The Reds, absent from the seeding pot after finishing second in the group stage, will host Real Madrid on February 14-15 or 21-22, before visiting the Santiago Bernabéu on February 7-8 or 14-15. March.
“It’s going to be an electric tie, fascinating for the fans,” Real Madrid’s Director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, told the Movistar+ platform on Monday after the draw.
Overtaken by Napoli in Group A, Liverpool will likely regret letting top spot slip away from the key on goal difference in particular.
The Real Madrid, which finished at the top of group Ffaces the confrontation with the English team with “illusion”, although he warns of the difficulty.
The other star duel of the round of 16 will be played by PSG, second in the group stage, and Bayern Munich.
The French and Germans face each other again after the final won by Bayern 1-0 in 2020 in the “Final 8” in Lisbon, in the midst of a pandemic, and the quarterfinals of the following edition, which recorded the victory of PSG (3 -2 in Munich, 0-1 in Paris).
Still in search of their first ‘Orejona’, PSG are still without much luck after meeting Real Madrid last year in the round of 16.
The team of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé was overtaken at the head of the group at the last minute by Benficawhich will face Belgian Bruges in the round of 16.
Bayern, however, are not very happy with their rival either.
“We had a difficult opponent. We already had some fearsome opponents in the group stage, we were first, but we were not rewarded for our perfect group stage,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said after hearing the result of the match. lottery.
Round of 16 draw: Liverpool face Real Madrid in repeat of 2022 final, Paris get Bayern 🗒️#UCLdraw
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November 7, 2022
On the way to the final, on June 10 in Istanbul, the other round of 16 matches offer crosses between former Champions League winners: Borussia Dortmund (1997) will face Chelsea (2012, 2021) and Inter Milan (1964, 1965, 2010) will face Porto (1987, 2004).
Manchester City, still on the hunt for its first Champions League, will face RB Leipzig, while AC Milan will host Tottenham before traveling to England.
Finally, Napoli, impressive in the group stage, will seek to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in their history, after losing in the round of 16 in 1991, 2012, 2017 and 2020.
Eintracht reached the final in 1960, where they fell to Real Madrid 7-3.