Genuine Madrid had come to the knockout phases of the Champions League, later Renaldo had left the club...
Lionel Messi's 21-year association with FC Barcelona reached a conclusion four months prior, and he headed out to France to start another part of his profession with Lings 1 powers PSG.
While the club enrolled players like Memphis Delay and Sergio Aguero to work on their assault over the late spring, making up for the shortfall was continually going to be troublesome.
Barcelona has battled in La Liga this season, completing seventh with 23 focuses later 15 games, 16 focuses behind association support, and adversaries Real Madrid.
The club's greatest dissatisfaction this season has been their end from the Champions' League bunch stages and ensuing assignment to the Europa League. Barcelona has been dispensed with from the Champions' League bunch organizes without precedent for 21 years.
The last time the La Liga group partook in the Europa League was in 2003-04. Messi made his expert introduction for the club in the 2004-05 season, and the club never neglected to arrive at the Champions League knockout stage all through his time there.
At the point when Cristiano Renaldo left Real Madrid in 2018, the club confronted a little emergency. They completed third in La Liga, were taken out of the Champions League round of 16 phases by Ajax, and progressed to the Copa del Rey elimination rounds, where they were crushed by their long-term rivals, Barcelona.
In any case, their rivals fared far superior to Barcelona in managing the deficiency of their saint. Not at all like the Catalan club, Madrid won their gathering and was in an unrivaled situation on the association table later 15 matches, arriving at the knockout phase of the Champions League.
In the UCL Round of 16, there will be no Messi versus Renaldo.
The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 attract must be revamped because of a specialized issue. Messi and Renaldo were matched with various rivals in the redrawn, Manchester United has been drawn against Atlético Madrid, a group Renaldo has whipped on different occasions before. In the interim, in the last 16 experiences, Messi's PSG will confront Real Madrid. Interestingly, since leaving Barcelona, Messi will get back to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Assuming that their groups advance past the Round of 16, the two players will confront one another.
"A material mistake happened in the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 because of a specialized issue with the product of an outer specialist organization that advises the authorities regarding which clubs are able to confront one another," UEFA said in a tweet.
"Accordingly, the draw has been considered void," it said, "and will be totally changed at 1500 CET."
Chelsea, the reigning champs, we're given a more great Round of 16 matchups against Lille, a French group that has combat powerfully this season and is by and by positioned 11th in the Ligue 1 focuses standings. Manchester City has been matched with Villarreal, La Liga group that won the Europa League last season.
Messi and Renaldo last met in a match in 2020, when the Portuguese legend was currently at Juventus and Messi was playing for his childhood club Barcelona. Renaldo scored twice in the main leg of the gathering stage conflict at the Camp Nou to give Juventus a 3-0 victory prior to missing the return match, which Barcelona won 2-0.
The two of them exchanged clubs preceding the beginning of the flow season and are currently contending in various associations. While Messi moved to PSG from Barcelona, Ronaldo got back to Manchester United in a fantastic rebound. Fans should delay until Monday evening to observe the chief adversaries go head-to-head once more, as the draw will be held once more.
As per the past draw, Bundesliga pioneers Bayern Munich were matched with Atlético Madrid, while Liverpool would have confronted Red Bull Salzburg. On Monday, the sixteen groups that certified for the following round from the gathering stages will realize who their adversaries will be.
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