Champions draw: crosses, matches and dates of the previous phase of the round of 16

The Playoff matches of the round of the round of 16 of the Champions League. Two days after the last day of the group stage of the tournament, the Sorte this Friday, January 31, has already decided the teams that will be seen in the next round of sixteen to earn the right to follow in the competition.

The new Liguilla format rewards those who remain in the top eight (of a total of 36 teams) with direct access to the round of 16. This deserved award has been reached in this edition of Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atlético de Madrid, Leverkusen, Losc and Aston Villa.

The 16 teams that remained between the ninth and the vigu -fourth position They must play on February 11-12 and 18-19 A previous round that will leave half -bell (a total of eight) alive to face those already classified in the round of 16. Among them is Real Madrid, which could not finally qualify among the best in the Liguilla.

Champions playoff crosses

The draw has taken place as always at the UEFA headquarters, in Nyan (Switzerland). The new standard establishes that the teams that have finished the league between positions 9 and 16 are the serial heads, and that will face those who between 17th and 24th.

However, to reward those who have been in a better position, the potential rivals were also predefined by their positions in the League phase: «For example, the teams that end in ninth and tenth place will face the teams that ended in the Post 23 or 24; The teams that end in 11 or 12 will face the teams that ended in 21 or 22 position, and so on, ”they have explained from UEFA.

These are the crossings of the playoff of the previous phase of the round of 16, among which is also Real Madrid:

Real Madrid will have to face Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, who already saw the faces in the quarterfinals of the last edition of the Champions League. The confrontation between the Ancelotti and the English team will be the main course of these playoffs before the round of 16 of the championship

When are the playoff games of the Champions League play? Qualifying date

After the celebration of the raffle, the 16 teams that remained between the novena and the twenty position in the Champions League already know who will be the rivals in this new phase. All of them must play a previous round with round trip matches to face those already classified in the round of 16.

What will the eighth match be like?

UEFA will carry out the draw of the eighths, rooms and semifinals of the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League on February 21. The pairing of the equipment It will depend on the position in which they were in the leagueIn this way, some (little precise) estimates of the rivals that will be found can be made.

Barcelona, ​​for example, as second, will play lots with Liverpool (first) play against the winner of the tie between the fifteenth and the eighteenth (PSG/Benfica vs Monaco/Brest). That is, we know the Culés will face each other in the round of 16, one of these four teams.