The glory of the Champion's League!

Thinking about what to look forward to? Well, for football fans worth their salt, the upcoming Round of 16 matches certainly top the lists as the reasons to be excited include Galatasaray v.s. Schalke on the 20th of February 2013. On the same day, Italian giants AC Milan see Barcelona which is probably one of the fixtures of the round! Luckily for us, that is the longest we'll have to wait as the preceding day will provide us with the feast of Portuguese side Porto and Spanish giant-slayers Malaga facing-off at the same time as Arsenal welcome German team Bayern Munich in another clash of titans. Of course, the true soccer fan will realize that there are matches coming before even the 19th as Celtic and Juventus duke it out on the 12th at the same time as Valencia and French side PSG go at it. It's really up to you which of these matches you catch as the former will hold the promise of Scottish underdogs punching above their weight while the latter will showcase the firepower of a promising French team going against a Spanish side scoring the 5th most thus far. Finally, on the 13th, Shakhtar Donetsk greet Dortmund in what might be the most unpredictable fixtures of the round though it may be overshadowed by the giant bout between Real Madrid and Manchester United. The only thing that I can promise you is that these games will be well worth the wait! Happy January!