Real Madrid, the ruling champion, Manchester City, will face the winners in 2023, in the plum in the sparkling round of the Champions League for this season, after a tied Friday. This is the fourth year in which the two sides were drawn against each other in a tie with a knockout, with the real young man victorious in a penalty kick in the quarter -finals last season. City, who was ignored after occupying the twelfth stage in the league stage in this first season of the new coordination of the elite club competition in Europe, was ignored that they had a difficult draw with Bayern Munich their other opponents.
The Pep Guardiola team will be at home in the first stage before going to Spain to return.
Guardiola told a press conference on Friday.
“Four consecutive years face Real Madrid. But Bayern or Madrid – both were really difficult. We hope we can reach the first stage here, then in Madrid, with the best possible.”
Real Sland won a dramatic tie in the semi -finals on the way to raise the cup in 2022, but City gained revenge from the same stage in 2023, when they continued to become heroes.
After that, the Carlo Ancelotti team appeared in the forefront last season, while Real won the injury of a semi -final between the two sides in 2016 and City won at the end of 16 years 2020.
“We know each other well,” Emilio Potragoeno, director of institutional relations at Real, told the Spanish media.
“They are a really great team with experience and get used to these types of games, so they will be very difficult opponents.
“But this competition is very special for us and we will play the second station at home, in Bernabeu.”
Elsewhere, Celtic Bayern will face a six -time European champion, after the Scottish champions reached the stage of the knockout for the first time in 12 years.
Tie
Paris Saint -Germain will play a sudden package in a tie, while Juventus plays PsV Einhoven and Feyenoord Milan in two relationships between the previous winners of the competition.
The European League winners last season will face Atalanta, which ended one place outside the first eight places and who presented a direct path to the last 16, BRUGGE of Belgium.
Portugal was drawn against second place last season, Borussia Dortmund, while Monaco will face Benfica at home to the Portuguese club in the league.
The relations will be held next month, as the eight winners reached the last 16 along with the eight aspects of the stage of the stage.
Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa are the aspects that already reach the 16.
These teams finished in the first eight places in the league stage 36 teams-witnessed the first season of the new coordination of the competition all the competing clubs that were placed together in one giant group, where each playing eight games against eight different opponents.
The draw for the remainder of the competition is partially determined, which means that those who appear victorious in a tie between the city and Real know that they will play either Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen at the end of 16.
The tie will take place for the last 16 upwards on February 21, and it remains to see whether Liverpool draws any feature from the first place in the league stage.
The Arne Slot team will play either PSG, BREST, Monaco or Benfica, at the end of 16 in March.
The Champions League final for this season will be played at Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday, May 31.
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