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Barcelona completed second of their Champions League group, behind Juventus.© AFP
Paris Saint-Germain, final season’s overwhelmed finalists, will face Barcelona within the final 16 of the Champions League whereas Liverpool had been paired with RB Leipzig in Monday’s draw. Bayern Munich, who beat PSG within the 2020 closing to win a sixth European crown, play Lazio within the knockout part. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City crew, nonetheless in search of a primary Champions League title, should get previous Borussia Moenchengladbach. Chelsea, winners in 2012, have a tricky process in opposition to Atletico Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus will play Portuguese facet Porto, winners in 2004, whereas Real Madrid tackle final season’s shock quarter-finalists Atalanta.
PSG will relish one other likelihood to avenge their soul-destroying defeat to Barcelona in 2017.
Having overwhelmed the Catalans 4-Zero within the French capital, PSG crashed to a 6-1 defeat on the Camp Nou orchestrated by Neymar. The Brazilian joined PSG in a world report transfer weeks later.
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With the matches because of be performed in February, PSG will hope Neymar can have recovered from an ankle damage which compelled him to be stretchered off the pitch within the 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat to Lyon on Sunday.
Liverpool might be cautious of an attack-minded Leipzig facet who ended the hopes of Manchester United within the group part.
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