The eyes of football will be focused on the bolilleros of the knockout stages of the Champions League. The event will take place in the Swiss city of Lyon, from 8 o’clock in Argentina. There are two drums, 16 teams and a lot of nerves.
One of the main questions is to know which will be Messi’s PSG rival. The answer seems complicated. There are a couple of cuckoos ahead. It is that the group led by Pochettino – second in his group – can collide with Liverpool, Ajax, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United y Juventus. The only seeds that PSG will not face are Manchester City, since they shared a zone, and Lille because they are from the same federation.
In an edition in which the Barcelona said goodbye early, These eighths also have the particularity of having very brave teams in pot 2. It is that in addition to PSG, in this ball game they entered the last champion Chelsea Y Simeone’s Atlético Madrid.
The drums for the eighth of the Champions League.
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DRUM 1: Manchester City, Liverpool, Ajax, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Juventus y Lille.
DRUM 2: PSG, Atlético de Madrid, Sporting de Lisboa, Inter, Chelsea, Benfica, Salzburg and Villarreal.
How will the draw be done?
A ball will be drawn from Pot 1 and another from Pot 2 to determine the first match, and so on until all eight pairings are known.
When will the round of 16 be played?
The first leg matches will be played from February 15 and the return from March 8. The teams in Pot 1 will define the venue.
Can the teams in the first pot play against everyone in the second?
No. No team can play against another club from the same national federation. They also cannot face teams that have been in the same zone in the group stage.
The changes that are beginning to be applied
From this round trip, the extra value of the goal as a visitor will no longer be taken into account. If there is a tie in both games, there will be a 30-minute extension. If parity persists, penalties.
THIS IS HOW THE GROUPS FINISHED
GROUP A
Leo scored a double against Brujas and shared these images on Instagram.
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POSITIONS: Manchester City (12), PSG (11), Leipzig (7) and Bruges (4).
B GROUP
POSITIONS: Liverpool (18), Atlético Madrid (7), Porto (5) and Milan (4).
Rodrigo De Paul and an infinite hug with Angel Correa, (AFP)
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GROUP C
POSITIONS: Ajax (18), Sporting Lisbon (9), Dortmund (9) y Besiktas (0).
GROUP D
POSITIONS: Real Madrid (15), Inter (10), Sheriff (7) y Shakhtar (2).
Lautaro’s Inter qualified second in their group. (AFP)
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GROUP E
POSITIONS: Bayern (18), Benfica (8), Barcelona (7) Dinamo (1).
GRUPO F
RESULTS: Manchester 1 – Young Boys 1 and Atalanta 1- Villarreal 3.
GRUPO G
POSITIONS: Lille 11, Salzburg 10, Seville 6, Wolfsburg 5.
GROUP H
POSITIONS: Juventus (15), Chelsea (13), Zenit (5) y Malmö (1).
What are they looking at in paris
PSG will define the round of 16 key as a visitor and cannot be played by City or a team from France. Among the other leaders stands out Manchester United, classified with an early date. If the bolillero decides, there may be a Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo in the next round of the Orejona. The good thing for Leo and company is that the Red Devils are not in a great moment despite their classification.
Another heavyweight that PSG could have in front of is Real Madrid, which this Tuesday beat Inter 2-0 (goals from Toni Kroos and Marco Asencio) and won their zone.
Among the most “accessible” for PSG is Ajax of the Netherlands, the great surprise of this edition of the most important club tournament in the world. The team in which Lisandro Martínez and Nicolás Tagliafico play secured first place with a phenomenal campaign: they swept their group with six victories. Although there is a big difference in budget, the Dutch are at a great level.
The two group leaders who will not touch PSG are Manchester City, because they competed in the same group, and Lille, who won their zone but are from the same federation.
Pochettino on PSG rivals
When asked if they were afraid of any of the teams, he replied: “Fear of an opponent? Honestly not. There are only very good teams. They have all their virtues. But we are PSG, we have to beat them all.”
