The games in the round of 16 have been decided

Titel defender FC Bayern will face Lazio in the last sixteen of the Champions League. Borussia Dortmund has to face the Europa League winners FC Sevilla with the new head coach Edin Terzic, as the draw on Monday at the headquarters of the European Football Union (Uefa) in Nyon showed. In the first knockout round, RB Leipzig will face the English champions FC Liverpool and coach Jürgen Klopp. Borussia Mönchengladbach also caught an opponent from the Premier League in Manchester City and coach Pep Guardiola.

As in 2014, all four German starters are in the round of 16 of Europe’s premier football class. “You can say that we have improved enormously in quality in Germany and the Bundesliga,” said Bayern coach Hansi Flick about the strong record. The first legs will take place on 15./16. and 23./24. February, the second leg on 9./10. and 16./17. March. Like BVB, Munich have home rights in the decisive game. The Gladbachers and Leipziger play first at home and then away. The other games are FC Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid against FC Chelsea, FC Porto against Juventus Turin and Atalanta Bergamo against Real Madrid.

Bayern, who triumphed in the final against PSG in the final in Lisbon in the summer, are once again one of the closest favorites in the new year. With 16 points and 18: 5 goals, Munich, who has been undefeated in the European elite for 17 games, secured the ticket for the round of 16 as the best preliminary round team.

For Dortmund, however, after the recent sporting downward trend and the separation from coach Lucien Favre, a trend reversal in the Bundesliga is initially in the foreground. There is currently little space to look forward to the knockout round in the Champions League. While the Leipziger successfully mastered the group stage again this time after reaching the semi-finals in the preseason, the Gladbachers are among the best 16 teams in the most important European Cup competition for the first time in 43 years.

All games of the round of 16 at a glance

Borussia Monchengladbach – Manchester City
Lazio Roma – Bayern Munich
Atlético Madrid – FC Chelsea
RB Leipzig – FC Liverpool
FC Porto – Juventus Turin
FC Barcelona – Paris Saint-Germain
FC Sevilla – Borussia Dortmund
Atalanta Bergamo – Real Madrid