The Barcelona will confront to the Olympique of Lyon in eighth of Champions League

After the draw celebrated this Monday 17 December in Nyon (Switzerland), already know the pairings for the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League 2018-2019. A draw to the that the FC Barcelona arrived after having surpassed in the phase of groups to Tottenham, Inter of Milan and PSV Eindhoven, remaining first of group with 14 points and leaving to the second in the liguilla, the Tottenham, to six points of distance.

It fits to stand out that to the Barcelona picture could have him touched also the Ajax of Amsterdam, the Manchester United, the Liverpool, the Rome or the Schalke 04. The fortune has offered to the Olympique of Lyon like next rival of the Barcelona, by what can say that the team of Valverde will have an affordable rival of face to the first eliminatory round of the Champions League.

The eighth of final of Champions will play the days 12 and 13, and 19 and 20 February -gone- and 5 and 6, and 12 and 13 March -gone back-, with a FC Barcelona that will contest the gone in French earths the Tuesday 19 February, and the turn in the Camp Nou the Wednesday 13 March.

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 of final, and the staff of Valverde is more motivated that never to follow advancing in the European tournament.

The Olympique of Lyon, this yes, will be a rival that will not put it at all easy, neither in the party of gone neither in the one of turn. The ones of Bruno Genesio have reached the eighth of final of the Champions League like seconds of group by behind the Manchester City, and of form agónica after achieving a tie 'in extremis' in the field of the Shakhtar Donetsk.

The FC Barcelona, by his part, will be able to take with special concentration the parties of eighth of final of the Champions League, when leaving also very very directed in the others two competitions. Already it finds in eighth of final of the Glass of Rey, round in which it will have to confront to the Raise from January, and follows commanding in the leadership of LaLiga Santander 2018-19.

The way of the FC Barcelona to the final

• 12/13 and 19/20 February: gone of eighth of final
• 5/6/ and 12/13 March: turn of eighth of final
• 15 March: draws of quarter-finals and semifinals
• 9/10 April: quarter-finals, split of gone
• 16/17 April: quarter-finals, split of turn
• 30 April/1 May: semifinals, split of gone
• 7/8 May: semifinals, split of turn
• 1 June: Final – Metropolitan Stadium, Madrid