IGN Sims the UEFA Champions League with FIFA 11

The UEFA Champions League starts the first game of the semi-finals tomorrow. To celebrate this battle of top teams, we've simmed the week's games in FIFA 11 to see how high-level A.I. footballers decide the outcome of these clashes on the road to next month's final.

Only four teams remain in the competition. From the German Bundesliga we have Schalke 04 set to rumble on Tuesday with Manchester United from Barclays Premier League. On Tuesday, two Spanish rivals take to the pitch as Barcelona and Real Madrid set their sights on taking this year's honors as well.

We'll start with a look at Tuesday's match-up! Here's how FIFA 11 says the game will pan out:

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For a little more insight into how the game was set up, here's how things were organized. Since Schalke 04's Arena AufSchalke isn't available in FIFA 11, we moved the match to neutral German ground by taking it to Berlin and the Olympiastadion. This way Schalke at least has the home-country advantage rather than playing two virtual matches at Old Trafford.

Live season is on and I pulled recently injured players from the lineup. Lastly, the game was played with Legendary-level A.I. and set to five minute halves.

Sim-games aside, who do you think is going to win Tuesday's match?



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