The draw for the Champions League takes place this Friday at noon on the side of Nyon, the headquarters of UEFA.
Draft day in Nyon this Friday, February 21 for the Champions League with the posters of the round of 16 that will be revealed. “Unveiled”, even if we already know the posters in broad outline after the Dams draw a few weeks ago. For PSG, it will be an ogre whatever happens with one of the first two of the league phase, Liverpool or FC Barcelona. For Lille, qualified for the final phase without playing the dams, the task could be less difficult with Bruges, Atalanta’s fall or even the Germans of Borussia Dortmund.
In total, 16 teams are on the starting line, Liverpool (Ang), FC Barcelona (ESP), Arsenal (Ang), Inter Milan (Ita), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), the Bayer Leverkusen (All), Lille (Fra) and Aston Villa (Ang) as well as Borussia Dortmund (All), Real Madrid (ESP), Bayern Munich (All), the PSV Eindhoven (PB), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Benfica Lisbon (Por), Feyenoord Rotterdam (PB) and Club Bruges (Bel). The round trips will take place on March 4 and 5, while the second rounds will be scheduled a week later, on March 11 and 12.
Live
12:02 – The 16 teams presented
After a short introduction of the host of the day, a presentation of the 16 teams qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League is displayed.
12:00 – Let’s go!
The drawing ceremony of the Champions League finally begins in Nyon. PSG and LOSC will be fixed on their fate in a few moments.
11:49 – The start of hostilities in 10 minutes
The draw of the Champions League will start in just over ten minutes in Nyon. We will know the knockout stages of the competition. There should be a small ceremony before to present the procedure as well as the teams that obtained their ticket for this phase of the competition.
11:42 – Other possible shocks
At the end of this draw for the Champions League, the knockout stages will be known and some will be very attractive. As we told you, PSG can face FC Barcelona or Liverpool. That’s not all. A Madrid derby is possible between Real and Atlético. If it is not Atlético, the Merengues will inherit Bayer Leverkusen in a poster that will promise a lot. If a Spanish shock is pulled, then there will be a German shock between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.
11:35 – The procedure
Let’s go into the slightly more technical details of this draw for the Champions League. The clubs are paired according to their final classification in the league phase to form four pairs of serial heads (1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th, 7th and 8th). The clubs of each pair are drawn to face a winner of the direct elimination dams, the position of which was defined during the drawing of the dams. Four hats are prepared for the draw, each hat containing the balls of the heads of standard according to their ranking. The draw attributes the side of the table to all the heads of standard, starting with the 7th and 8th classified teams and ending with the 1st and 2nd classified teams.
11:28 – The final table will be known
This is the last draw for the Champions League. Indeed, with this new format, the whole final table will be known at the end of this ceremony this afternoon in Nyon. The knockout stages will be drawn as well as the path to the final in Munich in Germany.
11:21 – A clearer draw for Lille
If PSG will inherit a European ogre in the round of 16 during this draw for the Champions League, Lille will get better on paper. The LOSC will face either Bruges or Dortmund. The verdict in about an hour now.
11:14 – Very heavy for PSG
This draw of the Champions League will be different from that of usual. New format, new rules. We therefore already know two potential opponents of each of the teams present in the round of 16. PSG will inherit either FC Barcelona or from Liverpool. It will therefore be, whatever happens, a very large piece.
11:07 – The last qualified for the knockout stages
This week took place the return dams of the Champions League. We therefore know all the teams that will participate in this draw. PSG joined the knockout stages after its overwhelming 10-0 victory over the whole of the two matches against Brest. On the other hand, Monaco stops at the Stadium of the Dams after his frustrating elimination against Benfica (3-3; 4-3 in the cumulative). For its part Real took the best on City in the huge shock of the dams (3-1; 6-3 in the cumulative).