PARIS:
Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis will face off in a Champions League knockout tie for the fifth season operating after being drawn Friday to play one another within the final 16, whereas reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain will tackle Chelsea.
The Spanish giants, document 15-time European champions, will host Metropolis within the first leg on the Santiago Bernabeu subsequent month earlier than travelling to England for the return the next week.
The golf equipment have already performed one another this season, with Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis successful 2-1 in Madrid in December throughout the league section, during which the Premier League membership completed eighth and Actual ninth.
That allowed Metropolis, Champions League winners in 2023, to advance straight to the final 16 whereas Madrid needed to come by means of the knockout section play-offs, during which they beat Benfica 3-1 on combination.
That is the eighth season during which the groups have performed one another since 2012. Actual beat Metropolis within the knockout section play-offs final season, and within the quarter-finals on the way in which to successful the trophy in 2024. In addition they emerged victorious within the semi-finals in 2022 with Metropolis successful on the similar stage the next 12 months.
PSG can be at residence to Chelsea within the first leg after qualifying for this stage with a 5-4 combination win over Ligue 1 rivals Monaco within the play-offs. Chelsea progressed straight to the final 16 after ending sixth within the league section.
The edges performed one another within the knockout levels in three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016, with Chelsea successful the primary of these confrontations within the quarter-finals and PSG triumphing within the final 16 within the following two.
Their final encounter got here in July’s Membership World Cup closing in the US, when Chelsea received 3-0 in opposition to final season’s European champions.
Chelsea have been coached since January by Liam Rosenior, who had beforehand come up in opposition to PSG in Ligue 1 as coach of Strasbourg.
In the meantime, Newcastle United will tackle Barcelona with the primary leg at St James’ Park — the Spanish facet received 2-1 there throughout the league section in September.
There’s a document whole of six English golf equipment within the final 16. Liverpool may have a rematch in opposition to Galatasaray, the Turkish giants having defeated the Anfield membership 1-0 in September within the league section.
Arsenal will come up in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn to play Atletico Madrid.
German champions Bayern Munich will play Atalanta, the only Italian membership left within the competitors, whereas Norwegian upstarts Bodo/Glimt’s reward for knocking out Inter Milan is a last-16 tie in opposition to Sporting of Portugal.
The primary legs will happen on March 10 and 11, with the second legs per week later. The groups who certified straight for this stage after ending within the high eight within the league section will all be at residence within the return matches.
This season’s Champions League closing will happen on the Puskas Enviornment in Budapest on Could 30.
