Champion defender Real Madrid faced the city rivals athletico in the Champions League for the last 16, while Liverpool play PSG.
The Champions League handed over more difficult conflicts when the draw for the 16th round was made in Nyon, Switzerland.
Veterans champion Real Madrid Award for Removal of 2023. The winner of the Manchester City title On Wednesday, two city derby against Atletico Madrid – a team that he won in the finals in the 2014 and 2016 finals.
Bayern Munich was paired with Bayer Leverkusen-Vodje Bundesliga against his veteran champion, who played a tight 0-0 draw last weekend.
Liverpool was the highest draw carrier after ending the first 36 teams last month, but still got a difficult task because the Premier League leader was paired with PSG number 15 in drawing on Friday.
Confirmed circle of 16 draws ✅#Ucldrow pic.twitter.com/zogc10nzdr
– UEFA Champions League (@championsleague) 21. February 2025
Liverpool and PSG never met in knockout games in the Champions League or at the Old European Cup. Their previous meetings were in the group stage in the period 2018-19, trading home in the season that ended with Liverpool winning its sixth European Cup title.
First leg games will be played on March 4-5, with return games a week later.
Also in the draw, the number of two seeds of Barcelona was paired with Benfica-Koju a month ago in Lisbon, 5-4-tok will be faced with PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan play Feyenoord.
Club Brugge, who entered the knockout stage in 24th and last qualifying, will face Aston Villa, which they have already won in November. Borussia Dortmund will play Lille.
Madrid and German matches were not possible in the old Champions League format, where teams from the same country could not face each other in the 16th round. The new tennis seed carrier allows these derby, and teams are reunited after they have already reunited by playing each other in the league phase of the competition.
The teams also learned their fate for the quarterfinals and semifinals, if they progress, with the winner of Liverpool and PSG, which are facing the winners between the villa and Brugge. The winners of the Madrid derby will face PSV Eindhoven or Arsenal.
The path to Munich is set.#Ucldrow pic.twitter.com/m2chmogr8u
– UEFA Champions League (@championsleague) 21. February 2025
Champions League last 16 lines in full:
- Club Brugge (Belgium) VS Aston Villa (England)
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany) VS Lille (France)
- Real Madrid (Spanish) VS Atletico Madrid (Spain)
- Bayern Munich (Germany) VS Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
- PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) VS Arsenal (England)
- Feyenoord (Netherlands) against Inter Milan (Italy)
- Paris Saint-Germain (France) against Liverpool (England)
- Benfica (Portugal) VS Barcelona (Spain)
