Manchester United and Ronaldo in the face of Saint-Germain and Messi in the Champions League .. Learn about the draw for the round of 16

The Champions League round of 16 was drawn today, Monday, for the defending champions Chelsea, against Lille, while Bayern Munich collides with Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain with Manchester United.

As for Real Madrid, the most crowned in the tournament with 13 titles, it faces Benfica, while Manchester City, runners-up of the last edition, meet with Villarreal, Liverpool, with Red Bull Salzburg, Austria, Inter Milan, with Ajax, and Sporting Lisbon, with Juventus, Italy.

The confrontation between Saint-Germain and United has a distinctive character because it brings together the Argentine star Lionel Messi with his former Portuguese rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who returns this season to the "Red Devils" from Juventus, Italy.

The rivalry between the two players during their presence in the Spanish League with Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively, marked a wonderful and exciting era in the history of the game in the old continent.

Before the draw, the 16 qualified teams were divided into two groups, a group of seeded teams and a group of unranked teams.

The group of ranked teams included the eight qualified teams at the top of the groups, namely Ajax, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Liverpool, Lille, Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid.

While the group of unranked teams included the eight qualified teams from the second place in the groups, and they will host the first leg matches of the round of 16 on their own stadiums, while the return matches will be played on the competing teams' stadiums.

The list of unranked teams included Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Bull Salzburg, Sporting Lisbon and Villarreal.

According to the rules, the draw prevents each team from facing any team from the same country, or against any team it met during the group stage.

The first leg matches of the round of 16 will be held on February 15, 16, 22 and 23, while the return matches will be held on March 8th, ninth, 15 and 16.

The drawing ceremony for the remaining rounds of the Champions League will take place on March 18, and the final of the tournament will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 28, 2022.

This season, the tournament witnesses the abolition of the rule of calculating the goal away from the ground with two goals in the event of a tie by two teams by the total score in the first and second matches.

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