Rock'em Sock'em Knockouts are Set

Champions League Update:
The last round of the 32-team group stage play was completed today. 16 teams advanced to the Knockout round.
There are 8 groups (A-H) and the winner and runner-up from each advanced to the next round.
Knockout round opponents are determined by a draw (to be held on Dec. 18th).  A few rules apply to the draw:
1.  No teams from the same association (EPL, La Liga, etc.) can meet each other in the first round.  For the Premier League teams who advanced (United, Chelsea, Arsenal) and the La Liga teams who advanced (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla) this rule does not affect because all six won their respective groups.  This rule does not affect the Bundesliga representatives (Bayern Munich, Stuttgart) because both were runners-up in the groups.  It also does not affect the Portuguese, Greek, or Russian representatives because only one member advanced to the next round.
This rule will affect the draw where Ligue 1 representatives (Bordeaux, Lyon) and Serie A representatives (Fiorentina, Inter, AC Milan) are concerned because Bordeaux won its group (A) and Fiorentina won its group (E), while the others were runners-up.

2.  No group winner will meet the runner-up from the same group.

3.  Group winners will play a runner-up (unless the draw is affected by Rules 1 or 2).

4.  Each group winner will have the advantage of playing the away game first.  The team with the higher aggregate of the home and away ties will advance to the next round.  If the teams are tied, away goals count as a tie-breaker.  If that does not break the tie (e.g. the aggregate score is 2-2 and each team scored 2 away goals) then UEFA rules for extra time and penalties is utilized.  There must be a winner.

POSSIBLE DRAWS FOR GROUP WINNERS A-H

BORDEAUX (won their group with 16 points...the most of group winners; runner-up Bayern had 10 pts.):
         CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, FC Porto, Internazionale, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

MANCHESTER UNITED (won their group with 13 points...runner-up Moscow had 10):
         Bayern Munich, AC Milan, FC Porto, Lyon, Internazionale, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

REAL MADRID (won their group with 13 points...runner-up AC Milan had 9):
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, FC Porto, Lyon, Internazionale, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

CHELSEA (won their group with 14 points...runner-up FC Porto had 12):
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, Lyon, Internazionale, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

FIORENTINA (won their group with 15 points...runner-up Lyon had 13):
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, FC Porto, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

BARCELONA (won their group with 11 points...runner-up Internazionale had 9)
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, FC Porto, Lyon, Stuttgart, Olympiakos

SEVILLA (won their group with 13 points...runner-up Stuttgart had 9):
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, FC Porto, Lyon, Internazionale, Olympiakos

ARSENAL (won their group with 13 points...runner-up Olympiakos had 10):
         Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, FC Porto, Lyon, Internazionale, Stuttgart

The first matches will be played in February, with the second match being played in March.  This is different from past years when the ties were played just two weeks apart.

A few surprises from the group stage:
Liverpool (a semi-finalist last year) failed to advance and will instead play in the knockout round of the Europa League.
Group F provided plenty of drama.  Barcelona (last years' winner) was not secured a place in the next round until the last match today. 

Anything is possible in the Knockouts...