{"id":11618,"date":"2019-12-16T07:42:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618"},"modified":"2019-12-18T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:44:20","slug":"english-teams-get-tough-draw-for-champions-leagues-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618","title":{"rendered":"English Teams Get Tough Draw for Champions League&#8217;s Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EL55rLRXkAA9Jl1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Liverpool have been drawn to play Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The holders, one of eight seeded teams having won their qualifying group, will play the away leg first and have home advantage in the return.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City, also seeded after reaching the knockout phase as Group C winners, were handed a last-16 tie against Spanish giants Real Madrid when the draw was made at UEFA\u2019s headquarters in Nyon.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have been drawn to play Bayern Munich and last season\u2019s beaten finalists Tottenham will play current Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Five-time winners Barcelona take on Napoli, Borussia Dortmund will play Paris St Germain and Italian champions Juventus face Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>Italian club Atalanta, who qualified for the competition for the first time, will take on Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>The first legs will be played on February 18-19 and February 25-26, with the second legs on March 10-11 and March 17-18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-11618\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-11618\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-11618\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11618\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have been drawn to play Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16. 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