champions league 2012-13
The defending European Champions head into their match against Juventus playing their worst soccer of the year.
Manchester United has not only booked a spot in the next round, but has already booked first place in the group after winning its first four matches.
Benfica's mission at home on Tuesday is simple: Win or potentially lose any hope of the next round.
While Manchester United has guaranteed passage to the round of 16 with group leader status, the remaining three squads are all locked in a tight battle for the second spot.
Shakhtar Donetsk is lucky heading into Tuesday's match against Nordsjaelland.
Valencia and Bayern Munich will face-off in the most crucial match of Group F for any team.
BATE Borisov holds their own destiny in their hands.
Barcelona's last match against Celtic exposed their weakness on the road in the UCL this season and with one more road match, they will need to be wary.
At age 34, Didier Drogba is the oldest player on the ballot to win the Ballon d'Or. He was nominated back in 2010 and finished in 9th place in the voting, but missed out on the top 23 list last season.
Only one goalkeeper has ever won the Ballon d'Or in the award's history. Lev Yashin, perhaps the greatest keeper in the history of the sport won the award in 1963.
However, if there is ever going to be a keeper to match this feat it will be Spain's Iker Casillas who had a monumental 2012.
Gianluigi Buffon has earned his first Ballon D'Or nomination from FIFA after what has been one of the best years of his career.
With this year's nomination for the 2012 Ballon D'Or, Frenchman Karim Benzema has now been nominated for the prestigious award two years in a row.
Manchester has an straight forward mission on Wednesday: earn at least one point.
Bayern Munich finally showed some vulnerability in the last two weeks since the UCL win over Lille.
Spain's best team has had a mediocre UCL thus far after barely squeaking past Celtic at home two weeks ago.
