{"id":132511,"date":"2023-12-18T17:51:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/x-reacts-to-champions-league-round-of-16-draw\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:51:32","slug":"x-reacts-to-champions-league-round-of-16-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/x-reacts-to-champions-league-round-of-16-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"X reacts to Champions League round of 16 draw \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the last time ever in this current format, a Champions League round of 16 draw took place on Monday 18 December, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we certainly won\u2019t miss the unnecessary pre-amble, the ex-pros struggling to say team names, or the ex-pros struggling to open the little star-covered balls to reveal the drawn team (we perhaps will miss that actually), what we will miss is the excitement of seeing two top sides being drawn against one another \u2013 knowing that we\u2019re going to witness two legs of majestic football at the start of new year.<\/p>\n

This year, as it always has, the round of 16 draw has thrown up some cracking ties.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how fans reacted to the draw on X:<\/p>\n

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Arsenal<\/h2>\n

Having waltzed through their group relatively unscathed,\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0were rewarded with a last 16 tie against Portuguese outfit Porto.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s fair to say that Gunners fans were pretty pleased with the draw\u2026<\/p>\n

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That should be easy for Arsenal\u2014 ManLikeArs\u00e9ne (@KiddyYusuf)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That was a sweet draw\u2026 Porto vs Arsenal\u2014 B\u00f6D\u00a3 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@buddie_LXG)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Barcelona<\/h2>\n

While Arsenal fans were thrilled with their draw, Barca fans were less so with theirs.<\/p>\n

La Blaugrana, struggling to find any sort of form in recent weeks, have been drawn against one of the better teams in the runners-up pot, Napoli.<\/p>\n

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Jesus Christ of Nazareth, damnnnit<\/p>\n

No club world cup for Barcelona.\u2014 Deji (@youfoundbepo)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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With the way you are playing now just save us the embarrassment and get out at this stage\u2014 \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffe\u200d\ud83d\ude80 (@ItzEliInit)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Barca are enduring a woeful run of form, some fans were quite optimistic of making light work of the Serie A title-holders\u2026<\/p>\n

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Barcelona draw Napoli, I\u2019ll actually take that.<\/p>\n

Thoughts?\u2014 Neal \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa (@NealGardner_)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some fans were also just pleased to be in the draw at all, having not seen Barcelona at this stage in the Champions League in quite a while.<\/p>\n

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First KO stages draw with a Fubo Club Barcelona ball in the pot in 3 years\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/Nqcu62LFGz<\/a>\u2014 p (@cIayboiprati)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Manchester City<\/h2>\n

Man City being drawn against the \u2018easiest\u2019 teams in the\u00a0Champions League\u00a0is well known meme on social media at this stage, and this season\u2019s draw did little to prove it wrong.<\/p>\n

As predicted by many, the treble winners are set to meet a team who will be playing in the Champions League knockout rounds for the first time in their history in the last 16 \u2013 Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

X\u2019s response? \u2018Go figure\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Man City vs Copenhagen is the worst yet most predictable draw of all time\u2014 Alex (@EuroExpert_)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Man City get Copenhagen\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/b4GxbW3888<\/a>\u2014 Debaroop \ud83d\udd34\u26aa (@debaroop_AFC2)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Paris Saint-Germain<\/h2>\n

Along with Manchester City, PSG were perhaps the happiest of the the last 16 sides with their draw.<\/p>\n

Despite only finishing as their group\u2019s runners-up, the Ligue 1 champions managed to avoid all of the big hitters left in the competition; instead being drawn against Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n

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Copenhagen vs City and PSG get the one easy team they can get. These draws\u2026\u2014 Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While some X users felt that it was an easy tie, others (more informed ones) made the point that Sociedad\u2019s tactical set-up has the capacity to hurt PSG\u2026<\/p>\n

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I really don\u2019t consider la Real Sociedad as a good draw for PSG! The way they press, the way they play, their intensity\u2026\u2014 Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Real Madrid<\/h2>\n

John Terry\u2019s pick to win the Champions League<\/a>\u00a0this season, Real Madrid are set to meet Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig in the round of 16.<\/p>\n

Madrid fans are, expectedly, very confident of a win over Leipzig, with roughly 100,000,000 X users all having the same reaction to the draw.<\/p>\n

\u2018Easy\u2019:<\/p>\n

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Easy \ud83e\udd0d\u2014 YM BURNER \ud83d\udca1 (@ym_burner1)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Easy win \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\u2014 Saeed\ud83c\udf41 (@iamsid_b)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Easy\u2014 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0a (@Maleekback)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Will be an easy win for Real Madrid\u2014 D\u00e9 Milimo (@dmilimoh)\u00a0December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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