{"id":161102,"date":"2026-03-04T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161102"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:24:34","slug":"ranking-uefa-champions-league-round-of-16-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161102","title":{"rendered":"RANKING UEFA Champions League Round of 16 MATCHUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eSHA1yZ3nw?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The UEFA Champions League draw has concluded and the Round of 16 is set, join the Morning Footy crew as they react to the matchups to come. Plus, Troy Deeney offers his rankings of the most intriguing matchups in the next round of the greatest club competition in the world.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Initial Reaction<br \/>\n01:26 Arsenal Road to the Final<br \/>\n02:25 Real Madrid vs Manchester City<br \/>\n03:02 Liverpool<br \/>\n04:03 Newcastle v Barcelona<br \/>\n04:38 Atletico<br \/>\n05:11 Ranking Top Matchups<br \/>\n05:22 8. Leverkusen vs. Arsenal<br \/>\n05:39 7. Atalanta vs. Bayern<br \/>\n05:57 6. Galatasaray vs. Liverpool<br \/>\n06:24 5. Atletico vs. Tottenham<br \/>\n06:34 4. Newcastle vs. Barcelona<br \/>\n06:45 3. PSG vs. Chelsea<br \/>\n07:01 2. Real Madrid vs. Manchester City<br \/>\n07:11 1. Bod\u00f8\/Glimt vs. Sporting CP<\/p>\n<p>#football #cbssportsgolazo #championsleague #arsenal #uefachampionsleague #barca #ucl #soccer #cbs #cbssports #MORNINGFOOTY #realmadrid #manchestercity <\/p>\n<p>Stream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6eSHA1yZ3nw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League draw has concluded and the Round of 16 is set, join the Morning Footy crew as they react to the matchups to come. Plus, Troy Deeney&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":161103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}