Draw for Champions League round of 16 made
{{Byline|date=December 17, 2004|location={{w|Nyon|NYON}}, [[Switzerland|SWITZERLAND]]}}  The draw for the first knockout round of the {{w|Champions League|Champions League}} proper has been made today at {{w|UEFA}}'s headquarters in Switzerland.  In perhaps the tie of the round the league leaders of the {{w|Premier League}} and {{w|Liga|La Liga}}, [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], have been drawn together.

Here is the complete draw:

[[Real Madrid]] v. [[Juventus]] <br>
{{w|FC Porto}} v. {{w|Inter Milan}} <br>
[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] v. [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] <br>
{{w|Werder Bremen}} v. {{w|Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon}} <br>
[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] v. {{w|Bayer Leverkusen}} <br>
{{w|PSV}} v. {{w|AS Monaco|Monaco}} <br>
[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] v. {{w|AC Milan}} <br>
[[Bayern Munich]] v. [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]

The teams listed first will play their home game first.  The first leg matches will be played on February 22/23, with the return games played on March 8/9.  The FC Porto-Inter Milan second leg will be played on March 15 due to UEFA rules saying that a stadium cannot be used to host two games on consecutive days; Inter share their San Siro ground with AC Milan

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4081635.stm
 |title=Chelsea handed tie with Barcelona
 |author=
 |pub=BBC News Online
 |date=December 17, 2004}}
*{{source|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=269944.html
 |title=Testing ties for Spanish sides
 |author=Kevin Ashby
 |pub=UEFA
 |date=December 17, 2004}}
*{{source|url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/matchreport/0,9752,1376033,00.html?gusrc=rss
 |title=Champions League knock-out draw: as it happened
 |author=Sean Ingle
 |pub=The Guardian
 |date=December 17, 2004}}
*{{source|url=http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/12/17/ufndra17.xml
 |title=Chelsea and Man Utd face European giants
 |author=
 |pub=The Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom)
 |date=December 17, 2004}}

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The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League proper has been made today at Premier League and La Liga, Chelsea and Barcelona, have been drawn together.

Here is the complete draw:

Real Madrid v. Juventus 
Inter Milan 
Barcelona v. Chelsea 
Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon 
Liverpool v.  
AS Monaco|Monaco 
Manchester United v.  
Bayern Munich v. Arsenal

The teams listed first will play their home game first.  The first leg matches will be played on February 22/23, with the return games played on March 8/9.  The FC Porto-Inter Milan second leg will be played on March 15 due to UEFA rules saying that a stadium cannot be used to host two games on consecutive days; Inter share their San Siro ground with AC Milan
Europe Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League Manchester United F.C. Real Madrid Lyon FC Barcelona Juventus F.C. A.C. Milan Chelsea F.C. Liverpool F.C. FC Bayern München Arsenal F.C. FC Internazionale Milano Serie A La Liga Bundesliga FC Porto