Defending champions Actual Madrid face metropolis rivals Atletico within the Champions League final 16, whereas Liverpool play PSG.
The Champions League has handed extra heavyweight clashes when the draw for the spherical of 16 was made in Nyon, Switzerland.
Defending champion Actual Madrid’s reward for removing 2023 title winner Manchester City on Wednesday is 2 metropolis derbies in opposition to Atletico Madrid – the staff it beat within the finals in 2014 and 2016.
Bayern Munich was paired with Bayer Leverkusen – the Bundesliga chief in opposition to its defending champion, who performed a decent 0-0 draw simply final weekend.
Liverpool had been the top-seeded staff within the draw after ending first within the 36-team standings final month however nonetheless bought a tricky project because the Premier League chief was paired with quantity 15 seed PSG in Friday’s draw.
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Liverpool and PSG have by no means met in knockout video games within the Champions League or the previous European Cup. Their earlier conferences had been within the group stage in 2018-19, buying and selling residence wins in a season that ended with Liverpool successful its sixth European Cup title.
The primary-leg video games shall be performed on March 4-5, with the return video games one week later.
Additionally within the draw, quantity two seed Barcelona had been paired with Benfica – which they beat 5-4 in Lisbon one month in the past – whereas Arsenal will face PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan performs Feyenoord.
Membership Brugge, who bought into the knockout stage within the twenty fourth and last qualification place, will face Aston Villa, who they already beat in November. Borussia Dortmund will play Lille.
The Madrid and German matchups weren’t potential within the previous Champions League format the place groups from the identical nation couldn’t face one another within the spherical of 16. The brand new tennis-style seeded bracket permits for these derbies, and for groups to reunite after already enjoying one another within the league section of the competitors.
The groups additionally realized their destiny for the quarterfinals and semifinals, ought to they progress, with the winner of the Liverpool and PSG tie going through the victors between Villa and Brugge. The winners of the Madrid derby will face both PSV Eindhoven or Arsenal.
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The Champions League final 16 attract full:
- Membership Brugge (Belgium) vs Aston Villa (England)
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany) vs Lille (France)
- Actual Madrid (Spain) vs Atletico Madrid (Spain)
- Bayern Munich (Germany) vs Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
- PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) vs Arsenal (England)
- Feyenoord (Netherlands) vs Inter Milan (Italy)
- Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs Liverpool (England)
- Benfica (Portugal) vs Barcelona (Spain)
