Today it is decided who Barca will face in the Champions League round of 16, which will be played in February and March. A total of seven teams are in the bowl and it is eagerly awaited who will be ahead.
Barca achieved the first goal of the season by winning their Group H in the Champions League. The group win means that Barca will face a runner-up from one of the other seven groups. Today, the draw will take place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, from 12.00.
The seven teams that Barca can draw are FC Copenhagen, Inter, Lazio, Napoli, Leipzig, Paris Saint-Germain and PSV Eindhoven. Barca can’t pull off the runners-up from their own group, Porto.
There is little doubt that many Barca fans would like to avoid teams like PSG, Inter or Napoli, while FCK and PSV seem more affordable, at least on paper.
It is clear in advance that Barca, like the other group winners, will have home ground advantage in the second leg, so that the first leg will be played away from home.
The first matches will be played on the 13th/14th/20th/21st. February, while the return matches are played on the 5th/6th/12th/13th. March. When exactly the individual matches will be played, decisive only after the draw.
