New Delhi: The first legs will take place on February 15/16 and 22/23, with the returns scheduled for March 8/9 and 15/16. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals will be held on March 18.
Notably, this time, the away goals rule has been abolished. If the tie is level after 180 minutes, it will go to extra time. If the teams still can’t be separated after an additional 30 minutes, the tie will be decided through a penalty shoot-out.
The draw was made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon on Monday. Where it was announced that Bayern Munich will face Atletico Madrid in a heavyweight European counter, Italian side Inter will try to overcome Dutch side Ajax and Sporting meet Juventus.
Manchester City was paired with Villarreal FC and Liverpool will tackle Red Bull Salzburg, While defending champions Chelsea have to overcome the challenge of Lille. Real Madrid will be confident going in as they face Benfica and Manchester City will tackle the Spanish side, Villarreal.
But soonly, UEFA announced that, following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the officials as to which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.
As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 15:00 CET.
As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 15:00 CET.
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 13, 2021
