The round of 16 draw for the Champions League has taken place and it sees defending champions – Manchester City – face Copenhagen, while Arsenal will face Porto.
By Olisa Obi
The draw also pitted La Liga and Serie A champions against each other, with Barcelona set to battle with Victor Osimhen’s Napoli on Europe’s biggest stage.
Meanwhile Paris Saint-Germain can count themselves lucky as they escaped the big names by being drawn against Group D winners, Real Sociedad, but they should not count out Erreala just yet.
Arsenal will play Porto in the UEFA Champions League last 16, while 14 times champions real Madrid will face German giants RB Leipzig.
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Last year’s finalist Inter Milan will face a very tough, but interesting opponent in Diego Simeone’s Atletico de Madrid.
Mauricio Sarri’s wish of facing Barcelona would not be fulfilled as he instead faces the Bavarian Giants Bayern Munich and to round off the draws German giants BVB Dortmund would have to contend with Dutch champions PSV.
These are the complete draws for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 and the first legs will begin on the 13/14 of February 2024 and 20/21 of the same month. The return ties will take place on 5/6 and 12/13 March, 2024.
For the complete run down:
- Porto vs Arsenal
- Napoli vs Barcelona
- Paris vs Real Sociedad
- Inter vs Atlético de Madrid
- PSV vs Dortmund
- Lazio vs Bayern
- Copenhagen vs Man City
- Leipzig vs Real Madrid
