Paris SG will face Manchester United in the round of 16 of the Champions League. The other French club, Lille, will face reigning European champion Chelsea.
Paris SG will face Manchester United in the round of 16 of the Champions League, with a star-studded duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two most sacred players at the Ballon d’Or, according to the draw made on Monday December 13 in Nyon in Switzerland. The Parisians, second in their qualifying group, were almost guaranteed to fall on a European cador. They will host the Mancuniens for the first leg in February, before heading to England for the second leg in March.
The fans were so far used to Messi and Ronaldo in La Liga, during the meetings between Barça and Real. But the two players are no longer in the Spanish league. The Mancuniens had been the executioners of the Parisians in the round of 16 2019. At the time, the team which was coached by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (since replaced by Ralf Rangnick) had recovered its defeat of the first leg to qualify in extremis for the return (0-2, 3-1). It will also be the reunion of Edinson Cavani with the Parc des princes, where he is worshiped.
The other French club, Lille, also invited to the round of 16, will have a lot to do after inheriting the title holder Chelsea. The reigning French champion, who is back in the European top 16 fifteen years after his first participation in 2007, will go to Stamford Bridge on the first leg before hosting Thomas Tuchel’s team at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium. After the feat of having finished at the top of the group, Losc did not avoid one of the biggest names on the continent. Lille will have to achieve another feat to see the quarter-finals. ” It will be a big challenge for us. We will be in the position of an outsider against a team that has evolved a lot since the last confrontation (in the 2019-2020 Champions League group stage, Editor’s note), with new players and a new coach. It is a club with very large resources. They are well placed in the Premier League. It is a very beautiful poster. And like from the start, we’re going to play everything at 300% because it’s wonderful to play these matches. We did what was necessary in the group stage to be here today. We will continue in the same state of mind in the round of 16. We know that there will be a crazy atmosphere at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium “, Estimated Jocelyn Gourvennec, the coach of Lille.
Champions League round of 16 schedule:
Benfica (Por) – Real Madrid (Esp)
Villarreal (Esp) – Manchester City (Ang)
Atlético Madrid (Esp) – Bayern Munich (All)
Salzburg (Aut) – Liverpool (Ang)
Inter (Ita) – Ajax (PB)
Sporting (Por) – Juventus (Ita)
Chelsea (Ang) – Lille (Fra)
PSG (Fra) – Manchester United (Eng)