⚽️ UEFA Champions League 2021/22 - Last 16 Draw

[Jay]

Let’s see the opponents after the redraw

Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA ranking: 6
Group A: runners-up (W3 D2 L1 F13 A8)
Last season: semi-finals (L 1-4agg vs Man. City)
European Cup best: runners-up (2019/20)

Real Madrid

UEFA ranking: 5
Group D: winners (W5 D0 L1 F14 A3)
Last season: semi-finals (L 1-3agg vs Chelsea)
European Cup best: winners (1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18)

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Juventus

UEFA ranking: 8
Group H: winners (W5 D0 L1 F10 A6)
Last season: round of 16 (L on away goals vs Porto)
European Cup best: winners (1984/85, 1995/96)

Villarreal

UEFA ranking:20
Group F: runners-up (W3 D1 L2 F12 A9)
Last season: UEFA Europa League winners (W on penalties vs Man. United)
Best European Cup performance: semi-finals (2005/06)

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Chelsea

UEFA ranking:4
Group H: runners-up (W4 D1 L1 F13 A4)
Last season: winners (W 1-0 vs Man. City)
European Cup best: winners (2011/12, 2020/21)

LOSC

UEFA ranking: 52
Group G: winners (W3 D2 L1 F7 A4)
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (L 2-4agg vs Ajax)European Cup best: round of 16 (2006/07)

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Bayern

UEFA ranking: 1
Group E: winners (W6 D0 L0 F22 A3)
Last season: quarter-finals (L on away goals vs Paris)
European Cup best: winners (1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 2000/01, 2012/13, 2019/20)

Salzburg

UEFA ranking:22
Group G: runners-up (W3 D1 L2 F8 A6)
Last season: group stage (UEFA Europa League round of 32)European Cup best: group stage (1994/95, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22)

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Manchester City

UEFA ranking:2
Group A: winners (W4 D0 L2 F18 A10)
Last season: runners-up (L 0-1 vs Chelsea)
European Cup best: runners-up (2020/21)

Sporting CP

UEFA ranking: 27
Group C: runners-up (W3 D0 L3 F14 A12)
Last season: UEFA Europa League play-offs (L 1-4 vs LASK)
European Cup best: quarter-finals (1982/83)

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Inter

UEFA ranking:23
Group D: runners-up (W3 D1 L2 F8 A5)
Last season: group stage
European Cup best: winners (1963/64, 1964/65, 2009/10)

Liverpool

UEFA ranking: 3
Group B: winners (W6 D0 L0 F17 A6)
Last season: quarter-finals (L 1-3agg vs Real Madrid)
European Cup best: winners (1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/84, 2004/05, 2018/19)

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Ajax

UEFA ranking: 14
Group C: winners (W6 D0 L0 F20 A5)
Last season: group stage (UEFA Europa League quarter-finals)
European Cup best: winners (1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1994/95)

Benfica

UEFA ranking: 26
Group E: runners-up (W2 D2 L2 F7 A9)
Last season: third qualifying round (L 1-2 vs PAOK)
European Cup best: winners (1960/61, 1961/62)

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Manchester United

UEFA ranking: 9
Group F: winners (W3 D2 L1 F11 A8)
Last season: group stage (UEFA Europa League runners-up)European Cup best: winners (1967/68, 1998/99, 2007/08)

Atlético

UEFA ranking: 10
Group B: runners-up (W2 D1 L3 F7 A8)
Last season: round of 16 (L 0-3agg vs Chelsea)
Best European Cup performance: runners-up (1973/74, 2013/14, 2015/16)

[Vivek]

• Villarreal and Juventus will be meeting for the first time in UEFA competition.

• Atlético eliminated holders United in the 1991/92 European Cup Winners’ Cup second round (3-0 h, 1-1 a).

• Inter beat Liverpool in the 1964/65 European Cup semi-finals en route to winning the trophy (1-3 a, 3-0 h), with the English club triumphing in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2-0 h, 1-0 a).

• Madrid have won four of their ten games against Paris (D3 L3). The teams were last paired in the 2019/20 group stage, Paris winning 3-0 in France before a 2-2 draw in Spain.

[Jay]

When do the last-16 games take place?

The first legs will take place on 15/16 and 22/23 February, with the returns scheduled for 8/9 and 15/16 March.

How did the last-16 draw work?

• The draw featured 16 teams: the winners and the runners-up from each of the eight UEFA Champions League groups.
• Two seeding pots were formed: one consisting of the eight group winners (seeded teams) and the other of the eight runners-up (unseeded teams).
• No team could play a club from their group or any side from their own association.

Which teams were seeded for the last 16?

Seeded (group winners)

Ajax (NED)
Bayern (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Liverpool (ENG)
LOSC Lille (FRA)
Manchester City (ENG)
Manchester United (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP)

Unseeded (group runners-up)

Atlético (ESP)
Benfica (POR)
Chelsea (ENG)
Inter (ITA)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Salzburg (AUT)
Sporting CP (POR)
Villarreal (ESP)

Seeded teams play away in the round of 16 first legs and at home in the return matches.

What changes are there this season?

No extra time
The so-called away goals rule has been removed, so ties level after 180 minutes will go to extra time irrespective of the number of goals each team has scored at home and away. If the teams still cannot be separated after the additional 30 minutes, the tie goes to a penalty shoot-out.
Squad changes
Each club can register a maximum three new players for the remaining matches by midnight CET on 2 February 2021. Players are allowed to have played for another club in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League but there are restrictions on the number of ‘List A’ players.

When is the quarter-final draw?

The draw for the quarter-finals take place on 18 March, along with draws for the semi-finals and to determine the nominal home team for the final in Saint Petersburg.

[Jay]

2021/22 UEFA Champions League dates

• Round of 16, first legs (15/16, 22/23 February)
• Round of 16, second legs (8/9, 15/16 March)
• Quarter-final & semi-final draw (18 March)
• Quarter-finals, first legs (5/6 April)
• Quarter-finals, second legs (12/13 April)
• Semi-finals, first legs (26/27 April)
• Semi-finals, second legs (3/4 May)
• Final (28 May)

Saint Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena, home to Zenit, will stage the final of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League, with the game scheduled for 28 May 2022.

It will be Russia’s second final: Manchester United overcame Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 decider in Moscow.

[Hemant]

Real Madrid, get ready.

He’s coming back

[Hemant]

Lionel Messi has been directly involved in 40 goals in 45 games against Real Madrid:

◉ 26 goals
◉ 14 assists

El Clásico’s all-time top-scorer is making another trip to the Bernabéu.

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