<div style="float: right;margin-left: 5px"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/news/arsenal-partizan-belgrade/image/10350164?term=champions+league" target="_blank"><div><figure class="external-image"><img loading="lazy" class="alignright" style="border: 0px initial initial" src="http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/10350164/arsenal-partizan-belgrade/arsenal-partizan-belgrade.jpg?size=500&amp;imageId=10350164" border="0" alt="Arsenal v Partizan Belgrade, UEFA Champions League Gp H 8/12/2010 Robin van Persie of Arsenal celebrates scoring the 1st goal 1-0 Photo Marc Atkins Fotosports International 07783 913 777 Photo via Newscom" width="270" height="184"></figure></div></a></div>
The Champions League group stages have finished, and now it’s time to see which teams will face each other in the round of 16 which is coming up next. UEFA will be drawing the&nbsp;match-ups&nbsp;for the Champions League and the Europa League on December 17th, and there’s a set of guidelines which the round of 16 matches will have to comply with.&nbsp;Here’s the guidelines below:
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<li>Winners and runner-ups of the groups will be drawn against each other.</li>
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<li>The runner-up team will play the first leg at home.</li>
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<li>No two teams from the same association can be drawn against each other, ex. Manchester United – Arsenal cannot be drawn because both sides are from the Premier League.</li>
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<li>No two teams from the same group can be drawn against each other, ex. Tottenham – Inter Milan cannot be drawn because they were in the same group.</li>
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With these guidelines, I’ve put together the matches that I want to see in the round of 16. I tried to think about match-ups which will be exciting, even, and hopefully full of goals. Here they are below:
Tottenham Hotspur – Valencia
Schalke 04 – FC Copenhagen
Manchester United – Marseille
Barcelona – Roma
Bayern Munich – Inter Milan
Chelsea – AC Milan
Real Madrid – Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk – Lyon
What do you think about my choices? I decided to put Bayern Munich against Inter Milan, because I think it would be exciting to see Bayern take revenge for last season’s final which they lost. I also decided to put Arsenal against Real Madrid because Arsene Wenger’s side tries to replicate Barcelona’s beautiful passing and attacking style, could they do it against Real Madrid? Tottenham against Valencia seems like an extremely exciting match-up to me, because both sides love to play an attacking and free-flowing style, and I don’t think I can predict a winner between those two. And I put Chelsea against AC Milan because of Carlo Ancelotti facing his former side, along with the possibility of seeing an Ibrahimovic-led AC Milan side try and break down Chelsea.
Make sure to share your thoughts on what match-ups you want to see in the round of 16 by commenting below! What could be the most exciting match in the next round? Comment below!

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