This article is part of our Champions League series.
The Champions League Round of 16 starts Tuesday, so I decided to poll our current soccer contributors to see how they thought it would play out.There were six-of-eight unanimous picks, with only Atletico Madrid vs. AC Milan and Barcelona vs. Manchester City garnering single opposing viewpoints.
Here's how it all broke down, including predictions on the aggregate scores:
MATCHUP | Andrew Laird | Mike Gottlieb | Nick Pitner | Jim Riggio | Rod Richenberg | Chris Mosinski | Garry Irwin | C.J. Radune |
PSG vs. Bayer Leverkusen | PSG 6-1 | PSG 5-1 | PSG 4-1 | PSG 5-3 | PSG 4-3 | PSG 3-1 | PSG 4-2 | PSG 5-1 |
Barcelona vs. Man City | Barca 6-5 | Barca 5-4 | Barca 6-5 | Barca 4-2 | Barca 7-4 | Man City 5-3 | Barca 5-4 | Barca 6-4 |
Atletico Madrid vs. AC Milan | Atletico 4-3 | Atletico 4-2 | Atletico 3-2 | AC Milan 3-3 (away goals) | Atletico 5-3 | Atletico 4-2 | Atletico 4-1 | Atletico 4-2 |
Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal | Bayern 5-4 | Bayern 5-3 | Bayern 5-4 | Bayern 5-3 | Bayern 5-4 | Bayern 2-1 | Bayern 4-2 | Bayern 3-2 |
Borussia Dortmund vs. Zenit St. P'burg | Dortmund 5-2 | Dortmund 3-2 | Dortmund 5-2 | Dortmund 3-2 | Dortmund 6-2 | Dortmund 4-1 | Dortmund 3-1 | Dortmund 2-0 |
Man United vs. Olympiakos | Man Utd 3-2 | Man Utd 2-2 (penalties) | Man Utd 4-3 | Man Utd 6-2 | Man Utd 5-4 | Man Utd 7-1 | Man Utd 4-2 | Man Utd 3-2 |
Chelsea vs. Galatasaray | Chelsea 3-1 | Chelsea 3-1 | Chelsea 4-2 | Chelsea 5-2 | Chelsea 4-2 | Chelsea 3-0 | Chelsea 3-2 | Chelsea 4-1 |
Real Madrid vs. Schalke 04 | Madrid 7-1 | Madrid 6-0 | Madrid 6-4 | Madrid 6-1 | Madrid 6-3 | Madrid 6-1 | Madrid 6-2 | Madrid 4-1 |