Champion League Round of 16: MU could face Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or PSG
(Baonghean.vn) - Thus, the UEFA Champion League group stage has ended, 4 representatives of England have successfully passed the group stage, La Liga has 3 teams, Seria and Ligue1 have 2 teams and Portugal and the Netherlands have 2 representatives for the last 2 spots.
Champions League Round of 16 draw:The draw will take place at 18:00 (Vietnam time) on December 17 (next Monday), at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw will be broadcast live on the UEFA homepage.
Teams that made it to the round of 16:The top teams at the end of the group stage are all seeded, including Borussia Dortmund (Group A winners), Barcelona (Group B winners), PSG (Group C winners), Porto (Group D winners), Bayern Munich (Group E winners), Man City (Group F winners), Real Madrid (Group G winners) and Juventus (Group H winners). The unseeded group will include Atletico Madrid (Group A runners-up), Tottenham (Group B runners-up), Liverpool (Group C runners-up), Schalke 04 (Group D runners-up), Ajax (Group E runners-up), Lyon (Group F runners-up), Roma (Group G runners-up) and Manchester United (Group H runners-up).
Drawing principles:According to the round of 16 draw, teams will not meet their opponents in the group stage, nor will they face opponents from the same tournament in their home country. The seeded teams will play the second leg at home. As every year, the round of 16 matches will be played in a home-away format and the away goals rule will apply.
The round of 16 matches will take place from February to March 2019 with the following specific dates: The first leg matches will be played on February 12-13, 2019 and February 19-20, 2019, while the second leg matches will take place on March 5-6, 2019 and March 12-13, 2019.
According to the above principle, MU will definitely not meet Juventus and Man City in the round of 16, the remaining opponents MU may face include Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSG, Borussia Dortmund and Porto. The easiest draw for MU at this time can only be the team from Portugal, the remaining opponents can make the possibility of MU stopping right from the round of 16 higher.
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This year's UEFA Champion League will apply VAR technology from the round of 16. |
Other points of note:
- From the round of 16 of this year's UEFA Champion League, technology will be applied.
- The match will be played at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium (Home of Atletico Madrid) in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 2019. Due to UEFA regulations regarding naming rights for sponsors not being included in this competition, the stadium will be known as the "Estadio Metropolitano" (Estadio Metropolitano) in all UEFA competitions.
