After the draw celebrated this Monday 11 December in Nyon (Switzerland), already know the pairings for the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League 2017-2018. A draw to the that the FC Barcelona arrived like head of series after remaining first of the Group D having surpassed to Juventus of Turín, Sporting of Lisbon and Olympiacos in the liguilla. Finally, the Barça will confront to Chelsea.
It fits to stand out that to the Barcelona picture could have him touched also the Bayern Munich, the Shakhtar Donetsk, the Port wine or the Basilea. Finally, the bass drums have offered to the group of Antonio Conte like next rival of the Barça, by what can say that the FC Barcelona will have a rival what less complicated in the first eliminatory round of the tournament.
Therefore, the Barça will have to travel to Stamford Bridge around the middle of February, what will mean a reunion with some ex players of the Barça as for example Cesc Fábregas and Pedro Rodríguez. Although the 'blues' are not leaders in the Premier League, have to big stars and can complicate the things to the FC Barcelona if the ones of Valverde are not concentrated in the eliminatory.
The Barça, motivated to follow shining in Champions
The parties of gone of the eliminatory will play the days 13/14 February and 20/21 of the same month, whereas the parties of turn will contest the days 6/7 March and 13/14 of the same month, waiting for that the UEFA announce the concrete dates for each one of the parties.
The FC Barcelona, with Guillermo Love like director of institutional relations and Amador Bernabéu like representative of the FC Barcelona in the UEFA, witnessed attentively a draw that without place to doubts has left big parties between the best clubs of the European continent. The culés already know to who will confront in eighth, and the staff of Valverde is more motivated that never to follow advancing in the pretigioso European tournament.