The eight-final draw of the Champions League has decided: Fans are waiting for Ronald’s duel with Messi! – Športky.sk

NYON – Chelsea London footballers will face the OSC Lille in the round of the 2021/2022 Champions League as defenders of the trophy. This was decided by Monday’s draw at the headquarters of the European Football Union (UEFA) in Nyon, Switzerland. Italian Inter Milan with Slovak defender Milan Škriniar fights for Ajaf Amsterdam to advance to the quarterfinals.

One of the hits of the round of the final will be the duel of Paris Saint-Germain with Manchester United, in which Lionel Messi and Cristian Ronald can compete against each other. The record 13-time European champion Real Madrid got Benfica Lisbon. The other pairs formed FC Villarreal – Manchester City, Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich, FC Salzburg – FC Liverpool and Sporting Lisbon – Juventus Turin.

PSG will return to Manchester, where he lost to the City in November. Messi and Ronaldo competed six times in LM, the last time a year ago. In the group stage at the time, Ronaldo scored two goals in Barcelona in a 3-0 win, the DPA news agency reported.

The draw also connected three pairs, which played in the final of the EMP, resp. LM. Real won over Benfica in 1962, Bayern in 1974 in a repeated match over Athletics and Ajax in 1972 over Inter.

The winners of the basic groups were among the deployed teams, the teams that placed second ranked as non-deployed. Clubs from one country or rivals from the same basic group could not meet. The opening meetings of the round of 16 will take place on the 15th and 16th, respectively. February 22 and 23, retaliation is on the agenda on March 8, 9, 15 and 16. Unmounted teams will start at home.

The final is scheduled for May 28 next year in St. Petersburg. Since this season, the rule of favorable goals from opponents’ fields has been abandoned in the elimination round. After 180 minutes, in the case of even results, an extension of 2×15 minutes will be played, if he does not decide in it, a shot from 11 m will follow.

Draw reactions (source: uefa.com):

Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern coach: “It’s a good draw. A good and interesting opponent in a beautiful city. I’m looking forward to it. It will be interesting and emotional.”

Joe Cole, former Chelsea and Lille player: “Chelsea can be happy. He won both Bayern and Real. LOSC is an interesting and tough opponent, he will play aggressively. It will be an interesting double match, Lille has nothing to lose.”

Draw of the eighth finals of the Champions League 2021/2022:
Benfica Lisbon – Real Madrid
FC Villarreal Manchester City
Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich
FC Salzburg FC Liverpool
Inter Milan – Ajax Amsterdam
Sporting Lisbon – Juventus Turin
Chelsea London – LOSC Lille
Paris Saint-Germain – Manchester United

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