(Nyon) The duel between Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid will be the main shock of the round of 16 of the Champions League, according to the draw carried out on Monday in Nyon, at UEFA headquarters.
The first legs are scheduled for February 13, 14, 20 and 21, with the returns scheduled for March 5, 6, 12 and 13.
Manchester City, the defending champion, will have a seemingly easy double confrontation against Copenhagen while for Arsenal and FC Barcelona, it will be necessary to be wary respectively of FC Porto and Naples, reigning Italian champion and present in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2022-2023.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, other big favorites, will challenge Leipzig and Lazio Rome.
Paris SG will be pitted against Real Sociedad, a draw that is a priori favorable.
Second in its group after a very sluggish group stage, PSG is doing very well by inheriting the weakest opponent on paper from hat 1.
Even if the French champions, qualified for the 12th time in a row at this stage of the competition, will have to travel to San Sebastian on the return leg, the task seems largely within the reach of Kylian Mbappé’s teammates, eliminated in the round of 16 during the last two seasons.
However, we will have to be wary of the Spaniards, the best defense in the group stage.
Finally, the most open round of 16 will be played between PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund.
