After the Champions League draw had to be repeated in a controversial way, in which several teams complained after a couple of errors occurred, the most attractive pairing was undoubtedly that of PSG-Real Madrid, where Messi will face the White House team again.
Madrid, who demanded that the A draw from their confrontation, where in principle he was going to face Benfica, he considered the failure as a flagrant adulteration after learning that now they will have to face PSG.
🍿 PSG vs Real Madrid
💥 Neymar, Messi, Mbappé 🆚 Vinicius and Benzema
💥 The Return of the eternal Sergio Ramos.
💥 Does Kylian visit his next home?
💥 Messi returns to the Bernabéu
💥 Keylor returns home.
WHAT A PARTY IS WAITING FOR IN THE CHAMPIONS EIGHTHS! Https: //t.co/bijWzPfSFZ pic.twitter.com/QpxuXtdeRK
– Out of Play (@ESPN_FDJ) December 13, 2021
In addition to how attractive it can be to see Messi face Madrid again, there is an additive that gives the cross a lot of curiosity that is the return of the great captain , Sergio Ramos, to Madrid, but this time as a rival.
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🔴🎙 Sergio Ramos: “I would never go to a team that could compete with Real Madrid” .
💥 Two years later… He will face Real Madrid with PSG in the Champions League.
😳 Whims of destiny pic.twitter.com/V7nqcWtTRz
— El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) December 13, 2021
As well as PSG-Real Madrid will be the most attractive match, there are other very interesting matches such as Atlético de Madrid-Manchester United.
Those of the ‘Cholo’ will have to measure themselves once again against Cristiano Ronaldo who already knows what it is to eliminate them. The most recent, in 2019 in the round of 16 match between Juventus and Atlético Madrid where the Portuguese scored a hat-trick or an older antecedent, the Champions League final of 2017, where Ronaldo scored the decisive penalty.
Chelsea , current European champions , will play against Lille France , while the feared Bayern Munich will play against Salzburg , who became the first team Austrian to reach the round of 16.
Another of the great candidates for the title, Manchester City, will play against Sporting Lisbon , while than the other English, Liverpool will again face another team from Milan, in this case Inter.
NOW YES 🤩 WE HAVE EIGHTH! 🏆
After a ‘technical failure’, UEFA repeated the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
🤩Messi will return to the Bernabéu to defend the colors of PSG.
🤩 Edson Álvarez’s Ajax will face Benfica. https://t.co/pfff5T0fPJ pic.twitter.com/HtHp3aGirw— DIARIO RECORD (@record_mexico) December 05, 2021
By last, Juventus was matched against Villarreal and and l Benfica, who will play against Ajax, complete the list of crosses that these round of 16 will have, which will begin to be played in February.
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