ASTON VILLA volition larn who they volition look successful the circular of 16 of the Champions League and however they tin get to the last THIS WEEK.
Under the caller league signifier structure, the apical 8 teams avoided a two-leg play-off lucifer and went consecutive to the circular of 16.
Teams placed ninth done twenty-four were compelled to enactment successful a play-off stage, wherever games were played implicit the erstwhile 2 weeks, successful bid to unafraid the 8 unseeded teams successful the circular of 16.
GettyAfter a 4-2 triumph implicit Celtic connected the penultimate matchday of past month, Unai Emery’s squad finished successful the apical 8 and precocious to the circular of 16 arsenic a seeded side.
Villa accumulated 16 points with the effect against Celtic being determination 5th triumph successful the league signifier to sneak into the last seeded spot.
Who could Aston Villa look successful the Champions League Last 16 draw?
The play-off ties’ 9th and 10th slot winners oregon the 23rd and 24th slot winners were assigned to Villa due to the fact that of their eight-place league performance.
Those were Club Brugge, Atalanta, Sporting oregon Borussia Dortmund.
After a 3-0 first-leg triumph against Sporting, past year’s finalists Dortmund were virtually guaranteed to beforehand to the circular of 16 and did truthful with a stalemate successful the 2nd leg.
While Brugge defeated Atalanta 3-1 successful their 2nd leg, winning 5-2 wide with an aboriginal brace from Chemsdine Talbi proving decisive successful lucifer momentum.
Villa’s opponent, either Dortmund oregon Club Brugge, volition beryllium determined by the gully successful the circular of 16 connected Friday, February 21.
The archetypal limb of the last-16 matchups volition instrumentality spot connected either March 4 oregon March 5, portion the consequent matches volition travel a week later.
Villa Park will big the 2nd match, portion Villa volition question arsenic seeds for the archetypal leg.
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