UEFA Champions League 2012 - 2013 Thread

I'm praying that Arsenal and Celtic (if they qualify) don't meet in the next round. Literally no clue who I'd be rooting for.

Who did you support when they played each other in a qualifier a few years back?

Celtic, I think. I was a relatively new Arsenal fan back then and Celtic were big underdogs. If I remember correctly Eduardo took an awful dive in that game and I found myself shouting at the television. It's tough. Realistically, Arsenal have some chance of going far in the competition so losing in the round of sixteen to Celtic would be a bit of a disaster, whereas a win for Celtic would be historic.

I'll cross that bridge if I come to it.

WTF you've been an Arsenal fan for 3 years?!

I have to say, that ref last night was a disgrace Minimal (if any) contact for the peno and Ronaldo was blocked off about 1 million times, Zaba's was the best though in all fairness \o/

Unbeaten at home in the CL this season, WORLD BEATERS!

Couldn't believe when Joe Hart tried blaming the ref, he was crap but I'd say Real had more reason to feel aggrieved.

Based on my prediction, my favourite draw would be:
PSG v Bayern
Galatasaray v Barcelona
Celtic v Malaga
Milan v Schalke
Arsenal v Dortmund
Juventus v Manchester United
Valencia v Porto

If/ when (but more likely when) Arsenal go out, I'm going to be rooting for Dortmund. They deserve so much credit for how they've performed this season. Improved so much in comparison to last year's campaign.

If/ when (but more likely when) Arsenal go out, I'm going to be rooting for Dortmund. They deserve so much credit for how they've performed this season. Improved so much in comparison to last year's campaign.

If we get through, I'd love to see us play them. Good team to watch and their fans are second to none.

UEFA is considering expanding the Champions League to 64 teams and scrapping the Europa League, president Michel Platini has confirmed.

The changes would allow seven English club teams and five Scottish sides to enter at a preliminary qualifying stage and could come into effect in time for the 2015 competition.

"There is a debate to determine what form the European competitions will have between 2015 and 2018," Platini told French newspaper Ouest France.

"We are discussing it, we will make a decision in 2014. There is nothing decided yet."

The possibility of a breakaway European league, as mooted by Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, was dismissed by Platini who questioned the viability of such a competition.

"It's a question that is regularly brought up," he said. "I can't see how it could work outside the Uefa framework. Who will referee them? In what stadiums will they play?"

Rosell, who is chairman of European Club Association had previously said: "If UEFA and the ECA reach an agreement, we would like to increase the Champions League under the umbrella of UEFA. If not, the ECA is entitled to organise their own champions competition."

Platini also hinted at the introduction of video technology to aid officials' decisions, but underlined that it is by no means a foregone conclusion as of yet.

He added: "There is a complicated thing for which we might, and I say might, need video, it's offside. Because it is very difficult for the referees to rule on that."