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The online betting averages site Oddschecker has FC Barcelona<\/strong> as favourites, followed by their great rivals Real Madrid<\/strong>. Next up are the German pair of Bayern Munich<\/strong> and Borussia Dortmund<\/strong> with the last of the surviving Italian giants Juventus<\/strong> in fifth. Manchester United<\/strong> are only sixth favourites in Oddschecker\u2019s averaged list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many bookmakers have Barca priced as short as 2\/1, which in a 16 horse race shows how highly the Catalan side are rated despite the departure of inspirational coach Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mastermind of Barca\u2019s incredible recent run of trophies, including two Champions League wins, was on a year out this season, but will take over the reins at Bayern, last season\u2019s defeated finalists, next season. The announcement of Guardiola\u2019s long-awaited decision has put Bayern\u2019s current boss Jupp Heynckes\u2019 nose out of joint. He\u2019s concerned that news of the arrival of the most sought after coach in world football will distract his team who are currently flying high at the top of a Bundesliga that looks there\u2019s to throw away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the pre-Champions League European Cup is disregarded, among the final 16 are three time winners Real Madrid and Barcelona; Manchester United, AC Milan<\/strong> and Barcelona with two Champions League trophies each and four clubs \u2013 FC Porto<\/strong>, Bayern, Juventus and Dortmund – who have each won the tournament once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And of those who haven\u2019t yet achieved the ultimate goal, two have come agonisingly close. Arsenal FC lost out to Barca in 2005 and Valencia CF<\/strong> have twice held the runners up spot losing out to Bayern in 2000 and Real in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s a guide to these eight wonderful matches :<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celtic Glasgow vs Juventus<\/a> The draw for the last 16 phase of the world\u2019s biggest club football tournament was made in December and football fans across Europe have some mouth-watering ties to look forward to when the ties kick off in the second week of February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barca","category-champions-league"],"yoast_head":"
Galatasaray<\/strong> and Celtic<\/strong>, making their first appearance at this stage of the tournament for five years after a famous victory against Barca at Celtic Park, are the outsiders, although no team can take a victory at either of these two famously-hostile grounds for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valencia CF vs Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>
FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund<\/a>
Real Madrid CF v Manchester United FC<\/a>
Arsenal FC – FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen<\/a>
FC Porto v M\u00e1laga CF<\/a>
Galatasaray A.S. v FC Schalke 04<\/a>
AC Milan v FC Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"