OREANDA-NEWS. The draw for the 1/8 final of the Champions League has ended in Nyon, Switzerland. The current winner of the tournament English Chelsea will play French Lille. And the finalist English Manchester City will face off with the triumphant of the League of Europe — Spanish Villarreal. Portuguese Benfica will play with Spanish Real.

For reaching the quarterfinals, the Spanish Atletico will compete with the German Bayern, and the Austrian Salzburg — with the English Liverpool. The Italian Inter will play with the Dutch Ajax, and the Portuguese Sporting — with the Italian Juventus. At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain will face Manchester United.

The matches of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League will be held in early 2022. The first matches will be held on February 15-16 and 22-23, and the return matches will be held on March 8-9 and 15-16. The current winner of the Champions League is Chelsea of London, who beat Manchester City in the final.

Earlier it was reported that Spartak Moscow could face Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Atalanta in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. At the same time, among the opponents of Zenit St. Petersburg in the play-off matches of the tournament are Napoli, Lazio, Rangers and others.