The draw for the round of 16 of the 2023 24 Champions League has been revealed, with defending champions Manchester City and Ligue 1 giants Paris having the best luck. Manchester City drew Copenhagen, the least expensive team in the round of 16, while Paris, who finished second in the group, drew Real Sociedad, the only non-traditional European powerhouse among the top teams in the group.
In the group stage, Manchester City won all 6 games, and qualified as the first place in Group G, and the draw for the round of 16 followed the two principles of the same league and the same group avoidance, among the teams that qualified for the second place in the group, Manchester City may theoretically meet any of the teams in Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Napoli, Inter, Lazio, Paris, Porto, Inter Milan is the runner-up of the Champions League last season, Paris is the hegemon of Ligue 1, Napoli is also the champion of Serie A last season, Porto has won the Champions League twice, and Lazio is also one of the strong teams in Serie A.
1. PSV Eindhoven is also a former Champions League champion and has won 15 games in the Eredivisie this season to become the fiercest leader in Europe, so analyzed, among the 7 teams that Manchester City may encounter, Copenhagen is relatively easier to deal with, but I didn't expect Manchester City to really have such good luck, and finally drew Copenhagen, although Copenhagen had defeated Manchester United in the group stage, but Copenhagen's Champions League knockout experience is very lacking, and the whole team is worth only 66 million euros, compared to 12Manchester City, 600 million euros, the gap is huge.
According to statistics, among all the teams in the round of 16 of the Champions League this season, Copenhagen's entire team is worth 66 million euros and ranks first from the bottom, and Lazio, who ranks second to last in the list, also has 2With 800 million euros, the penultimate Copenhagen is even a fraction of the penultimate Lazio, which can be said to be at the bottom of its own gear. On the other hand, Manchester City has the world's most expensive Haaland, and the team's value has reached 12600 million euros, ranking first among the top 16 teams in the Champions League. The whole team is the first in terms of positive value pk from the bottom, from this point of view, the Champions League 1 8 finals, Copenhagen challenges Manchester City, 66 million vs 12600 million, a head-to-end war!
As lucky as Manchester City were Ligue 1 giants Paris, who stumbled in the group stage to finish second, but they were drawn by Real Sociedad, the weakest of the group winners. Theoretically, Paris may meet Real Madrid, Bayern, Manchester City, Barcelona, Arsenal, and Atletico Madrid in the 1 8 finals, all of which are traditional European powerhouses, but Paris perfectly avoided these 6 strong teams and drew the top spot in Group D, Real Sociedad. In the group stage, although Real Sociedad beat Inter Milan to win the first place, it is undeniable that there is a certain element of luck, although Paris is the second in the group, but Paris is from the group of death, after Dortmund beat AC Milan and Newcastle to qualify, the overall strength is significantly stronger than Real Sociedad.
Eight Champions League 1 8 finals, there is no duel between super giants, and the clash of Spanish and Italian champions Barcelona Napoli is already the heaviest group of encounters. Secondly, it is the meeting between Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, but now Atletico Madrid has fallen a lot compared to its peak. The other four groups meet in the round of 16: Arsenal vs Porto, Borussia Dortmund vs PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich vs Lazio, Real Madrid vs Leipzig.