These sides join the teams that qualified by finishing in the top eight places of the inaugural league phase. From first place to eighth, these are: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.

The round-of-16 draw takes place on Feb. 21 at 6 a.m. ET / 11 a.m. GMT. The clubs that finished in the top eight of the league phase went directly through to the round of 16, along with the winners of the eight knockout playoff (KO-PO) round ties between clubs who finished ninth to 24th.

The Champions League round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draw will take place on Friday, February 21 at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland to determine the p

Real Madrid punched their tickets to the Champions League round of 16 and now await their opponents for the next stage of their European title defense. For the second consecutive season, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City in the Champions League knockout stage.

One of the past two winners of the Champions League, Real Madrid or Manchester City, is going out of the competition Wednesday before the round of 16. Defending champion Madrid takes a 3-2 lead into the second leg at home in their knockout playoff which Man City coach Pep Guardiola suggested left his team with just a 1% chance to advance.

As Real Madrid and Manchester City resume their play-off tussle, test your knowledge on Champions League second-leg comebacks.