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The fiery confrontations resulted in a draw on matchday 16 of the Champions League; He told us many things.
UEFA has held a draw for the round of 16, in which the first leg matches will be played on February 16, 17, 23 and 24, 2021, and the return matches will be played on the 9, 10, 16 and 17 .
FilGoal.com He takes a closer look at the round of 16 matchups.
Bayern Munich vs. Lazio
For the first time, the team will play together in the Champions League, in a showdown that can be relatively easy for reigning champions Bayern Munich, who will face a team that was almost deposited from the group stage in minutes. late had it not been for the club’s attempt to hit the post.
Bayern, who scored 16 points in the group stage and lead the first group, can easily overcome the obstacle of manager Simeone Inzaghi, who was second in Group F, especially in light of Lazio’s results in the Italian league and they finished ninth with 17 points after 11 games.
Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona
The French team will seek revenge for what happened in 2017 against Barcelona, especially since the condition of both parties indicates the superiority of Paris Saint-Germain today.
With Kylian Mbappé and Neymar – who will return from injury before the match – Thomas Tuchel hopes to return to the defeat of 2017 and the humiliating exit after a 6-1 return defeat at the Camp Nou, despite the 4-0 victory … even if he is the coach of Paris Saint-Germain.
As for Barcelona, in an unenviable position, the team achieved only 5 victories with Ronald Koeman in the league, with losses in 4 games.
Paris Saint-Germain leads Group H with 12, while Barcelona is the one that scored the most points and qualified in second place with 15 after losing the lead to Juventus on goal difference after losing by three at the Camp Nou.
In addition, Lionel Messi does not present his best level so far, he has only scored 8 goals in 15 games, including 5 from penalties.
Manchester City vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
A confrontation between the highest number of points scored in the group stage – on par with Bayern – with 16 points, in which they ranked third group against the least classified for the round of 16 with a score of 8 points in the second group.
Maintaining the stability of the German team may not continue, as Marco Roza was linked to Borussia Dortmund after the departure of Lucien Favre.
A match within the reach of Pep Guardiola, unless the Spanish coach decides to entrust his players to complex tasks, or one of the team members decides to waste a verified opportunity to score so that Manchester City loses the opportunity to cross the team obstacle German because the crises of the English team with the Champions League are repeated and the early exit streak of the tournament is renewed after what happened in past years.
Guardiola has failed to reach the semi-finals of the tournament with City not once in the past four seasons.
Real Madrid against Atalanta
In the last two years, Real Madrid left the Champions League in the round of 16 against Ajax and Manchester City respectively, reminding fans of the lean years from 2005 to 2010 when the team failed to advance to the round of 16 .
Against Atalanta, Zinedine Zidane may have a chance to overcome this curse, which can be renewed.
The Spanish team qualified from the groups with difficulty and with 10 points, to be the lowest point collector, but less than 5 teams qualified for the second round, including Atalanta himself, who added 11 points in the fourth group.
The Italian team’s attacking style may help Real Madrid qualify because the team plays better against attacking teams, but the team’s continuation of this philosophy is in doubt because Gian Piero Gasperini may leave the team’s coach before the round of 16 final.
Liverpool vs. Leipzig
A German-German showdown on the lines between Jürgen Klopp and Julian Nagelsmann can result in the most interesting planning matches of the round of 16.
Between the continued pressure from Liverpool and the acquisition of Leipzig, we will see a match after many technical sentences, between the champion of the 2019 edition and the leader of Group D with 13 points and the team that reached the semifinals of the tournament last season.
The task of Mohamed Salah’s teammates will not be easy to play against the team that beat Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United in the group stage and will add 12 points in the eighth group, which lost its advantage on goal difference.
Chelsea vs. Atlético de Madrid
In his second season in the tournament, he will face a coach who has qualified for the final twice in the last 7 years, Diego Simeone.
Atlético de Madrid can be one of the most difficult teams to play against Chelsea because they still don’t know how to play against defense and counterattacks.
But the continuation of the situation of the offensive elements of Atlético de Madrid in the same way, such as: Luis Suárez and Joao Félix, can make Chelsea’s actions high in the ranking.
Juventus against Porto
Juventus performed a miracle after defeating Barcelona and leading Group G with 15 points and goal difference to qualify for the round of 16 and face a weak opponent, which may give Andrea Pirlo more time to learn about the European competition.
Ahead of Porto, who accumulated 13 points in Group C, the young Italian coach will play his first match in the knockout rounds of the Eurocup.
A confrontation that Juventus plays in the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the best player in the Champions League round of 16, after scoring 67 goals in the round of 16.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Sevilla
Both teams accumulated 13 points in the group stage. But Dortmund led the sixth group and Sevilla finished second in the fifth group.
Dortmund couldn’t find an easier team than Sevilla to face them in the round of 16, and also Sevilla, who had the potential to play against Liverpool, Bayern, Liverpool or Juventus.
A match that can be matched by the narrow level of the two teams and the European superiority of Sevilla, although their experience is in the European League. As for Dortmund, they are looking for a coach after the dismissal of Lucien Faveri, who may be exploited by Julien Lopetegui’s battalion.
