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We’re not going to have any more Champions League until mid-February. Specifically, the first round-of-16 ties begin on the 16th February, with the quarter finals beginning on the 6 April, the semis on the 27 April and the final on the 29 May, which is due to take place at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
A few of you might remember that stadium …
The draw kicks off around 11am GMT. If you support and English team and the blurb below looks a little confusing on a Monday, here are the teams that could potentially be coming your way.
Liverpool: Atlético Madrid, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Porto, Sevilla, Lazio, Barcelona or RB Leipzig.
Chelsea: Atlético Madrid, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Porto, Atalanta, Lazio, Barcelona or RB Leipzig.
Manchester City: Atlético Madrid, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Atalanta, Sevilla, Lazio, Barcelona or RB Leipzig.
Preamble
Hello. Welcome to coverage of the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League. First things first: here are the 16 teams who are in the pot for the draw.
Group winners (seeded): Bayern, Dortmund, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Man City, PSG, Real Madrid
Runners-up (unseeded): Atalanta, Atlético, Barcelona, Mönchengladbach, Lazio, Leipzig, Porto, Sevilla
And here’s how it will all work:
- Two seeding pots are formed: one consisting of the eight group winners and the other of the eight runners-up. No team can play a club from their own association or a club from the same group they were in.
- A first ball is drawn from the bowl containing the group runners-up; the team drawn is placed as the home team of match 1. The computer will then show which group winners are eligible to play the runner-up of match 1.
- A bowl will be prepared containing the name of the group winners which are eligible; a ball is then drawn from this bowl to complete the pairing of match 1. The team drawn is placed as the visiting team of match 1.
- The procedure is repeated for the remaining matches.
- Seeded group winners are away in the round of 16 first legs and at home in the return matches.
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