Ahmed al-Sibai

Historic This version of the UEFA Champions League is represented by teams from Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France, that is, from the five major leagues only, to the final price for the first time in the history of the main continental competition, amid a clear absence of Dutch, Belgian, Portuguese and Turkish clubs.

Four clubs from Spain booked their seats in the final price, which are Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia.

The same applies to the English attendance of the Quartet Liverpool (defending champions), Tottenham (runners-up), Manchester City and Chelsea.

While Germany is represented in the same round by three clubs, Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Leipzig, the same applies to Italian clubs with the qualification of Juventus, Atlanta and Naples. Two teams from France, Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, qualified.

The most notable absences from the final price were for the Galata Saray, Inter, Ajax Amsterdam and Benfica teams.

And before next Monday, the date for the draw for the round of 16 that will be held at the European Union headquarters for the game (UEFA) in the Swiss municipality of Neon, we are trying to anticipate and set the possibilities of confrontations in this role, which witnesses fiery clashes between large teams in the old continent.

Chelsea finds itself in front of a heavy caliber match against Barcelona, ​​while Liverpool and Man City are preparing - according to the odds - for a trip to Madrid to meet one of the city's Real poles or Atletico.

Tottenham will be lucky if the draw draws him to face Messi's companions, while Juventus or Paris Saint-Germain may face Valencia, the opponent who is looking to meet everyone.

Before going into proportions, the UEFA regulations must be discussed in the lottery, which stipulates the division of the 16 qualified teams into two groups, one for the first groups, and the other for the holders.

The qualified teams are spared with the teams that accompanied them in the group, and also depend on the principle of geographical separation, which does not allow confronting two teams belonging to one country in this role.

Based on these determinants, the possibilities will be as follows, according to mathematical accounts conducted by the "Lega en Directo" account on Twitter:

Chelsea face Barcelona 23.38%, as Chelsea cannot face Valencia because it was with them in the same group, as well as its citizens Liverpool and Man City.

- Because Bayern Munich and Tottenham were in the same group, and the Spurs could not face Liverpool and Man City in this round, the strongest percentage would be facing Tottenham Valencia (22.68%) or Barcelona (22.33%).

- Man City, leaders of Group C, cannot face Tottenham, Chelsea and Atlanta, and this enhances the chances of witnessing a confrontation between the "Citizens" and one of the two poles in Madrid.

- The same applies to the "Al-Lafer", who may return quickly to Madrid, the city where he crowned his title, because he cannot face Tottenham, Spears and Napoli.


We can summarize the issue by setting a table for the leading teams of the second-place groups and anticipating the strongest and weakest possibility

Saint-Germain: Chelsea, strongest, weakest Atlanta and Naples

Bayern Munich: Atletico Madrid stronger and Leon weaker

Man City: Atletico Madrid strongest and weakest Leon

Juventus: Chelsea are the strongest and the weakest

Liverpool: Atletico Madrid strongest and weakest Leon

Barcelona: Chelsea strongest and weaker Lyon

Leipzig: Chelsea strongest, Napoli and weakest Atlanta

Valencia: Tottenham the strongest and the weaker Lyon