Tottenham. With a record five English clubs in the draw, three-time champions Manchester United face Sevilla and Liverpool, five-time winners, will be up against two-time former champions Porto.
Unfancied Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk will play Roma. First legs will be played on February 13/14 and 20/21, with second legs on March 6/7 and 13/14.
