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There will be a Colombian duel, as Luis Díaz’s Porto and Matheus Uribe will face Juan Guillermo Cuadrado’s Juventus.
Barcelona and Atlético Madrid will have two difficult rivals in PSG and Chelsea, respectively, in the round of 16 of the Champions League, after the draw held this Monday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland).
(Football in the middle of war: the relationship between Hitler and Schalke 04)
For its part, Real Madrid will face Italian Atalanta and Sevilla against a German Borussia Dortmund that is not going through its best moment.
Barcelona, which is not in a sweet moment either, and Atlético Madrid will have the handicap of playing the first game at home, having finished second in the group stage.
The meeting between the Spanish and the French would bring a duel between the Argentine Leo Messi, at Barcelona, and the Brazilian Neymar, at PSG, who received a blow to his left ankle on Sunday, but from which he should be recovered for the reunion of both in February, after having coincided with the Catalan team.
Sevilla will also have the handicap of playing first at home against Borussia Dortmund, who lost on Saturday at home to Stuttgart 5-1 and dismissed their coach, Lucien Favre on Sunday.
(Guardiola’s Barcelona: origins and revolution of an eternal work)
Real Madrid, the only one of the four Spanish teams to finish as group leader, will visit Atalanta first in Bergamo, currently eighth in Serie A.
In the other round of 16 duels of the Champions League, the tie between RB Leipzig, which this year disputes the Bundesliga title against Bayern, and Liverpool, winner of the last Premier League, stands out.
Another duel between the Germans and the English will be the one between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Manchester City, completing the eighth confrontations Porto-Juventus and Lazio-Bayern Munich.
The knockout stages of the round of 16 will be played on the dates of February 16-17 and 23-24 for the first leg matches, while the return matches are scheduled March 9-10 and 16-17.
The knockout round of 16:
Mönchengladbach (GER) – Manchester City (ENG)
Lazio (ITA) – Bayern Munich (GER)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) – Chelsea (ENG)
RB Leipzig (GER) – Liverpool (ENG)
Porto (POR) – Juventus Turin (ITA)
FC Barcelona (ESP) – Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Sevilla FC (ESP) – Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Atalanta (ITA) – Real Madrid (ESP)
The round of 16 will be played February 16-17 and 23-24 for the first leg matches and March 9-10 and 16-17 for the return matches.
