The other poster of these eighths will oppose Liverpool to Real Madrid, less than a year after the 2022 final won by the people of Madrid at the expense of the English club at the Stade de France (1-0), tainted by serious incidents and problems of organization around the enclosure.
At UEFA headquarters, fate was not very kind with PSG, who featured in the second hat and pulled one of the scarecrows among the top seeds.
The Parisian team, led by its attacking trio Messi-Neymar-Mbappé, will have a hard time facing the Bavarian armada led by Sadio Mané, who largely dominated the toughest pool of the first round while Paris finished second in its group, preceded in extremis by Benfica.
It is nevertheless an opportunity for the French champion to take new revenge on Bayern, his executioner in the final of the 2020 edition in Lisbon: in 2021, the Parisians had eliminated the Munich residents with mastery in the quarter-finals (3 -2, 0-1).
Small disadvantage, Paris will receive in the first leg in February before having to go to Germany on the return in March.
In other encounters, Germans RB Leipzig will challenge Manchester City and their wonderkid Erling Haaland, while Borussia Dortmund take on Chelsea and AC Milan take on Tottenham.
Less flashy but more open posters between the amazing Club Brugge and the Portuguese Benfica, or even between Eintracht Frankfurt, holders of the Europa League, and Naples, one of the most in-form teams on the continent. Finally, Inter Milan will challenge FC Porto.
The round of 16 of C1 are scheduled from February 14 to 22 for the first legs, and from March 7 to 15 for the return legs.
