My people, e don happen again o! The Champions League don enter play-off stage, and na wetin we dey follow now! This season e don carry plenty drama, and as dem draw wey happen this morning, 16 teams dey prepare for knockout phase.
Imagine, wey all of dem clubs wey finish 9th to 24th for league phase now dey find who dem go face next month. E mean say if dem fit win this play-off, dem go join the top eight wey don dey ready for round of 16.
Newcastle don already sabi say dem go play minimum 55 games this season, but dem wan make am 57 by pushing past Qarabag. But abeg, who go like lose to dem after 2 legs? Dem feel say Monaco go do, but e clear say dem for fit better sha!
Qarabag no be small team, but based on how Liverpool give dem 6-0 for midweek, person fit talk say Newcastle get am easy. True true, Qarabag don dey struggle for away games; dem don chop 3-1 from Athletic Club for earlier this season wey Newcastle take manage dem 2-0 for dem ground. Now, distance no be friend, as dem dey ground between Aston Villa and Man City!
Na wah! E still concern me when I hear say Benfica go meet Real Madrid again after dem knock Madrid down this week. Dem don turn am to high drama movie! Pesin fit ask how this kind formats dey organize like this, but wahala dey inside football.
Robert Pires come draw the teams, and e show say Inter go jam Bodo/Glimt wey dey freeze for Arctic circle. How dem go survive that cold? As na so UEFA dey scatter format, make we see how all dis play-out go be.
As dem dey line-up, Juventus dey prepare for Galatasaray – abeg o, make we no talk wetin fit happen for that game! E fit be plenty excitement. Bayer Leverkusen dey ready for some Greek vibes as dem go face Olympiacos. And Atalanta go meet Borussia Dortmund – e go jom together!
For the draw wey happen this time, each unseeded team go vibe first before seeded teams go follow. This one go make sure say seeded teams dey play dem second leg for home. E go make sense if dem fit hold dem ground!
We don see plenty hype for the draw, and if you no follow, e go dey pain you! This one dey sweet my belle, and I dey look forward to how dem go perform come February. Na true football lovers we be, and this Champions League dey bring out all the fire!
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