12:02 The tone gets more serious now, as Olsson implores the clubs not to force any more top referees into retirement. The Chelsea representative averts his eyes.
12:01 Now he's boasting about going to the matches. Yes, stadiums 90% full, blah blah. Presumably all of those absentees were in Bremen?
12:00 The familiar face of UEFA Chief Exec. Lars-Christer Olsson welcomes us. Cue the usual blathering - apprently there were some decent matches in the last round.
12:00 That music can only mean one thing! IT'S DRAW TIME!!
11:59 The tension, as always, palpable here in Nyon. This room has seen more middle-aged men fondling plastic globes than the playboy mansion.