Champions League: Barça goes down... and out?

AC Milan heated up the Champions League last sixteen tonight in Italy with a 2-0 win over Barcelona while in Turkey, Galatasaray was held at home one apiece by Schalke 04. Will the last eight have three German teams, two Italian, one Spanish, one French and one Portuguese? Which ones?

Schalke, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, AC Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Porto. That is the probable answer to the question Who will make the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2012-2013, after tonight's games, the last of the first leg.

AC Milan beat Barcelona FC with goals from Boateng (57) and Muntari (81). In Turkey, Burak Yilmaz scored for Galatasaray on 12' and Jermaine Jones answered for Schalke 04 before half-time on 45'.

Round of 16, first leg

Wednesday 20 February

AC Milan (Italy) 2 Barcelona (Spain) 0

Boateng (57) and Muntari (81)

Galatasaray (Turkey) 1 Schalke 04 (Germany) 1

Burak Yilmaz, 12           Jermaine Jones, 45

Tuesday 19 February

FC Porto (Portugal) 1 Málaga (Spain) 0

João Moutinho, 56

Arsenal (England) 1 Bayern Munich (Germany) 3

Lukas Podolski, 55       Toni Kroos 7, Thomas Muller 21, Mario Mandzukic 77

Tuesday 12 February

Celtic (Scotland) 0 Juventus (Italy) 3

Matri, 3; Marchisio, 77; Vucinic, 83

Valencia 1 Paris Saint-Germain 2

Rami, 90                Lavezzi, 10; Pastore, 43

Wednesday 13 February

Real Madrid (Spain) 1 Manchester United (England) 1

Ronaldo 30                     Welbeck 20

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2 Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2

Srna, 31                                        Lewandowski, 41; Hummels, 87

D. Costa 68

The return legs will be played between March 5 - 13

March 5: Manchester United v. Real Madrid; Dortmund v. Shakhtar Donetsk

March 6: PSG v. Valencia; Juventus v. Celtic

March 12: Schalke v. Galatasaray; Barcelona v. AC Milan

March 13: Malaga v. FC Porto; Bayern Munich v. Arsenal FC

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

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