The draw for the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League took place in Nyon, Switzerland, and our Ruslan Malinowski’s Italian Atalanta will play against Real Madrid.
Among the central pairs, which were formed by lot, it is worth noting the confrontation between “Barcelona” and “PSG” and “Atletico” with London’s “Chelsea”.
Instead, Ruslan Malinovsky will compete with Real Madrid as a member of Atalanta, who previously lost twice to Shakhtar Donetsk (2: 3, 0: 2) during group matches. But Manchester City’s Oleksandr Zinchenko will face Shakhtar’s offender Borussia Monchengladbach.
Other pairs:
* “Lazio” – “Bavaria”;
* “Leipzig” – “Liverpool”;
* “Porto” – “Juventus”;
* “Sevilla” – “Borussia” Dortmund.
It is said that the seeded teams will hold return matches at home.
It is noteworthy that the first matches of the 1/8 finals are scheduled for 16/17 and 23/24 February, the return matches – for 9/10 and 16/17 March.
