Liverpool have been drawn towards Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League spherical of 16, whereas holders Actual Madrid face native rivals Atlético Madrid.
Elsewhere in Friday’s draw, there will likely be an all-German tie as Bayern Munich meet Bayer Leverkusen. Arsenal will tackle PSV Eindhoven, and Barcelona will play Benfica.
Aston Villa drew Membership Brugge, Borussia Dortmund will play Lille, and Feyenoord will go up towards Inter Milan.
The ties will likely be performed over two legs. The primary-leg matches are scheduled for March 4-5, with the return legs happening on March 11-12.
Liverpool might depart the draw feeling onerous carried out by: Arne Slot’s aspect gained seven out of eight video games to progress to this stage because the No.1 seed, bypassing the playoff spherical together with the opposite prime eight groups, however nonetheless drew an in-form PSG aspect.
PSG completed fifteenth within the league section of the competitors, reaching the spherical of 16 with a convincing 10-0 mixture win over fellow French aspect Brest within the playoff spherical.
The tie pits the league leaders in England and France towards one another, whereas each groups possess two of the continent’s simplest forwards this season in Mohamed Salah and Ousmane Dembélé.
The winners are resulting from face both Villa or Brugge within the quarterfinal.
In the meantime, Madrid and Atlético will meet in a mouthwatering derby, with the primary leg to be performed on the Bernabéu and the return recreation on the Metropolitano.
Madrid, who’re 15-time champions, reached this stage by knocking out Manchester Metropolis 6-3 on mixture this week, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a hat trick within the second leg.
It units up a vastly troublesome month for Atlético, which additionally face Barcelona thrice within the coming weeks: twice within the a two-legged Copa del Rey semifinal and once more in LaLiga.
The winners will meet both Arsenal or PSV within the final eight, with a possible semifinal towards both Liverpool or PSG.
On the opposite aspect of the draw, Bundesliga prime two Bayern and Leverkusen will meet for the prospect to tackle both Feyenoord or Inter within the quarterfinal. The 2 sides drew 0-0 after they met within the league final weekend.
A semifinal would then come towards both Barça, Benfica, Dortmund or Lille.
Barça beat Benfica 5-4 within the league section in January, and the groups will meet once more over two legs within the final 16, with Hansi Flick’s LaLiga leaders afforded the second leg at residence after progressing because the second seed.
A possible quarterfinal would then be towards both Dortmund or Lille.
Champions League round-of-16 draw
Membership Brugge vs. Aston Villa
Borussia Dortmund vs. Lille
Actual Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid
Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen
PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal
Feyenoord vs. Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Liverpool
Benfica vs. Barcelona
