Another american left in the tournament, Victor Lindelöf in Manchester United. And Lindelöf get fully up to his task. Manchester United were drawn against French PSG, which signed one of Europe’s foremost anfallsformationer in the form of Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani and Neymar.
Åttondelsfinalerna played 12, 13, 19 and 20 February. Return 5, 6, 12 and 13 march.
the dream draw for Pep Guardiolas Manchester City. Schalke cords in the Bundesliga, is on the 13th place after 15 rounds. Only three points separates to kvalstrecket. The advance from the group was that they managed to shut down again in bortamötena with the Lokomotiv Moscow (1-0, goal in 88th) and Galatasaray (0-0).
Manchester City began the group stage with a when, 1-2 at home against Lyon. Then it was the end of bjudningarna, took 13 points of 15 possible. And in the Premier League to swoop the star-studded team presented in the lead, along with Liverpool.
Hyperintressant meeting between Madrid currently the best team and the Italian giants Juventus, with Cristiano Ronaldo in the front line.
Atlético, is looking for revenge after the mistake last year, when they did not move on from the group (Roma and Chelsea, etc.). But over the last five seasons is Atlético that of Europe’s best teams, with two finals, a semifinal and a quarter final in the Champions League.
Despite huge success in Serie A, seven straight championships and eighth in the standings, have Juventus not been sufficient all the way in the Champions League. Have lost two finals, in 2015 against Barcelona and 2017 against Real Madrid.
No drawing of lots had been easy for Jose Mourinho and his Manchester United. Now you got the PSG. And given what we saw at the weekend, in bortamötet with Liverpool (1-3), doesn’t feel United as a stronger candidate at this meeting, either. PSG have huge offensive power in the form of Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani and Neymar. And behind them fills the player like Angel Di Maria, Marco Verratti, Adrien Rabiot and Julian Draxler on.
A obesegrat PSG is in top of Ligue 1, ten points ahead of Lille, even though they have two matches less played.
Mourinho will sign a defensively-balanced starting line-up, even at home at Old Trafford, and then put their hopes on the occasional counter-attack. But this is hardly over 180 minutes against a so offensively skillfully teams like PSG.
Something to bite into for Tottenham, who made the advancement after the great drama. Acknowledgement (1-1) of Lucas Moura, five minutes before the end, away against Barcelona saw to it that it passed through Milan with the smallest possible margin (away goal in peer meeting).
Borussia Dortmund is obesegrat in the Bundesliga this season, tops the table, nine points ahead of Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. Only loss in the group stage came away to Atlético Madrid (0-2).
the Spurs was the closest to the calculated after the first three sports (1 point). But two late goals by Harry Kane against PSV (2-1), a late goal by Christian Eriksen against Milan (1-0) and the late title against Barcelona rescued Spurs on.
A dream draw for Barcelona, which tops La Liga. The teams have met six times previously in the Champions League context, with statistics 4-2-0 in Barcelona’s advantage. Lyon fixed place in the åttondelen first 25 minutes before the end in the last group match, away against Shakhtar Donetsk, when Nabil Fekir levelled to 1-1. The team is frånåkt at home in Ligue 1, are third, 13 points behind PSG.
Barcelona have shown that they are able to deliver even without superstar Lionel Messi, who was injured a couple of weeks during the autumn. Barcelona won the group by far since the won started with a 4-0 against PSV and 4-2 against Tottenham at Wembley.
With the guidance of the smiles you saw in the tv broadcast from the draw we both Roma and Porto they got a good draw. A wide open meeting where coincidences will be crucial. Roma-goalkeeper Robin Olsen will have an extremely important role.
Roma made up with Real Madrid if gruppsegern, fell in the decisive meeting at home with 0-2. But the advance was then already clear. Autumn in Serie A has been mixed, Roma have won only six of 16 games.
Porto advanced from a relatively easy group, which included Schalke, Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow, took 16 points out of 18 possible. The team tops the Primeira Liga, have won eleven of 13 games.
Ajax has for the first time since the 2005-06 season reached utslagsrundan in the Champions League. And you passed the second place behind Bayern Munich by defeating Benfica at home with 1-0 after a goal on stoppage time of the Noussair Mazrauoui, and then follow that up with a 1-1 draw in Lisbon after a reset of Dusan Tadic with a half hour left.
Now set the one against the reigning Champions League champions Real Madrid, who mixed high and low this autumn. The loss against Alaves, Levante and Eibar were never come, not 0-3 at home against Lokomotiv Moscow in the group stage.
the Champions League can be the Real Madrid the opportunity to save the season. But Ajax learn to see the chance.
A gigantmöte, on the paper. But in reality, it is Jürgen Klopp, and Liverpool, which sits on the trumps. Liverpool is the only team capable of challenging Manchester City in the Premier League. And you do it with a squad able to cope with suspensions and injuries. With James Milner and Fabinho as the vacuum cleaner in the midfield, and with the trio Sadio Mané, Muhamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the top has Klopp a high-efficiency contenders, even if the Champions League title.
Bayern Munich inger always respect, has won the Bundesliga the last six seasons. However, this autumn has not Bayern given the same feel of stability as in the past. The team has lost the crucial meetings with Borussia Dortmund (2-3) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (0-3 at home), and is located facing the last höstomgången nine points behind Dortmund in the table. But you can never count a team that has Robert Lewandowski in the front line.
