<div style="float: right;margin-left: 5px"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/news/arsenal-partizan-belgrade/image/10350164?term=champions+league" target="_blank"><div><figure class="external-image"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright" style="border: 0px initial initial" src="http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/10350164/arsenal-partizan-belgrade/arsenal-partizan-belgrade.jpg?size=500&amp;imageId=10350164" border="0" alt="Arsenal v Partizan Belgrade, UEFA Champions League Gp H 8/12/2010 Robin van Persie of Arsenal celebrates scoring the 1st goal 1-0 Photo Marc Atkins Fotosports International 07783 913 777 Photo via Newscom" width="270" height="184"></figure></div></a></div>
The Champions League group stages have finished, and now it’s time to see which teams will face each other in the round of 16 which is coming up next. UEFA will be drawing the&nbsp;match-ups&nbsp;for the Champions League and the Europa League on December 17th, and there’s a set of guidelines which the round of 16 matches will have to comply with.&nbsp;Here’s the guidelines below:
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<li>Winners and runner-ups of the groups will be drawn against each other.</li>
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<li>The runner-up team will play the first leg at home.</li>
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<li>No two teams from the same association can be drawn against each other, ex. Manchester United – Arsenal cannot be drawn because both sides are from the Premier League.</li>
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<li>No two teams from the same group can be drawn against each other, ex. Tottenham – Inter Milan cannot be drawn because they were in the same group.</li>
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With these guidelines, I’ve put together the matches that I want to see in the round of 16. I tried to think about match-ups which will be exciting, even, and hopefully full of goals. Here they are below:
Tottenham Hotspur – Valencia
Schalke 04 – FC Copenhagen
Manchester United – Marseille
Barcelona – Roma
Bayern Munich – Inter Milan
Chelsea – AC Milan
Real Madrid – Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk – Lyon
What do you think about my choices? I decided to put Bayern Munich against Inter Milan, because I think it would be exciting to see Bayern take revenge for last season’s final which they lost. I also decided to put Arsenal against Real Madrid because Arsene Wenger’s side tries to replicate Barcelona’s beautiful passing and attacking style, could they do it against Real Madrid? Tottenham against Valencia seems like an extremely exciting match-up to me, because both sides love to play an attacking and free-flowing style, and I don’t think I can predict a winner between those two. And I put Chelsea against AC Milan because of Carlo Ancelotti facing his former side, along with the possibility of seeing an Ibrahimovic-led AC Milan side try and break down Chelsea.
Make sure to share your thoughts on what match-ups you want to see in the round of 16 by commenting below! What could be the most exciting match in the next round? Comment below!

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Congratulations to FC København for becoming the first Danish club through to the last 16 in the UEFA Champions League era. This goes down as one of their biggest successes in European club competition since they reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup (1991/92) prior to their merger.
Ah yes, the merger. Many don’t realize that FCK has only existed since 1992. FCK was formed when two separate clubs joined forces: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) (which has been playing organized football since 1879 and is thus mainland Europe’s oldest football club) and Boldklubben 1903 founded not surprisingly in the year 1903. It was B 1903 that trounced FC Bayern München 6-3 on aggregate in the second round of the 1991/92 UEFA Cup to reach the quarter finals (the two-legged tie saw B 1903 romp to a 6-2 victory at home).
When the two clubs merged on July 1 1992, the new entity F.C. Copenhagen used B1903’s club license to play in the Danish Superliga championship and Europe, while KB has become the official reserve team.&nbsp;FCK can claim the most supporters in Denmark and has two nicknames with the fans — Byens Hold (The City’s Team) and Løverne (The Lions) with the latter forming a key aspect of the club logo.
I love a good underdog story and FCK are definitely in that category considering some of the giant clubs they could face in the Round of 16. I hope they can keep the core of their squad together through the January transfer window. In particular, three 25-year-olds will be ones to watch. 
Left-back Oscar Wendt has been mentioned as a potential target for Tottenham and Liverpool. Star Senegalese striker (try saying that 3 times quickly!) Dame N’Doye has also been the subject of much speculation with Sampdoria and AZ Alkmaar in the mix. The other player that will be looked at is Danish midfielder&nbsp;Martin Vingaard. He scored a goal and set up another in FCK’s 3-1 win over Panathinaikos that sealed their berth in the Round of 16.
I wish FC Kobenhavn much luck in the next round.

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