By Anna Italia
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UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Draw held on Monday 12 December 2016 at  Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland at 12:00 CET.   There are 2 Italian Serie A teams competing in the Round of 16:  SSC Napoli and Juventus.

Here is the complete UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Draw

Manchester City v AS Monaco
Real Madrid v Napoli
Benfica v Dortmund
Bayern Munich v Arsenal
Porto v Juventus
Bayer Leverkusen v Atleti
PSG v Barça
Leicester City v Sevilla

It’s a real challenge for SSC Napoli facing Real Madrid in the Round of 16.   Precedents:

• Real Madrid beat Napoli in the 1987/88 European Champion Clubs’ Cup first round, winning 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium before a 1-1 draw at the San Paolo Stadium in Italy.

Juventus having better options to defeat Porto.  Precedents:

• Juventus beat Porto 2-1 in the 1984 European Cup Winners’ Cup final in Basel, and recorded a win (3-1) and a draw (0-0) when the teams met in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League first group stage.

Confirmed round of 16 dates

14 February 2017

• Round of 16: SL Benfica vs Borussia Dortmund Tickets
  Tue, 14 Feb 2017. Estadio da Luz (Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica), Lisbon, Portugal
• Round of 16: Paris Saint Germain ( PSG ) vs FC Barcelona Tickets
  Tue, 14 Feb 2017. Parc des Princes, Paris, France

15 February 2017

• Round of 16: Bayern Munich vs Arsenal FC Tickets
  Wed, 15 Feb 2017. Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
• Round of 16: Real Madrid vs SSC Napoli Tickets
  Wed, 15 Feb 2017. El Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain

21 February 2017

• Round of 16: Manchester City vs AS Monaco ( ASM ) Tickets
  Tue, 21 Feb 2017. Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England
• Round of 16: Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid Tickets
  Tue, 21 Feb 2017. BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany

22 February 2017

• Round of 16: FC Porto vs Juventus FC Tickets
  Wed, 22 Feb 2017. Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal
• Round of 16: Sevilla FC vs Leicester City Tickets
  Wed, 22 Feb 2017. Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville, Spain

Champions League Round of 16 Second legs

7 March 2017

• Round of 16: Arsenal FC vs Bayern Munich Tickets
  Tue, 07 Mar 2017. Emirates Stadium, London, England
• Round of 16: SSC Napoli vs Real Madrid Tickets
  Tue, 07 Mar 2017. Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy

8 March 2017

• Round of 16: Borussia Dortmund vs SL Benfica Tickets
  Wed, 08 Mar 2017. Signal Iduna Park (Westfalenstadion), Dortmund, Germany
• Round of 16: FC Barcelona vs Paris Saint Germain ( PSG ) Tickets
  Wed, 08 Mar 2017. Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain

14 March 2017

• Round of 16: Leicester City vs Sevilla FC Tickets
  Tue, 14 Mar 2017. King Power Stadium, Leiscester, England
• Round of 16: Juventus FC vs FC Porto Tickets
  Tue, 14 Mar 2017. Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy

15 March 2017

• Round of 16: AS Monaco ( ASM ) vs Manchester City Tickets
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017. Stade Louis II, Monaco, France
• Round of 16: Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen Tickets
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017. Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid, Spain

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