The information, courtesy of Twitter account Sportingintelligence, shows the 2014 income of each of the 32 teams that made the Champions League group stage in 2015/16, with the teams divided into those that qualified for the knockout round and those that failed to make the grade.
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The first legs will take place on February 16, 17, 23 and 24.
As fate would have it, United could face Neville in his first managerial job, but he’s not concerned about that just yet, having tasted defeat in his first game as boss. Let’s take a look at who’s who, and how they got there.
Group winners will play group runners up.
Unted is a point behind Wolfsburg and needs a win to guarantee progression to the round of 16, or a favor from CSKA Moscow at PSV Eindhoven in the other group game.
The Bundesliga also has a duo of teams remaining, as Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg battled their way through the group stages. Chelsea have a home match against Portuguese side FC Porto on Wednesday at 2:45 ET and will progress with a win or a draw.
Had Juventus won the group, their task in the next round would have been immeasurably easier.
Laurent Blanc (Paris Saint-Germain coach): “We played two very different halves; sometimes you can’t explain everything in football”. Always for the player it effects them.
Roma’s hard-core fans have boycotted several matches at the Stadio Olimpico, including the derby against Lazio, in protest at new security measures which have split the “curve” – the ends of the stadium where the ultras sit. An unlikely victory by two goals provided the most memorable match in this club’s history back in ’89, after all.
And then there is Bayern.
“We have a lot of injuries”, the 28-year-old said. But even in a transition year for the squad, there is plenty of quality there to give Massimiliano Allegri sleepless nights ahead of the fixtures in February and March.
“It is hard to find the solution”, Pochettino said. Expect Allegri to outwit the “special one” in a similar manner should Chelsea be Juve’s opponents.
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Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez equalised for Bayer, but the home side couldn’t get the second goal they needed to win.
