Source: Telegraph
Aston Villa spurred on after drawing CSKA Moscow
Villa, who finished third in their group after the 3-1 midweek defeat to Hamburg, will face CSKA Moscow, the 2005 champions and the only team to have emerged from the group stages unbeaten, in the last 32. [LNB]"I think it will be exceptionally difficult," O'Neill said after learning of his opposition, drawn on Friday at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. "They are flying. But we are in the hat. This is a chance to go out and perform."[LNB]However, the Villa manager, who also learnt that a meeting with Tottenham in the last 16 is a possibility if the Londoners defeat Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, explained that he had more pressing concerns, such as the players' "irritating" baby celebrations. [LNB]"If there is any one of our boys – I don't care if they have just had twins, quadruplets, 19 children at the one time – if they go up and do that when they score a goal, I will go ballistic," he joked ahead of Saturday's Premier League fixture against West Ham. [LNB]As well as expounding on his thoughts of goal celebrations, O'Neill sought to avoid discussing the undesirable European draw by embarking on a brief discussion of his own mortality, as both a manager and a man. [LNB]"It is not nagging me," he said of the perilous position under which most Premier League managers currently operate. [LNB]"I don't get up in the morning and think that if I don't complete the day I'm in trouble but, well, actually, if I don't complete the day, I will be in trouble."[LNB]Manchester City, meanwhile, play FC Copenhagen, who are second in the Danish League. [LNB]City chief executive Paul Aldridge said: "I don't know too much about them but they are going to be strong opposition, as all teams are at this stage."[LNB]Mark Hughes' side finished top of their group, despite Thursday's 3-1 loss in Spain to Racing Santander, so they will be confident of progressing. [LNB]Should they be successful, City will face either Deportivo La Coruna or Aalborg in the last 16. [LNB]Tottenham will travel to Ukraine for their first leg against Shakhtar, who come into the competition after finishing third in their Champions League group. [LNB]Last-32 ties will be played on Feb 18 and 19 and Feb 26, with the last-16 matches on March 12 and March 18 and 19.[LNB]Last 32 draw:[LNB]First section: Paris St Germain v Wolfsburg FC Copenhagen v Manchester City NEC Nijmegen v Hamburg Sampdoria v Metalist Kharkiv Braga v Standard LiegeAston Villa v CSKA Moscow Lech Poznan v Udinese Olympiakos v St Etienne [LNB]Second section: Fiorentina v Ajax Aalborg v Deportivo La Coruna Werder Bremen v AC Milan Bordeaux v FC Galatasaray Dynamo Kiev v Valencia Zenit St Petersburg v VfB Stuttgart Marseille v FC Twente Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham Hotspur[LNB]The last 32 ties will be played on Feb 18 and 19 with the return legs on Feb 26. [LNB]Last 16 draw:[LNB]Werder Bremen or AC Milan v Olympiakos or St EtienneAston Villa or CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk or Tottenham Lech Poznan or Udinese v Zenit St Petersburg or VfB Stuttgart Paris St Germain or Wolfsburg v Braga or Standard Liege Dynamo Kiev or Valencia v Sampdoria or Metalist Kharkiv FC Copenhagen or Manchester City v Aalborg or Deportivo La Coruna Marseille or FC Twente v Fiorentina or Ajax NEC Nijmegen or Hamburg v Bordeaux or FC Galatasaray [LNB]
