If the majority of the group stage ground to something of a halt, the
tournament is set to immediately accelerate again. That was confirmed by
the first pairing drawn, which is this year’s equivalent of Real
Madrid-Manchester United: Manchester City vs. Barcelona. Of course, the
2013-14 campaign also has its own Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich. It
emphasises just what a different competition this feels like from the
last-16 on, as it all gets so real. That is not just down to the obvious
fact it is sudden death, but because of the scale of these gigantic
ties. They are becoming a defined trend of the second round, even though
the tournament should not get too intense until the quarterfinals. It
emphasises the fact that the modern Champions League may now be the
highest-quality tournament football has ever seen.
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