UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UPDATE

UEFA Champions League down to 16 teams
Posted by Joshua Mayers
ucl logoThe final group-stage games of the UEFA Champions League were played Wednesday. That means that eight groups have been resolved with winners (in one pot), runners-up (in the other pot), third-place finishers (eliminated, but enter into the UEFA Europa League) and last-place teams (eliminated).
The draw for the start of the knockout rounds is Monday. Games resume Feb. 18-19, 25–26 and March 11-12, 18-19.
Here is how things finished, in order from Group A to H:
Winners: Manchested United, Real Madrid, Paris St.-Germain, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Borussa Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona
Runners-up: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos, Manchester City, Schalke, Arsenal, Zenit St. Petersburg, AC Milan
Europa League: Shaktar Donetsk, Juventus, Benfica, Viktoria Plzen, FC Basel, Napoli, FC Porto, Ajax
Eliminated: Real Sociedad, FC Copenhagen, Anderlecht, CSKA Moscow, Steaua Bucuresti, Marseille, Austria Vienna, Celtic
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Are you following along? Any thoughts?