November 25, 2024

Chelsea and Real Madrid have been given toughest opponents in the Champions League round of 16 draw as they both came second in their respective groups.

Tottenham Hotspurs will face Italian Champions and last season runner-ups, Juventus while Manchester United will face La Liga side, Sevilla and City face FC Basel.

Liverpool take on FC Porto of Portugal.

Chelsea were the only English side to come second in their groups while others topped their respective groups. This deadly draw came in less than 48hours after Boss Antonio Conte conceded that the title defence was over following a defeat at Westham United.

Although the Blues did beat the Catalan en route final in the year 2012 when they eventually clinched the trophy.

Real Madrid facing the big spending Paris St. Germain will be a very tough one for the Champions as they look for 13th trophy and third in a row.

Full draw

Juventus vs Tottenham

Basel vs Manchester City

Real Madrid vs PSG

Chelsea vs Barca

Sevilla vs Manchester United

Shakhtar Donestsk vs Roma

Bayern Munich vs Besiktas

Porto vs Liverpool

The group winners will be away in the first leg of the tie on 13/14 and 20/21 February and home in the return leg on 6/7 and 13/14 March.

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