{"id":583788,"date":"2021-02-16T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=583788"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:35:00","slug":"last-16-draw-for-womens-champions-league-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/16\/last-16-draw-for-womens-champions-league-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-16 Draw for Women\u2019s Champions League Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The draw for the last-16 of the Women\u2019s Champions League was announced earlier today, with Manchester City<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> drawn against Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n

Last-16 Draw Confirmed for Women\u2019s Champions League<\/h2>\n

Chelsea and Manchester City Learn Their Champions League Fate<\/h3>\n

Both Women\u2019s Super League<\/a> clubs are set to play their home first leg ties in early March, before facing the away tie a week later.<\/p>\n

Chelsea progressed to this stage of the competition after an emphatic 8-0 aggregate victory over Benfica in December \u2013 winning the first leg 5-0 in Lisbon before securing a 3-0 second leg win at Kingsmeadow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Manchester City beat G\u00f6teborg FC 5-1 on aggregate after winning the first leg 2-1 in Sweden, before recording a convincing 3-0 second-leg victory at the Academy Stadium.<\/a><\/p>\n

Atletico Madrid will be aiming to knock out English opposition at the last-16 stage in consecutive seasons, after overcoming Man City 3-2 on aggregate last season.<\/p>\n

Hedvig Lindahl<\/a> plies her trade for the Spanish club and is set for a return to west London after spending four years with Chelsea between 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n

England international Toni Duggan<\/a> will be another familiar foe for Chelsea to contend with over the two legs.<\/p>\n

Holders Lyon Face Danish Opposition<\/h3>\n

Elsewhere, Lyon will continue their quest to win the competition for a stunning sixth straight season when they face Danish club Brondby.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last season\u2019s beaten finalists Wolfsburg take on Norwegian club LSK Kvinner.<\/p>\n

The two-legged ties will be played on March 3-4 and 10-11, and the last-16 draw in full can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Wolfsburg (GER) v LSK Kvinner (NOR)<\/p>\n

Barcelona (ESP) v Fortuna Hjorring (DEN)<\/p>\n

Rosengard (SWE) v St Polten (AUT)<\/p>\n

BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) v Bayern Munich (GER)<\/p>\n

Manchester City (ENG) v Fiorentina (ITA)<\/p>\n

Sparta Prague (CZE) v Paris Saint Germain (FRA)<\/p>\n

Lyon (FRA) v Brondby (DEN)<\/p>\n

Chelsea (ENG) v Atletico Madrid (ESP)<\/p>\n

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\nEmbed from Getty Images<\/a>