The draw for the round of 16 for the Champions League is drawn on Friday… and an expected confrontation between Real Madrid and City

European football fans are awaiting the results of the draw for the round of 16 for the European Champions League in its current version 2026, which will be drawn tomorrow, Friday, at 15:00 UAE time at the headquarters of the European Football Association in the Swiss city of Nyon, after the completion of the qualifying teams at the end of the supplementary round on Thursday night.
Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle United, Atalanta, Galatasaray, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Bodo Glimt qualified through the supplementary round.
These eight teams joined the clubs that had previously officially advanced from the group stage, namely: Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Sporting, and Manchester City.
The draw will be broadcast on the UEFA channel and the Champions League application, in addition to the open beIN Sports channel.
The draw will be directed because the confrontations and the arrangement of the matches have already been determined in the schedule, and the path of the teams from the round of 16 until the final match has been determined, while the clubs are allowed to face teams from the same country, or that they have previously faced in the group stage.
The first legs of the round of 16 were scheduled for March 10 and 11, with the return matches being held on the 17 and 18 of the same month.

Among the most prominent confrontations expected, based on the course of the draw, are as follows:
Barcelona faces Newcastle or Paris Saint-Germain
-Real Madrid- Manchester City or Sporting
-Liverpool faces Galatasaray or Atletico Madrid