Champions League set for blast-off

The draw is about to me made, we present the play-offs in the knock-out stages of this year's Champions League, 2012-2013 and have a look at the four pots from which the teams will be drawn. Zenit and Spartak Moskva are the Russian teams present. Today also reveals Europe's best football player.

Glasgow Celtic eliminated Helsingborg by 4 goals to nil over two legs, the first being 2-0 away and the second, 2-0 at home. Fenerbahçe 2 Spartak Moskva 3 (1-1; 1-2); Lille 2 Kobenhavn 1 (2-0; 0-1); Dinamo Kiev 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 (1-2; 3-1); Cluj 3 Basel 1 (1-0; 2-1); Udinese 2 Sp. Braga 2 ( 5-4 pen) (1-1; 1-1 Braga wins on penalties); Kiryat Shmona 1 BATE Borisov 3 (1-1; 0-2); Anderlecht 3 AEL Limassol 2 (2-0; 1-2); Maribor 1 Dinamo Zagreb 3 (0-1; 1-2); Panathinaikos 0 Malaga 2 (0-0; 0-2).

Pot 1

Chelsea (England); Barcelona (Spain), Manchester United (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Real Madrid (Spain), Arsenal (England), FC Porto (Portugal),  AC Milan (Italy

Pot 2

Valencia (Spain), Benfica (Portugal), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia), Schalke 04 (Germany), Manchester City (England), Sporting de Braga (Portugal), Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine)

Pot 3

Olympiacos (Greece), Ajax (Netherlands), Anderlecht (Belgium), Juventus (Italy), Spartak Moskva (Russia), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Lille (France), Grasshopper (Switzerland)

Pot 4

Celtic (Scotland), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), BATE Borisov (Belarus), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Cluj (Romania), Málaga (Spain), Montpellier (France), Nordsjaelland (Denmark).

Representatives

Belarus 1

Belgium 1

Croatia 1

Denmark 1

England 4

France 3

Germany 3

Greece 1

Italy 2

Netherlands 1

Portugal 3

Romania 1

Russia 2

Scotland 1

Spain 4

Switzerland 1

Ukraine 2

Aleksei Federov

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