It’s big boys time now, here we go. With yesterday matches the situation is clear, we have the 16 best European football teams competing to win the 55th edition of UEFA Champions League, the most important - or better - the most glorious European football tournament.
The draw for the First knockout round will take place in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 December 2009, one week after the final round of UEFA Champions League group stage matches, and will feature the top two teams from each group in the group stage. The 16 qualified teams are:

• Group winners:

FC Bordeaux, FRA (group A)
Manchester United FC, ENG (group B)
Real Madrid CF, SPA (group C)
Chelsea FC, ENG (group D)
ACF Fiorentina, ITA (group E)
FC Barcelona, SPA (group F)
Sevilla FC, SPA (group G)
Arsenal FC, ING (group H)

• Group runners-up:

FC Bayern Munich, GER (group A)
PFC CSKA Moskow, RUS (group B)
AC Milan, ITA (group C)
FC Porto, POR (group D)
Olympique Lyon, FRA (group E)
FC Inter, ITA (group F)
VfB Stuttgart, GER (group G)
Olympiacos FC, GRE (group H)

That’s it for now; during the next week I’ll try to write down a little description of each team, stressing strengths and weaknesses out; I’ll talk about interesting matchups and players to keep an eye on. Check it out!