The draw for the Champions League final of the Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid in two confrontations of high caliber, as the team will face the Paris Saint Germain with his star-studded line and his strongest attack this year, while the Catalan team will meet Chelsea, the English champions. Juventus will meet Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich against Besiktas, Roma against Shakhtar, Manchester United against Sevilla, Liverpool against Porto and Manchester City against Basel.
The draw for the Champions League final, drawn on Monday in Switzerland's Neon, resulted in two encounters of heavy caliber. The Spanish giants will meet champions Real Madrid, French giants Paris Saint-Germain, and other Spanish giants Barcelona in Chelsea.
There was no escaping firefights in the second round, especially after clubs such as Real Madrid, who won the title in the last two seasons, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus and 2017 finished second.
Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool are a bit more fortunate. The quarter-finals are at their fingertips.
Citi, who are in the top spot of the Premier League, face Basel, who is returning to Manchester after being in the first round of the same group with United.
It will be the first match ever between City and Basel in Switzerland, and the team of Spanish coach Josep Guardiola is an extraordinary candidate to overcome his opponent in the performance of the season, whether domestic or continental, finishing the group stage in the top of the seventh group, three points behind Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian .
For United, who took part in the continental competition after being crowned champions of the Europa League for the first time in their history, he will face Sevilla, the Spanish who preceded the "Red Devils" in raising the Europa League Cup.
Liverpool, meanwhile, meet Porto for the fourth time, and the English side have the advantage of winning two games and a tie in the other two. The other England player is Tottenham, who have a team against Real Madrid, with Juventus for the first time.
The most difficult task for the five representatives of England will be for Chelsea, the Premier League champions who face Barcelona in a difficult test for Italian coach Antonio Conte.
The two teams return to the semi-finals of 2011-2012 when Chelsea won the semi-final at home to a 1-0 lead by another Italian coach, Roberto Di Matteo, who led them to the final after a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou and then to win the title. Bayern Munich account.
As for the confrontation, which could be considered the strongest, it will be between Real Madrid and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris Saint-Germain, which includes now the former Barcelona star Brazilian Neymar.
Bayern Munich will face the toughest test among adults, as they face Besiktas, who met the Bavarian club during the 1997-98 season and won it back and forth in the group stage with a single result of 2-0.
It will be a difficult win between Shakhtar Danitsk and Roma, who ended his campaign in the final round of the 2010-2011 edition by the Ukrainian team with a loss of 2-3 points and 3-0 back.
The first leg matches will be held on February 13, 14, 20 and 21, and return matches will be held on March 6, 7, 13 and 14.
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