UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Predictions: Part 1

Part one of four for the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League kicks off Tuesday night and what a month it has been for soccer. So many surprising results and who knows what the Champions League can bring for us this upcoming week as teams meet up for the second leg to see who advances to the Quarterfinals. Predictions for Tuesday’s matchups are next brought to you by The AOSN:

First Leg Results: Real Madrid 2-0 Schalke 04

FC Porto 1-1 FC Basel

Real Madrid vs. Schalke 04

7:45 PM CET (12:45 PM PST) @ Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain

Real Madrid has not been the team we have seen in the past couple months. From dropping a couple matches in La Liga, who knows what can happen on Tuesday when they meet up with Schalke. Schalke has the potential to beat a team like Real Madrid with players like Klaas Jan Huntelaar or Chris Kramer, but they will need Real to make some mistakes to be able to come back and win this game. Though being the Champions League, this is one tournament that fans of Real Madrid can have faith in their team to win. I see Real Madrid winning the second leg as well.

Final Score: Real Madrid 2-1 Schalke 04 (agg. 4-1)

FC Porto vs. FC Basel

7:45 PM CET (12:45 PM PST) @ Estadio do Dragāo, Porto, Portugal

FC Porto was very impressive during the group stage in the Champions League. Destroying BATE in the first match and finishing at top of the table with 14 points says enough about this team. Facing a strong opponent from Switzerland, Basel did not show a lot of strength during the group stage finishing with only seven points, eleven behind group leaders Real Madrid. Porto will easily take the second leg at home as Basel will not be able to hand the strong Portugal team.

Final Score: FC Porto 2-0 FC Basel (agg. 3-1)

Photo by: UEFA.com