Defending champion Manchester City will meet FC Copenhagen in the round of 16 of the Champions League, where Slovak defender Denis Vavro is playing. It was decided by Monday’s draw at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Real Madrid is waiting for a battle against German Leipzig, another German representative in the round of 16, Borussia Dortmund, will fight for the advancement of PSV Eindhoven. Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich will meet Lazio Roma.
Inter Milan will play a double match with Atletico Madrid and FC Porto will face Arsenal London.
The winners of the basic groups were among the seeded teams before the draw, and the second-placed teams were listed as unseeded. Clubs from the same country could not meet, nor rivals from the same basic group.
The opening matches of the round of 16 will take place on the 13th and 14th, respectively. February 20 and 21, the return matches are scheduled for March 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2024. Unseeded teams will start at home. This year is already the 69th in the elite European competition, or 32nd since UEFA introduced the Champions League. The final will be played on Saturday 1 June 2024 at Wembley.
PSG has an acceptable draw, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition in the past two years. As the unseeded second team from F-group, Real Sociedad, the “kid” winner, got. San Sebastian is among the top sixteen for the first time since the 2003/04 season.
Barcelona has not reached the quarter-finals of the LM even once since the 2019/2020 edition, they will now try to do so against Napoli, and the two former clubs of the legendary Diego Maradona will meet in a double match.
Manchester City will be a clear favorite in the fight with FC Copenhagen. The Danish champion reached the elimination round for the second time in history from the second row of the A-group, in which they managed to beat another Manchester club United 4:3 at home.
Atletico Madrid will play against the leader of Serie A and last year’s finalist Inter, and the coach of the Spanish club Diego Simeone will return to Milan, where at the end of the last century he worked for two years as a player in the Nerazzurri jersey.
Round of 16 of the Champions League: FC Porto – Arsenal FC
SSC Napoli – FC Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain – Real Sociedad
Inter Milan – Atlético Madrid
PSV Eindhoven – Borussia Dortmund
Lazio Rome – Bayern Munich
FC Copenhagen – Manchester City
Leipzig – Real Madrid
LM 2023/2024 elimination round program: first round of 16 matches: February 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2024
Round of 12 second legs: 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2024
quarter-final and semi-final draw: 15 March 2024
first quarter-final matches: 9 and 10 April 2024
quarter-final second leg: 16 and 17 April 2024
first semi-final matches: 30 April and 1 May 2%024
semi-final second leg: May 7 and 8, 2024
final: 1 June 2024 in London (Wembley)
2023-12-18 11:20:00
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