Blockbuster Champions League ties confirmed

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Real Madrid volition play Liverpool successful the circular of 16 of the UEFA Champions League successful a rematch of past season's final.

Madrid bushed Liverpool successful some the 2018 and 2022 finals and the 2 giants volition conscionable again successful February aft being paired up successful Monday's draw, which besides pitted Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich. That's a rematch of the 2020 final, which the Germans won.

PSG got a blockbuster gully astatine this signifier for the 2nd consecutive season. The French champion's quest for a archetypal European rubric was ended successful March by Karim Benzema’s stunning precocious chapeau instrumentality for eventual champion Madrid.

PSG was unseeded successful this gully and near exposed to facing Bayern due to the fact that a stoppage-time extremity for Benfica successful a 6-1 triumph past week astatine Maccabi Haifa meant the Portuguese nine topped their group.

Benfica was rewarded Monday with a pairing against Club Brugge, the 15th-ranked squad successful the draw.

The lowest-ranked team, AC Milan, volition beryllium astatine location against Tottenham successful the archetypal limb successful its instrumentality to the Champions League knockout rounds aft a nine-year gap.

Manchester City was paired with Leipzig, and Chelsea was drawn to look Borussia Dortmund successful Premier League vs. Bundesliga clashes.

Napoli, the apical scoring squad successful the radical stage, volition play Eintracht Frankfurt, and Inter Milan is astatine location archetypal against Porto.

Champions League highlights: Liverpool vs Napoli

Teams from the aforesaid state oregon who played each different successful the radical signifier could not beryllium paired unneurotic successful the circular of 16.

First-leg games are played from February 14-22. Return games are from March 7-15.

The unusually agelong hold of much than 3 months betwixt the radical and knockout stages was caused by the World Cup successful Qatar being played successful November and December.

The congested play meant the six-round radical signifier started earlier than accustomed successful September and was completed successful conscionable 9 weeks.

FULL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 DRAW

RB Leipzig vs Manchester City

Club Brugge vs SL Benfica

Liverpool vs Real Madrid

AC Milan vs Tottenham

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli

Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea

Inter Milan vs FC Porto

Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich

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