With the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw looming, UEFA.com considers some potentially mouth-watering ties and asks what your dream outcome would be.
Two of the four Premier League teams involved bowed out at the end of the group stage, and Simon Hart reckons their aggregate goals-against tally may be the key to England's malaise.
Two coaches, ten points and a host of records were not enough for CFR 1907 Cluj in Group H, but Paul-Daniel Zaharia argues the Romanian champions deserve huge credit.
Coaches may set out to get their teams to be more than the sum of their parts but, as Paul Simpson argues, the role of the striker remains a largely selfish pursuit.
Their huge desire to win may have got FC Shakhtar Donetsk into trouble on matchday five, but UEFA.com's Igor Linnyk believes the Pitmen's ambition can drive them to greater things.
Following a recent spate of spectacular efforts, Paolo Menicucci, no expert executioner himself, pays homage to the overhead kick by choosing his five favourites of all time.
When Javier Pastore and Salvatore Sirigu joined Paris Saint-Germain FC from US Città di Palermo last summer, few expected the latter would be the more important buy.
Not content with a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds, FC Porto captain Lucho González is targeting the ultimate prize next May at Wembley, writes Andy Brassell.
FC Zenit St Petersburg had high hopes heading into their Group C campaign but, out of contention with a game to spare, Luciano Spalletti must now go back to the drawing board.
Matchday five produced an abundance of great goals – Philippe Mexès take a bow – interesting results and superb individual performances, but what stood out for you?