The last sixteen of the Champions League is when things start getting serious for the participants as they are only three ties and six matches away from reaching the Champions League Final in Madrid on the 22nd May. The current format of the competition was introduced int he season on 2003/04. The Champions League draw will be a straightforward affair, however teams from the same country cannot be drawn together at this stage, neither can two teams who have come from the same qualifying group stage. The nature of the Champions League betting changes at this point as the tournament becomes a straight knockout competition.
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Teams qualified are:
AC MilanAll eyes will be on Jose Mourinho as he takes his Italian champions Inter to Stamford Bridge in the Championbs League first knockout stages. There's also a possibility that David Beckham will be lining up against Manchester United if he indeed joins AC Milan on loan as the Italians were drawn against Manchester United. Elsewhere, Arsenal will face Porto and Barcelona play Stuttgart for a place in the quarter-finals.
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Manchester United qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League from Group B with two matches to spare. This is Man Utd's thirteenth time in the knockout stages, having only missed out once in twelve years, failing to qualify in the 2005/06 season.
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Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League knockout stages seven times since the 1999/2000 season and made the knockout stages this year courtesy of qualifying from Group D with two matches left to play.
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Like Chelsea, Arsenal have made the knockout stages of the Champions League on seven occasisons since the first time in the 2000/2001 season. Arsenal qualified this season's last sixteen draw courtesy of winning Group H wit a game in hand.
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Porto qualified from Group D with Chelsea and this will be their fourth appearance in the last sixteen since they won the Champions League in 2004.
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Lyon qualify for the last sixteen having qualified from Group E at the expense of Liverpool and with a game to spare. The French club have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League on six occassions since 2004 but never gone past the quarter-finals.
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Fiorentina qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time after making it through Group E unscathed. The Italian Club will now be in un-chartered waters as far as the Champions League goes and could be a dark horse in the betting.
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Bordeaux also make it out of the Group stages of the Champions League having upset the odds and qualified from a tough looking Group A in the competiton.
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Sevilla have only qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League and that was two years ago where they were knocked out by Fenerbahce on penalties. The Spaniards will be hoping for better luck this season having qualifed from Group H at the expense of Rangers.
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Bayern Munich had to rely on an away win in Turin versus Juventus to secure their path into the knockout stages. It's been a tricky start to the season and their Champions League campaign however on their day they have the players to make a game for anyone.
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CSKA qualified as runners up behid Manchester United in Group B but there is some debate as to whether they will be allowed to progress, as two of their first team squad have been caught with ban substances in their urine. If the Russians weren't to progress then it is likely that German champions Wolfsburg would take their place.
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Real Madrid needed to wait until the final day of the group stages before securing their progress from Group C, although they did in the end with ease by four points. There are still major concerns as to the strenght of the Madrid defense but offensively they have what it takes to trouble the world's best defenders.
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AC Milan scraped through Group C of qualification unconvincingly and it's a wonder if the team with such a great Champions League history can make it much further in the competition.
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The Champions League holders had to wait until Matchday 6 to secure their place in the last sixteen but did so as Group F winners after a final match win away against Dynamo Kiev. Barcelona will be many peoples team to beat in the Champions League again this season.
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Inter progressed from a very tight Group F as runners up on the final day thanks to a 2-0 home win against Rubin Kazan. Jose Mourinho's Italian champions will be looking for some better luck in the competition having not progressed past the last sixteen for the last three years.
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Stuttgart had to rely on a 3-1 home win against Unirea Urziceni on the final matchday to progress as runners up from Group G by just a single point. The Germans have never made it past the last sixteen and newly installed manager Christian Gross will be looking to break their duck this year.
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The Greeks progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the third time courtesy of beating Group H winners Arsenal 1-0 on the final matchday. The Greeks, managed by Brazilian Zico will be looking to progress to the quarter-finals for the first time since 1999.
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