A blockbuster draw on Monday set the stage for some thrilling matchups within the final 16 of the Champions League.
The Champions League Spherical of 16 draw briefly:
- Actual Madrid v Liverpool
- Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern Munich
- Benfica v Membership Brugge
- AC Milan v Tottenham Hotspur
- Manchester Metropolis v Leipzig
- Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund
- Napoli v Eintracht Frankfurt
- Inter Milan v Porto
Actual Madrid are to host Liverpool within the spherical of 16 of the Champions League in a rematch of final season’s closing.
Madrid beat Liverpool in each the 2018 and 2022 finals and the 2 giants will meet once more in February after being paired up in Monday’s draw – which additionally pitted Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) towards Bayern Munich. That’s a rematch of the 2020 closing, which the Germans gained.
PSG acquired a blockbuster draw at this stage for the second straight season. The French champions’ quest for a primary European title was led to March by Karim Benzema’s gorgeous late hat-trick for eventual champions Madrid.
PSG was unseeded on this draw, and left uncovered to dealing with Bayern resulting from a stoppage-time purpose for Benfica in a 6-1 win final week at Maccabi Haifa – that means the Portuguese membership topped their group.
Benfica was rewarded on Monday with a tie towards Membership Brugge, the Fifteenth-ranked group within the 16-team draw.
The bottom-ranked facet, AC Milan, might be at dwelling towards Tottenham Hotspur within the first leg in its return to the Champions League knockout rounds after a nine-year hole.
Manchester Metropolis was paired with Leipzig, and Chelsea was drawn to face Borussia Dortmund in Premier League vs Bundesliga clashes.
Napoli, the top-scoring group within the group stage, will play Eintracht Frankfurt, and Inter Milan is at dwelling first towards Porto.
Groups from the identical nation or who performed one another within the group stage couldn't be paired collectively within the spherical of 16.
First-leg video games might be performed between February 14 and 22. Return video games might be between March 7 and 15.
It’s a protracted wait earlier than the following spherical, as a result of World Cup in Qatar being performed in November and December and different leagues being suspended because of this.
The congested season meant the six-round group stage began sooner than common in September and was accomplished in simply 9 weeks.
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