Real football begins! Today AC Milan - Tottenham in the Champions League 8th rounds!

First leg of the Champions League begins today at 21:45, with the first two games, Milan - Tottenham and Valencia - Schalke. The headline is kept by Arsenal - Barcelona is playing also tomorrow and the other games will take place next week.

For Milan, the best news is the absence of Bale, Inter nightmare rival in the "double" of the groups. The Gaelic has back problems and has missed Tottenham' s last four matches. Londoners have other problems, Modric and Van der Vaart being also uncertain because of their injury. Allegri has his troubles, Pirlo and Ambrosini were injured, while Cassano, Van Bommel and Emanuelson are not entitled to play. In the other match of today, all eyes will be on Raul. The all-time top scorer of the Champions League,the  former Real Madrid striker is back in Spain, for the first leg against Valencia.