The draw for the 16th Champions League circular rarely fails and this season is no exception with the sensational links in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday.
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will meet again, Atletico Madrid have teamed up with Chelsea, Bayern Munich have received Lazio and Liverpool will face RB Leipzig.
As if that were not the case, Sevilla oppose borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach against Manchester City, Atalanta against Real Madrid and Porto against Juventus.
We rank the matches in this draw.
The most striking draw of this circular of 16 has to be Barca in front of the PSG, because it is a draw that has so much history and so many scenarios stuck. This obviously gives French giants the chance to avenge the humiliation of Remontada in 2017, but there is also the fact that it will be Neymar who returns to Camp Nou for the first time since his bitter 222 million euro move. in the Parc des Princes. There is also the reunion of the Brazilian foreigner with former partner Lionel Messi, who lately is linked to a loose movement by. . . Psg. Then there is the 2020-2021 context in which either party is suffering at the national point despite an intelligent continental form. The Champions League elimination point is not the Champions League elimination point without fear of a Neymar injury and this was duly fulfilled on Sunday night when PSG fell to a fourth defeat of the season in Ligue 1 at home against Lyon. There’s going to be a lot to play when those two groups get together.
Two groups with a new look will compete in this while Diego Simeone and Frank Lampard have remodeled their groups. Spaniards can now touch various tastes and not just the relentlessly directed grinding taste that Simeone has instituted over the past decade, while Chelsea have an almost unmatched offensive depth and, although unlikely to be as vital as a few years ago, Diego Costa’s presence in the athletic ranks promises to bring a lot of excitement to the case.
The top intriguing draw draw probably pits Bayern, the protective champion, as opposed to an unpredictable Lazio team. With many talented players on the lineup, adding loose forwards Robert Lewandowski and Ciro Immobile, this promises to be an exciting spectacle. It is the fact that the Germans have started to break a little in recent years and that the Italians have achieved some of their maximum productive yields this season in Europe.
A war between two of Germany’s most sensitive coaches with a sense of master protection with Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp against Julian Nagelsmann of Leipzig following a clash between Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel in the semi-finals of the last crusade and at the organisation level of this quarter. Lately they are in the most sensible fight in the Bundesliga and lately their fites bring a good number of goals, while Liverpool suffer to deal with waves of injuries and fitness problems.
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Like Lazio’s clash with Bayern, this is a desirable encounter between a German giant and a talented European foreigner. Sevilla has a more recent European experience than Lazio and has done a smooth task in Group E with Chelsea. about players like Lucas Ocampos, Ivan Rakitic and Luuk De Jong promises to be fun to watch.
With Gladbach in the latter stage against the expectations of many, the tension is now out for the Germans as it is for Pep Guardiola and his men due to their Champions League ambitions and a complicated start to the Premier League season. Will the wonder package of this crusade be like Atalanta last session?
Speaking of the Italians, they are not as much fun as last season, but they are still able to beat their conflicting parties by goals galore, as Liverpool discovered at the stage of organization. The imperious organizations with which Zidane won the Champions League, Atalanta can still have one or two rounds up his sleeve.
Arguably the least exciting adjustment on paper, but it’s still a talented game, it will also be a possibility for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to his local Portugal in hopes of embarking on a deep race from there.
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