The Round of 16 in Champions League 2017-18 ended, on March 15, with teams of Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, AS Roma, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich qualifying for the Quarter-finals of the tournament. The teams that couldn't make the cut were Tottenham Hotspur, Basel, Porto, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Besiktas, Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Manchester United and missed the Quarter-finals spot.

The exciting phase of football saw shocking exits of PSG, Chelsea, and Manchester United. With the Quarter-final draw scheduled to take place on March 16, 2018, it will be interesting to see which teams will play against whom in the next round.

UEFA Champions League 2018 is about to enter an exciting phase as the Leg 1 of Round of 16 is about to begin. The first leg of the prestigious football tournament will kick-off on February 14 and is scheduled to end on March 15. The opening match of the first leg of the Champions League 2018 will be played between Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur at Juventus Stadium. The draws are already being tipped as quite exciting; it will see many nail-biting contests take place and a lot of heart-breaks amongst football fans.

A total of 32 teams were divided into four groups A, B, C, and D in August last year. The teams competed in the round-robin format and the group’s winners and runners-up advanced to the knock-out phase (Round of 16).

Manchester United and Basel qualified from Group A; Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich were the winners and runners-up respectively from Group B; Roma and Chelsea occupied the top two spots in Group C; Barcelona and Juventus qualified from Group D; Liverpool and Sevilla were table toppers in Group E; Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified from Group F; Besiktas and Porto qualified from Group G.

There are a lot of exciting clashes on the cards as Spanish giants Real Madrid are scheduled to play against French top-club Paris Saint-Germain; Barcelona would be looking forward to avenging their 2012 Champions League loss against Chelsea; also, Tottenham Hotspur vs Juventus would be an enthralling contest too.

Time Table of 2018 Champions League; Match Schedule, Time, and Participating Teams:

ROUND OF 16 – LEG 1 OF 2

DAYS   DATE MATCH 1   MATCH 2

TIME (IST)

Day 1

14th February Juventus F.C. (2)  vs Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2) FC Basel (0) vs Manchester City (4) 01.15 AM
Day 2 15th February FC Porto (0) vs Liverpool F.C. (5) Real Madrid C.F. (3) vs Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (1)

01.15 AM

Day 3

21st February FC Bayern Munich (5) vs Besiktas J.K. (0) Chelsea F.C. (1) vs FC Barcelona (1) 01.15 AM

Day 4

22nd February Sevilla FC (0) vs Manchester United F.C. (0) FC Shakhtar Donetsk (2) vs A.S. Roma (1)

01.15 AM

ROUND OF 16 – LEG 2 OF 2

DAYS DATE MATCH 1 MATCH 2

TIME (IST)

Day 5

07th March Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (1) vs Real Madrid C.F. (2) Liverpool F.C. (0) vs FC Porto (0) 01.15 AM
Day 6 08th March Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (1) vs Juventus F.C. (2) Manchester City (1) vs FC Basel (2)

01.15 AM

Day 7

14th March A.S. Roma (1) vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk (0) Manchester United F.C. (1) vs Sevilla FC (2) 01.15 AM
Day 8 15th March Besiktas J.K. (1) vs FC Bayern Munich (3) FC Barcelona (3) vs Chelsea F.C. (0)

01.15 AM

Note – The UEFA Champions League 2017-18 Timetable was last updated at 08.30 a.m. (IST) on March 15, 2018.

The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on March 16, a day after both the legs in Round of 16 will be completed. The draws will take place at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) is currently the highest goal-scorer in the Champions League 2017-18 with 9 goals. Real Madrid is the defending champions and would be looking forward to winning a major title in the 2017-2018 season. With La Liga Title out of sights now, Real Madrid would love to cruise through PSG’s challenge. Stay tuned for all the latest updates about Champions League 2017-18 here.

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