Basel: The draws of the fixture for the round of 16 of UEFA Champions League have been announced on Monday(December 14).UEFA unveiled the fixtures on the social media.
Round of 16 draw ✔️
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Defending champions Bayern Munich will face Lazio as Hansi Flick’s side hope to make it to the last four again. The star stacked Bavarian side topped the group with five wins and a draw while Lazio will look to make a statement as they have some quality in their ranks.
While Last year’s runners up Paris Saint-Germain go head to head with FC Barcelona in a mouthwatering clash. The Catalans club were handed a 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in last year semi-final while Paris lost to them in the grand final. Meanwhile the two teams will meet after the 2016/17 season in which Barcelona went through beating them 6-1 in the second leg despite their lead in the first Leg. This time however things could turn around as Neymar and co. is determined to go for the title while Leonel Messi will look to show what he is capable of.
Chelsea, a former winner of this tournament will face Atletico Madrid. This fixture can been as the free flowing attacking guns of Blues against the rigid defensive wall of Roja Blancos. Diego Simione has ability to challenge any side with his tactics while Frank Lampard will hope to make a statement with a young and energetic side.
RB Leipzig, one of the most exciting teams of Europe face the six times champions Liverpool. Leipzig reached the last four last season only to be beaten by Paris Saint Germain but their talented manager Julian Nagelsmann, they can challenge any side having some of the best young players in their squad. On the other hand, Jurgen Klopp’s men will look to challenge for the title again after a disappointing campaign last season with their high pressing football looking showcase the dominance again.
Cristiano Ronaldo will return to his homeland as three time winner Juventus go head to head with FC Porto. The Portuguese side were crowned champions back in 2004 under Jose Mourinho. Ronaldo is quite desperate to win the biggest crown in European football with Bianconeri while Porto will be looking make an upset.
Manchester City will have their work cut-out against German side Borussia Monchengladbach. Despite spending a lot on their squad, Pep Guardiola’s men had rather disappointing campaigns till now in the Champions League while the Bundesliga side looked good in the group stages.
Last years champions of the UEFA Europa League Sevilla face Borussia Dortmund, a match which can be proved to be a fixture to watch out for the neutral. Sevilla can be tricky side to play in knock-out rounds while a former winner of the Champions League Dortmund have some of the best young prodigies of Europe in their ranks as the likes of Erling Haaland, Jadon Sancho and Thorgan Hazard would like to take their A-game into this fixture.
The most successful team of this tournament Real Madrid will go head to head with an exciting Atalanta. Zinedine Zidane’s men will have to be watchful as the Italian side have been in red hot form for the past couple of season. Last season, Atalanta went to quarter-finals only to be beaten by Paris Saint-Germain while the Los-Blancos had a disappointing campaign last season but this season, they have topped their group with some of their star player being in good form recently while Atlanta have the likes of Alejandro Gomez, Robins Gosens and Duvan Zapata who can be deadly in their day.
