The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium could prove to overwhelming for a Liverpool side minus Steven Gerrard. Fernando Torres will be given a torrid time in his Madrid return (sort of) and the capacity stadium could roar their side on to a comfortable victory.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Juventus
Juventus, with genius' of the caliber of Alessandro Del Piero, know every trick in the Champions League book. The greatest trick : score an away goal. Guus Hiddink will be desperate to avoid defeat in what could be Chelsea's last shot at silverware this season.
Sporting Lisbon 2 - 3 Bayern Munich
There's always one game that produces goals aplenty - and this is it for me. Bayern may be short of form in Germany but in the Champions League they are a much more formidable, free-playing side. Ribery, Klose and Toni all have the ability to put a lackluster Sporting defence to the sword. The home side will rely heavily on talismanic Moutinho and top dog Liedson. Derlei has also shown good form this campaign.
Villareal 1 - 0 Panathanaikos
These two sides have already exceeded the expectations of many a football pundit and now square off against each other to fill the underdog seat in the final 8. Good recent Panathanaikos form combined with Villareal injury worries all but cancels out the home advantage. This being said, I still think Villareal have the upper hand in terms of experience at this stage. Narrow home win.
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