Champions League Round Of 16 Draws: Holders Real Madrid Clash With PSG

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Holders Real Madrid will take on free-scoring Paris Saint-Germain while English champions Chelsea meet Barcelona after the draw was made for the UEFA Champions League round of 16.

 

Juventus (ITA) v Tottenham Hotspur (ENG): 13 February & 7 March

Basel (SUI) v Manchester City (ENG): 13 February & 7 March

Porto (POR) v Liverpool (ENG): 14 February & 6 March

Real Madrid (ESP, holders) v Paris (FRA): 14 February & 6 March

Chelsea (ENG) v Barcelona (ESP): 20 February & 14 March

Bayern München (GER) v Beşiktaş (TUR): 20 February & 14 March*

Sevilla (ESP) v Manchester United (ENG): 21 February & 13 March

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) v Roma (ITA): 21 February & 13 March

 

All kick-offs 20:45CET except Beşiktaş v Bayern at 18:00CET on 14 March

 

Draw facts

 

1) Lionel Messi has never registered against Chelsea in eight previous matches, the most he has faced any club without scoring.

2) Chelsea have had the better of 12 previous meetings with Barcelona, with four wins to the Liga side’s three. The Blues prevailed in the most recent clash, edging a 3-2 aggregate victory in the 2011/12 semi-finals (when Messi missed a second-leg penalty).

3) Paris’s tie with Real Madrid has special meaning for Ángel Di María, who spent four seasons in the Spanish capital and was man of the match in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, his penultimate outing for the Merengues.

4) Group winners (the teams playing home second legs) have progressed in 72.3% of round of 16 ties since the current competition format was introduced.

How the draw worked

 

Two seeding pots were formed: one consisting of group winners and the other of runners-up. No team could play a club from their group or any side from their own association.

The road to Kyiv

 

13/14 & 20/21 February: Round of 16, first leg

6/7 & 13/14 March: Round of 16, second leg

16 March: Quarter-final draw

3/4 April: Quarter-finals, first leg

10/11 April: Quarter-finals, second leg

13 April: Semi-final and final draw

24/25 April: Semi-finals, first leg

1/2 May: Semi-finals, second leg

26 May: Final (NSK Olimpiyski, Kyiv)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: UEFA.com