The Champions League Draws.

Just last week Friday, the draws of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League was made. These are the fixtures made.

Real Madrid vs. Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea vs. Man U.

Barcelona vs. Shaktar.

Inter vs. Schalke.

Looking at the fixtures, one start from the first one mentioned.

Real Madrid vs. Tottenham Hotspur.

Well this is an interesting but a very tough encounter between the 2 sides. Real Madrid are favourites but Tottenham cannot be under-estimated. Looking at both sides, Tottenham looks more coordinated right from the defence through the midfield to the attack than Real Madrid. But one must not forget that Real Madrid has an intelligent and no nonsense tactician in the person of Jose Muorinho. Therefore the game is really going to be a tough one. One must not fail to mention that also Tottenham Hotspur have Harry Redknaap who is also a good manager and tactician.

Chelsea vs. Man U.

To me, this is the toughest of all the fixtures, the one that fans of both clubs will prefer not to have at this stage of the competition if given the choice. But as it is one of them must lose and the other win. Chelsea will be on a revenge mission while Man U will want to confirm their supremacy over Chelsea at the Champion's League. But either way one of the 2 teams will their opponent easy to win. But one thing is sure, one of them will be eliminated when the other progresses.

Barcelona vs. Shakter.

Well this is another cracker of a match. But to me Barcelona may not have much problems overrunning Shaktar. Why one is saying this is because of the quality of players Barcelona has and their free flowing pattern consisting of very accurate passes that they possess. This is why even other strong teams in the world dread to meet Barcelona. Well one is not under-estimating Shaktar here, but will they be able to overcome the highly technical and skillful Barcelona? The answer will be provided after the legs of the game.

Inter vs. Schalke.

Well on paper, this tie looks too easy for Inter. But to me their qualification to this stage was not that impressive. Again we must not forget that Schalke shocked Valencia to reach this stage. So it may not be an easy game after all. None of them must underrate the other because if they do, they might be sent packing out of the competition.