Round of 16 Week 2 Leg 1

Arsenal vs FC Barcelona ended in a 2-0 win for the catalan side thanks to Leo Messi scoring two goals at the Emirates Stadium. Surely FC Barcelona look to win again at home in the Camp Nou. FC Bayern and Juventus ended in a 2-2 draw. The next leg will be interesting. Anything can happen in the Atletico Madrid and PSV second leg since they tied as well at 0-0. Manchester City has secured a spot in the next round after crushing Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 in Russia. This upcoming week will not haven any games and the second leg for all 16 teams begins next Tuesday, March 8th.

Round of 16 Week 1 Leg 1

This past week we saw the first leg for eight of the final 16 teams in the champions league. PSG and Chelsea faced each other in Paris where Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani scored a goal each for PSG. Chelsea's goal was scored by John Obi Mikel, the final score was 2-1 to Paris Saint Germain. The Paris Giants will face The Blues at Stamford Bridge in London where Chelsea have been dominant having won their last two home games 5-1; Chelsea have a crucial away goal that could be a heavy factor in this second leg. Benfica had a late winner against Zenit in their first leg, and a much deserved late winner since according to the UEFA Champions League website Benfica 61% possesion of the ball for the match. Their second leg will be a close one. Gent and Wolfsburg had an exiting match ending 3-2 in Wolfsburg favor. This away win is a very big step towards advancing to the quarterfinals for Wolfsburg. Real Madrid crushed Roma 2-0 leaving the Italian side in a tough situation. Cristiano Ronaldo led Los Blancos to victory scoring a goal and making sure his team make it to the next round. This week will feature the first leg for the other eight teams of the final 16. Arsenal will face defending champions Barcelona. FC Bayern will play against runner-ups Juventus. Athletico Madrid faces PSV of Holland. Manchester City will play Russian side Dynamo Kyiv.

Transfer News

A few teams boosted their squads and are going to expect to see a few players back from injury for their Champions League match. Chelsea has seen the loss of defender Kurt Zouma, but the return of Gary Cahill in the defense will surely give the blues reassurance that their defense is still okay. Eden Hazard will look to make his first start since returning from injury, the top man for the Blues has been coming off of the bench for their last few matches and a start against the Paris giants would help Chelsea towards victory. Although Diego Costa has been scoring goals in 2016, Chelsea decided to add another striker to their squad during the January transfer window with the purchase of the Brazilian, Alexandre Pato. Pato had a good European run early in his career with AC Milan in Italy, but injury caused him to move back to Brazil and he remained at a local club for a few years. Pato is a striker who is ready to prove that he deserves to compete at the top level of the footballing world. 2016 has allowed for FC Barcelona's 2015 purchases to see game time. Arda Turan and Alex Vidal are slowly adjusting to the style of FC Barcelona, but with these two very talented players the defending UEFA Champions League winners will look to hold on to the trophy with the big ears for a second year. That has never been done by any club. Arsenal are hoping three key players, Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, and Danny Welbeck, can recover 100% to make it in time for their round of 16 draw against the defending champions. Atletico Madrid icon, Fernando Torres, saw himself scoring his 100th goal for the club and they hope he can carry this confidence into their match against PSV. Antione Griezman will look to continue his run of good form for Atletico. Real Madrid, always a contender, haven't added any new players but do seek a victory against AS Roma of Italy. Cristiano Ronaldo and Los Blancos are ready to for their match against am Italian side who has signed Stephan El Shaarawy for a boost in their attacking play. All 16 clubs remaining are hoping that they will be lifting the trophy with the big ears in Milan on May 28th.

Intro to Round of 16

The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 is right around the corner with the first games being played on Tuesday February 16 and Wednesday February 17. All of UEFA's games are played on Tuesday and Wednesday in order to compensate for the teams' other games they play on the weekend in their respective countries for their domestic league. On Tuesday we have two big European Clubs facing each other for the third time in a row in the round of 16 in the Champions League. The defending English Premier League champions Chelsea will face French Giants and champions Paris Saint-Germain. Chelsea, who have had a bad start to their domestic title race, will be looking for win seeing that they are not contenders for the english title this season. PSG, who have been fantastic this season, look to continue their good form and get a win against Chelsea in the first leg. The other game on Tuesday features Benfica of Portugal and Zenit of Russia. On Wednesday we have Spanish giants Real Madrid, who have won the most titles in the champions league, facing the Italian Club Roma. Wolfsburg of Germany will play Gent of Belgium. All teams are looking to win the first leg in order to gain an upper hand on their opponent before the second leg.