Champions League draw – the new disaster for the Italians

If anyone wanted to, they couldn’t have picked the worst rivals for the Italian clubs. The way things are now, Serie A teams, like last season, probably won’t last long in the Champions League in spring.

Inter are in the worst situation. Mourinho will be back to Stamford Bridge, but the performance of his team against the strongest teams tells us that the spring will be only a formality.

Last year Inter were humiliated by Manchester United, this season by Barcelona. According to all criteria, Chelsea are among top three European teams and Inter are far away from the top, so the outcome of this match is more or less already seen.

Fiorentina made a real feat by making it to the knockout stage, but they got the most difficult rivals there is, Bayern.

Last year, Bavarians easily handled Viola and the way they ran over Juventus gives them the reason for optimism before this duel. However, Fiorentina are better and more experienced than last year, but still they will have trouble handling Bayern.

And finally, Milan. Perhaps it sounds strange, but Milan stand most chance of all the Italian clubs. They have the play for Europe and regardless of the fact that United are favourites they will be anything but an easy prey for Ferguson’s team.

Of course, such Manchester United would definitely struggle to resist Italians without defenders, but even a complete squad won’t be absolute favourites. They are definitely the favoured side but Milan are unpredictable and they will have Beckham,a lot of experience and the fact that they are experts on knockout stage on their side.

Anyway, this will be a great match and without a doubt the derby of Champions League knockout stage.

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