Cup draw brimming with mouthwatering ties

El City — No! was the headline in El Mundo Deportivo before the Champions League draw yesterday.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2013 - 00:00

Not the pairing Barcelona were hoping for, nor what Bayern Munich would have chosen after last season’s scare.

This feels rather more like a proper Cup competition than usual, with a couple of genuinely delicious ties to savour, spiced with a little intrigue: Aguero v Messi, Mourinho v Mancini and the return of Didier Drogba.

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