Real Madrid will play Liverpool within the Champions League spherical of 16 in a rematch of final 12 months’s ultimate.
The two giants will meet once more in February after Madrid beat Liverpool in each the 2018 and 2022 finals and added in Monday’s draw, which additionally beat Paris Saint-Germain in opposition to Bayern Munich. This is a rematch of the 2020 ultimate, which was gained by Germany.
PSG acquired a blockbuster draw for the second consecutive season at this stage. The French champions’ quest for the primary European title was resulted in March by a shocking late hat-trick from Karim Benzema for eventual champions Madrid.
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PSG have been unseeded on this draw and have been left open to face Bayern as a stoppage-time purpose for Benfica of their 6–1 win at Maccabi Haifa final week meant the Portuguese membership topped their group. But it was.
Benfica have been rewarded by pairing in opposition to Fifteenth-ranked aspect Club Brugge in a draw on Monday.
The lowest-ranked aspect, AC Milan, will return to the Champions League knockout rounds after a nine-year hiatus at dwelling in opposition to Tottenham within the first leg.
Manchester City have been linked with Leipzig, and Chelsea have been set to face Borussia Dortmund within the Premier League vs Bundesliga conflict.
Napoli, the highest scoring group within the group stage, will play Eintracht Frankfurt, and Inter Milan are at dwelling in opposition to Porto first.
Teams from the identical nation or who play one another within the group stage can’t be clubbed collectively within the Round of 16.
The first leg video games are performed from 14–22 February. The return video games are from March 7-15.
The unusually lengthy wait of greater than three months between the group and knockout phases was because of the World Cup being performed in Qatar in November and December.
The congested season meant that the six-round group stage started sooner than ordinary in September and was accomplished in simply 9 weeks.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
