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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Looking Ahead to the First Knockout Round

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2010 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
GROUP
 WINNERS RUNNERS UP
A
 Tottenham Inter Milan
B
 Schalke 04 Lyon
C
 Manchester United Valencia
D
 Barcelona Copenhagen
E
 Bayern Munich AS Roma
F
 Chelsea Marseille
G
 Real Madrid AC Milan
H
 Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal

Following the matches tonight, we can put a list together of the possible opponents for the next round of the Champions League.

Since you can't play the runner up in your own group, nor teams from the same FA, that leaves the 6 possible opponents for Manchester United: Inter Milan, Lyon, Copenhagen, AS Roma, Marseille and AC Milan.

After the jump is a table showing United's record versus each of the six possibilities.

INTER MILAN
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
2
2
0
0
4
0
AWAY
2
0
2
0
1
1
RESULTS
DATE ROUND/LEG RESULT
3 March 1999 QF, 1st leg Manchester United 2, Inter Milan 0
17 March 1999 QF, 2nd leg Inter Milan 1, Manchester United 1
24 February 2009 2nd Round, 1st leg Inter Milan 0, Manchester United 0
11 March 2009 2nd Round, 2nd leg Manchester United 2, Inter Milan 0
LYON
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
NEVER PLAYED
AWAY
COPENHAGEN
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
1
1
0
0
3
0
AWAY
1
0
0
1
0
1
RESULTS
DATE ROUND/LEG RESULT
17 October 2006 Phase 1, Match 3 Manchester United 3, Copenhagen 0
1 November 2006 Phase 1, Match 4 Copenhagen 1, Manchester United 0
AS ROMA
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
3
3
0
0
9
1
AWAY
3
1
1
1
4
3
RESULTS:
DATE ROUND/LEG RESULT
4 April 2007 QF, 1st leg Roma 2, Manchester United 1
10 April 2007 QF, 2nd leg Manchester United 7, Roma 1
2 October 2007 Phase 1, Match 2 Manchester United 1, Roma 0
12 December 2007 Phase 1, Match 6 Roma 1, Manchester United 1
1 April 2008 QF, 1st leg Roma 0, Manchester United 2
9 April 2008 QF, 2nd leg Manchester United 1, Roma 0
MARSEILLE
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
NEVER PLAYED
AWAY
AC MILAN
P
W
D
L
F
A
HOME
5
4
0
1
10
4
AWAY
5
1
0
4
3
12
RESULTS
DATE ROUND/LEG RESULT
8 May 1958 Semis, 1st leg Manchester United 2, AC Milan 1
14 May 1958 Semis, 2nd leg AC Milan 4, Manchester United 0
23 April 1969 Semis, 1st leg AC Milan 2, Manchester United 0
15 May 1969 Semis, 2nd leg Manchester United 1, AC Milan 0
23 February 2005 2nd Round, 1st leg Manchester United 0, AC Milan 1
8 March 2005 2nd Round, 2nd leg AC Milan 1, Manchester United 0
24 April 2007 Semis, 1st leg Manchester United 3, AC Milan 2
2 May 2007 Semis, 2nd leg AC Milan 3, Manchester United 0
16 February 2010 2nd Round, 1st leg AC Milan 2, Manchester United 3
10 March 2010 2nd Round, 2nd leg Manchester United 4, AC Milan 0

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