It’s down to the last 16 in the Champions League. The only real surprises are Olympiacos and Fenerbahce. The draw for the match-ups will take place on Friday, December 21 {for more information, click here}. The final will take place in May, next year, at Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow. Thankfully, they will be replacing the plastic pitch there with real grass.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the small list of qualifiers (with national flags), on the map, and for the chart of the top scorers.
December 18, 2007
UEFA Champions League Map, 2007-08 Knockout Round.
September 20, 2007
UEFA Champions League Map, 2007-08.
This map is an attendance map, using gate figures from each club’s domestic league. Most of the clubs from the old Iron Curtain have paltry attendances, compared to the western European clubs. Shakhtar Donetsk is drawing well, though. It may be surprising to some that the two Turkish clubs draw so well: Fenerbahce drawing almost 40,000 per game, and Besiktas at 26,000. Finally, it’s amazing to consider that a club drawing less than 5,000 could make this level of competition, but that’s what Slavia Prague did. I don’t think this is what new UEFA chief Michel Platini had in mind, though, when he said he wants to see more clubs from the lower rated leagues qualify. I hope not.