Drawing of the Champions League: the posters are already known, very heavy for a French club

The draw of the Champions League takes place this Friday, February 21 in Nyon and the posters are already almost all known …

While the Champions League dams are ended this week, the draw for the knockout stages of the most prestigious competitions is taking place this Friday from 12 noon at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. We will know the spell reserved for French clubs even if we already have a big idea of ​​the posters after the drawing of the dams because the teams which finished in the first and second places will face the winners of the dams involving the teams classified 15^e16^e17^e and 18^e In the round of 16, while the teams classified third and fourth will be opposed to the winners of the dams involving the teams classified 13^e14^e19^e and 20^eand so on … as the UEFA site explains.

Therefore, we already know that PSG or Brest will face an ogre with Liverpool or FC Barcelona. Lille should have a “affordable” draw with Bruges / Atalanta on one side or Sporting / Dortmund on the other. Note that this draw will also concern the quarter-finals and the semi-finals.

Explanations from the draw

The clubs are paired according to their final ranking in the league phase to form four pairs of serial heads (1^er and 2^e3^e and 4^e5^e and 6^e7^e and 8^e). 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 painting to all standard heads, starting with the teams classified 7^e and 8^e and ending with the teams classified 1^D and 2^e.