[오피셜] Paris-Monaco, ‘big match’ of the Champions League round of 16 … Tottenham-Milan, Naples-Frankfurt

[골닷컴] Reporter Dong-Hoon Kang = The fateful UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw, called the ‘stage of the stars’, has been confirmed. Also in this season, an interesting meeting has been realized with a lot of anticipation from the fans.

UEFA has organized the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw for the 2022-2023 season at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland at 20:00 (Korean time) on the 7th. While the final is taking place in Istanbul, Hamit Altintop (39), known as a football hero of Turkiye, participated and helped.

In the round of 16 draw, according to the regulations, the 8 teams that finished first in the group stage will be seeded and will face the runners-up of the group, and will have the advantage of playing the second leg at their home stadium. Matches are not formed between teams that have already met in the group stage or between teams belonging to the same league. The away goals rule was abolished last season.

Napoli (Italy), Real Madrid (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur (above England), Porto and Benfica (above Portugal) were allotted as seeded. Liverpool (England), Leipzig, Dortmund, Frankfurt (Germany), AC Milan, Inter (Italy), Club Brugge (Belgium) and Paris Saint-Germain (France) received offers.

First of all, the match considered the most important match is Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that it was a final match between teams with the best players in the world. It is also the revenge match of the 2019-2020 season finale. Paris Saint-Germain have a slight lead with 6 wins and 5 losses in their all-time record.

The match between Liverpool and Real Madrid is also highly anticipated. The two teams met in the final last season, but this season they are in the round of 16. For Liverpool, this is a golden opportunity to insult, as Real Madrid are ahead of their opponents in the previous record (W5, D1, L3), so you can expect enough to move on to the quarter-finals.

Son Heung-min’s Tottenham Hotspur faced AC Milan and Kim Min-jae’s Napoli battled Frankfurt for a ticket to the quarter-finals. Tottenham Hotspur have 2 wins and 2 draws against Milan and Napoli have never faced Frankfurt.

In the meantime, the first leg of the round of 16 will be held on 14-15 and 21-22 February 2023. The second leg will be played on 7-8 and 14-15 March. All are at 9:00 PM Central European Time and start at 5:00 AM the next day Korea Time.

Results of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw for the 2022-2023 season

Leipzig (Germany) v Manchester City (England)

Club Brugge (Belgium) v Benfica (Portugal)

Liverpool (England) v Real Madrid (Spain)

AC Milan (Italy) v Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Einracht Frankfurt (Germany) v Napoli (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – Chelsea (England)

Inter (Italy) v Porto (Portugal)

Paris Saint-Germain (France) v Bayern Munich (Germany)