The best Champions League ticket to buy for the round of 16

The Champions League is back at the knockout stages as teams battle to win the competition.

Manchester City won the last one as they finally ended their poor luck in the competition, and Pep Guardiola finally won a Champions League trophy without Lionel Messi.

Inter Milan was the team City faced in the final of the last competition, and both clubs have remained in good shape.

The Italians top the standings in their domestic league and are one of the most in-form clubs in Europe.

City is also back in the Premier League title race and will be eager to repeat winning the treble as they did last season.

That would be easier said than done, but even at that, they will want to win the Champions League again.

Real Madrid remains the most successful club in the competition, and they added the unstoppable Jude Bellingham to their squad in the summer.

The Englishman is one of the most talented footballers in the world and is driving them towards winning La Liga at the end of this term. He will want to add the Champions League to it in the summer.

With Carlo Ancelotti as their manager, it is difficult not to consider them one of the teams to watch, and we could see them lift the trophy yet again.

PSG, Bayern Munich and Barcelona are also in the knockout stages of the Champions League and would be eager to go beyond the round of 16.

These clubs have shown historically that they cannot be written off even when they are not having their best season.

Everyone buying the Champions League tickets for the round of 16 games would be eager to get their hands on the best on offer, and we have curated them here:

RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid wants to win their 15th Champions League crown this season, and they have the perfect blend of talent and experience to achieve this.

Kylian Mbappe is expected to join them at the end of this season, but without him they could still be European champions.

They coasted through the group stage of the competition to reach the Round-of-16 and will face RB Leipzig.

The Germans do not have much pedigree in European football, but they are one of the trickiest teams on the continent.

They finished second in their group behind Manchester City, but even the Citizens will admit they gave them a run for their money.

Marco Rose’s side is struggling to finish inside the top four again this season, but in the Champions League, they only lost to Manchester City, and those two matches were very good games.

With Bellingham and the other top players in the current Madrid squad, it is hard not to see them as clear winners of his tie.

PSG vs Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad topped their group ahead of Inter Milan, even though both clubs finished that stage with the same points.

They have remained unbeaten despite entering the Champions League as one of the lowly sides, following an impressive end to last season in La Liga.

This makes them one of the trickiest among the unfancied opponents left in the competition, and this could be the end of the road for them.

However, PSG has been dismal in the Champions League this season, and they only reached the knockout stage because Newcastle failed at the last hurdle.

Luis Enrique won the competition with Barcelona in 2015 and wants to repeat it with this PSG team, but it will be difficult for them to defeat Sociedad.

The Ligue 1 side is coasting through the French league again, while Girona wants to replace Sociedad in the Spanish top four.

However, it won’t be smart to underestimate Sociedad in this Champions League game, judging by how comfortable they looked in the group stage. 

Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid

Inter Milan reached the final of the UCL last season, and they have looked unstoppable in Serie A this term.

Simone Inzaghi’s team plays one of the best footballs in Europe, and the way they make their attacking moves can be very tough to stop.

This game pitches them against one of the most robust defences in Europe when they play Atletico de Madrid.

Atletico is eager to make their mark in the Champions League this term and would want to reach the final.

They have to see off Inte,r and it will be a classic game of defence versus attack when the fixture begins.

Under Diego Simeone, Atleti has one of the strongest defences in European football, and they finished the group stages as the leading side.

But none of their opponents in that round were as good as Inter Milan, which means they will need to do more to secure even a draw in one of the matches between these clubs.

But Inter must be careful of Diego Simeone’s tactics as the Argentinian gaffer generally knows how to set his team up to cause an upset in games.

Napoli vs Barcelona

Napoli will face Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League, with both clubs hoping to make progress in the competition.

They are both defending champions of their domestic leagues and are similar having a poor title defence so far.

Napoli may not qualify for the next Champions League, so they will want to go far in the competition this term.

Barca’s poor form has forced Xavi Hernandez to walk away from the club in the summer, and he will want to leave in the best possible manner.

The Catalans topped their Champions League group, while Napoli finished behind Real Madrid in theirs.

They will have learnt how to face a top Spanish club in the game against Madrid, an experience that could be very useful to them in this stage of the competition and this game.

Lazio vs Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich signed Harry Kane in the summer to add goals to their game and avoid a repeat of last season when they only won the league on the final day of the season because Borussia Dortmund failed to win at home.

It is Thomas Tuchel’s first full season as their manager, and the club hoped to return to its best levels.

Kane has been scoring goals, but Bayern has remained a poor team, especially in the league.

Bayer Leverkusen is the leading side in Germany, and they defeated the Bavarians when both clubs met just before this game.

Lazio did not have the best of seasons in the Champions League group stages, but they could be encouraged by Bayern’s struggles and try to get a win in this game.

The Italians are also having a bad term in their domestic league and are unlikely to end it inside the top four, so they will want to make serious progress in this edition of the Champions League.