The draw for the next round of Champions league is out now. The top two English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea will play against the two Italian Clubs, AC Milan and Inter Milan. Arsenal will play against FC Porto.

Manchester United was thrashed out from Champions League in the 2006-07 season by AC Milan. It was the last time when Man United did not qualified for the final game. After that United have played the final in both seasons 2007-08 and 2008-09. This season’s performance of Manchester United is not very eye catching like in the last few seasons. They are still struggling to fill in the place of Ronaldo. In January transfer window Sir Alex Ferguson will have to bring some good players to improve his side.

Chelsea will play against Inter Milan, which is currently coached by José Mourinho. Mourinho is the man who coached Chelsea to win two consecutive EPL trophies in seasons 2004-05 and 2005-06. Mourinho unexpectedly left Chelsea in 2007-08 season just before the game against Manchester United which Chelsea lost 2-0. So clearly he left Chelsea with some real bad memories although he became one of the greatest mangers for Chelsea football club. Now he is all set to take on Chelsea with his Inter Milan side. So it is better to say it will be Mourinho vs Chelsea.

Arsenal will be playing against FC Porto. FC Porto has won the Champions League Trophy in 2003-04 with José Mourinho coaching the Portuguese club.

Fixtures are following:

– Olympique Lyonnais vs Real Madrid CF 16/02/10 and 10/03/10

– AC Milan vs Manchester United FC 16/02 and 10/03

– FC Porto vs Arsenal FC 17/02/10 and 09/03/10

– FC Bayern München vs ACF Fiorentina 17/02/10 and 09/03/10

– VfB Stuttgart vs FC Barcelona 23/02/10 and 17/03/10

– Olympiacos FC vs FC Girondins de Bordeaux 23/02/10 and 17/03/10

– FC Internazionale Milano vs Chelsea FC 24/02/10 and 16/03/10

– PFC CSKA Moskva vs Sevilla FC 24/02/10 and 16/03/10