The Red Devils have been pitted against the La Liga giants, with Cristiano http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 set to face his former employers for the first time.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson will not have been looking forward to playing against Real Madrid so early in the competition, but the tactician will surely need his team firing on all cylinders especially give the task they now face.
Madrid have been struggling for form in the Spanish League, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 currently leading the pack and set for another title conquest after establishing a health lead at the top.
Manchester United have done the same in the Premier League and are currently six points clear of arch-rivals City. Ferguson and his troops have displayed some incredible form this season, staying clear of draws in the Premiership and managing to secure their
progression to the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League with two games to spare.
Real on the other hand were not so lucky and struggled to get past Borussia Dortmund, who eventually ended up topping the group in the end.
Mourinho’s men have already travelled to Manchester and enjoyed a favourable result at the Etihad Stadium, meaning that they might have some extra pressure to deliver against the Red Devils.
However, all the lights will be on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, the Portuguese captain who chose to depart the Theatre of Dreams for the Bernabeu and is currently living it up in the Spanish capital.
United supporters will be willing to welcome their former hero back with open arms, but the pressure will be on Ronaldo to ensure qualification for his side.
In other results, AC Milan have gotten themselves a date with Barcelona, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 already face a stiff challenge against Bayern Munich.
English teams have struggled to perform in Europe’s biggest competition this season and out of the four that were contesting in the start, only two managed to progress into the knock-out round.
With both of them now pitted against some of the best clubs in the game, there could some real crackers on the card, especially the one game between Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Round of 16 draw complete draw:
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) v http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Schalke-04-c39204 (GER)
Celtic FC (SCO) v Juventus (ITA)
Arsenal FC (ENG) v FC Bayern München (GER)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Shakhtar-Donetsk-c39207 (UKR) v Borussia Dortmund (GER)
AC Milan (ITA) v http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 (ESP)
Real Madrid CF (ESP) v Manchester United FC (ENG)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paris-Saint-Germain-FC-c40181 (FRA)
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Málaga-CF-c39845 (ESP)
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