The PSG from Leo messi Y Kylian Mbappé will be the rival of Real Madrid in the second round of the Champions League, according to the draw carried out this Monday in Nyon, Switzerland, after the cancellation of a first version of the draw due to irregularities.
The Atlético de Madrid will be measured with the Manchester United, and the Villarreal with the Juventus Turin in a round of 16 duels that will take place on February 15-16 and 22-23 in the first leg, and on March 8-9 and 15-16 of next year in the return leg.
After a first ceremony declared void, UEFA carried out a second draw that was much less benevolent for Real Madrid, who had been lucky at first the Benfica Portuguese.
Parisians, who hope they can count on Neymar, injured, for that double duel, they already faced the Whites in the group stage in 2019 (a victory for PSG and a draw), and in the second round of 2018, with the victory of Real Madrid.
The first version of the draw had produced a stellar clash between the “Red Devils” of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi’s PSG, but finally the 5-time winner of the Golden Ball Portuguese will return to Madrid to play in the Wanda Metropolitano.
The Atlético de Madrid it was the club that asked for “explanations” to the UEFA for the irregularities of the first draw that had matched him with the Bayern Munich, although luck was also elusive with the “colchoneros” in the second draw.
Two former champions of the competition who are fighting to win their respective championships this season, Liverpool e Inter de Milan, they will star in another of the most attractive duels of the round of 16.
In addition, the Bayern Munich will face the Austrian Salzburg, the Ajax from Amsterdam with the Benfica, Sporting de Portugal with the Manchester City by Pep Guardiola.
The clash between the current champion of the Champions, the Chelsea, and the French Ligue 1 champions, Lille, complete the round of 16 program.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx