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John Brewin

Champions League last 16: Arsenal draw Porto, Copenhagen face Manchester City – as it happened

Manchester City UEFA Champions League Arsenal Porto (Organization) Copenhagen (Organization) FC Barcelona Real Madrid Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Conference League
The last 16 draw.
The last 16 draw. Photograph: Pierre Albouy/Reuters

That concludes the draws…so much to look forward to in February.

Bayern Munich got Lazio in the draw and seem to have recovered their stride.

Hi, John, says Richard Morris of the Champions League draw: “It’s a really good draw if you care (Villa fan, I care) about the UEFA coefficient and a fifth place in the league delivering a Champions League slot. Spain, Germany and Italy are all going to be knocking each other out.”

Europa Conference League play-off round draw

  • Maccabi Haifa v KAA Gent

  • Molde v Legia Warsaw

  • Ajax v Bodo/Glimt

  • Olympiakos v Ferencvaros

  • Real Betis v Dinamo Zagreb

  • Union Saint-Gilloise v Eintracht Frankfurt

  • Servette v Ludogorets

  • Sturm Graz v Slovan Bratislava

The fixtures will take place across two legs on 15 and 22 February 2024.

Updated

Maccabi Haifa v KAA Gent

Molde v Legia Warsaw

Ajax v Bodo/Glimt

Olympiakos v Ferencvaros

Real Betis v Dinamo Zagreb

Union Saint-Gilloise v Eintracht Frankfurt

Servette v Ludogorets

First up: Sturm Graz v Slovan Bratislava

Pedro, Giorgio and Tobias are back.

Only Conference League to go now:

Europa League dropouts:

  • Olympiacos

  • Ajax

  • Real Betis

  • Sturm Graz

  • Royal Union

  • Maccabi Haifa

  • Servette

  • Molde

Conference League second places:

  • Slovan Bratislava

  • Gent

  • Dinamo Zagreb

  • Bodo/Glimt

  • Legia Warsaw

  • Ferencvaros

  • Eintracht Frankfurt

  • Ludogorets

It was a pretty huge weekend in the WSL.

Football Weekly has already dropped.

It’s Carabao Cup football this week.

Talking of Roma.

Meanwhile, beef in the Manchester United v Liverpool rivalry that wasn’t much in evidence on Sunday.

Europa League play-off round draw

  • Shakhtar v Marseille

  • Galatasaray v Sparta Prague

  • Braga v Qarabag

  • Benfica v Toulouse

  • Young Boys v Sporting Lisbon

  • Lens v Freiburg

  • Milan v Rennes

  • Feyenoord v Roma

The fixtures will take place across two legs on 15 and 22 February 2024.

Updated

Shakhtar Donetsk v Marseille

Galatasaray v Sparta Prague

Braga v Qarabag

Benfica v Toulouse

Young Boys v Sporting Lisbon

Lens v Freiburg

Milan v Rennes

Champions League dropout first:

First out: Feyenoord v Roma

Europa League knockout draw

Pedro Pinto is back in the chair, and so that play-off round is about to be announced.

And so is Giorgio Marchetti, which means that it’s time for Tobias Hedstuck, too, but first Sevilla legend Julien Escude. He’s won the competition twice.

Here’s our snap piece as the Europa League play-off round approaches.

Let’s face it, that was not an exciting draw, with Inter v Atletico or Napoli v Barcelona. Arsenal may find Porto reasonably tough but City’s draw, well. They might fancy getting through.

Having knocked out United, can Copenhagen do the same to City?

Full last-16 Champions League draw

  • RB Leipzig v Real Madrid

  • FC Copenhagen v Manchester City

  • Lazio v Bayern Munich

  • PSV v Borussia Dortmund

  • Inter v Atlético Madrid

  • PSG v Real Sociedad

  • Napoli v Barcelona

  • FC Porto v Arsenal

Ties to be played 13/14 and 20/21 February, with second legs: 5/6 and 12/13 March

RB Leipzig v Real Madrid

FC Copenhagen v Manchester City

Lazio v Bayern Munich

PSV v Borussia Dortmund

Inter v Atlético Madrid

PSG v Real Sociedad

Napoli v Barcelona

First out: FC Porto v Arsenal

Updated

We begin with the group winners….

Updated

Making the draw, which won’t include Chelsea, is John Terry. JT is reminiscing about facing Barcelona, including Ronaldinho and Messi. He backs old boss Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid. There’s a new gaffer on the admin side, a gentleman called Tobias Hedstuck. He’s running through the rules, taking the strain off Giorgio.

Even more excitingly, Giorgio Marchetti is here, Uefa’s king admin suit. He’s running through the clubs, too, dropping in the facts.

Pedro Pinto is here and that means it’s showtime. He’s running through the last 16 as we speak by means of a video montage.

Conference League admin:

Europa League dropouts:

  • Olympiacos

  • Ajax

  • Real Betis

  • Sturm Graz

  • Royal Union

  • Maccabi Haifa

  • Servette

  • Molde

Conference League second places:

  • Slovan Bratislava

  • Gent

  • Dinamo Zagreb

  • Bodo/Glimt

  • Legia Warsaw

  • Ferencvaros

  • Eintracht Frankfurt

  • Ludogorets

Later, there will be play-off rounds for both the Europa League and Conference League, essentially between second-placed qualifiers and dropouts from the competition below.

Champions League third-place dropouts:

  • Galatasaray

  • Lens

  • Braga

  • Benfica

  • Feyenoord

  • Milan

  • Young Boys

  • Shakhtar Donetsk

Europa League second-places:

  • Freiburg

  • Marseille

  • Sparta Prague

  • Sporting

  • Toulouse

  • Rennes

  • Roma

  • Qarabag FK

Preamble

Hello there, and welcome to the warming of the balls as the Champions League knockout stage is drawn, followed by the Europa League and Conference League. So, a busy day of admin awaits. But this is the big one.

Group winners:

  • Manchester City

  • Bayern Munich

  • Arsenal

  • Real Sociedad

  • Real Madrid

  • Atletico Madrid

  • Borussia Dortmund

  • Barcelona

Runners-up:

  • RB Leipzig

  • PSV Eindhoven

  • FC Copenhagen

  • Napoli

  • Inter Milan

  • Porto

  • Paris Saint-Germain

  • Lazio

Two-legged ties, to be played in February, seeded teams play their away game first. No away goals.

We kick off at 11am GMT so join me.

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