Liverpool’s Potential Round of 16 Champions League Opponents

We will face a team that placed second in their group. No
English teams.

We’ve known for a week that Liverpool
FC were going to finish on top of their Champions
League group, but now we know all the second placed teams from
the Group Stage as well, and who could be possibly in play for
Liverpool’s draw.

Liverpool’s potential opponents in the next round are:

• Atletico Madrid
• Borussia Monchengladbach
• FC Barcelona
• FC Porto
• Lazio
• RB Leipzig
• Sevilla

Of course, Atletico Madrid knocked us out last season, so fans
are either be torn between enacting revenge or having to endure
another 180 minutes of dogged defending. They pipped RB Salzburg to
second place in Group A with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday. The
addition of Luis Suarez’s shithousery may make this fixture even
more charged up than it really needs to be.

A historically significant opponent in our club’s history,
Borussia Monchengladbach edged out Shakhtar Donetsk for second,
despite a defeat to Real Madrid
on Wednesday. The Foals have been one of the more exciting young
teams in the competition, highlighted by a pair of thumping (6-0
and 4-0) wins against Shakhtar.

FC Barcelona finished second to Juventus

in Group G. They were tied on points but the Serie A giants
had the better head to head record, after that 3-0 win. We’ve
already done the reunion with Coutinho, and while they’re clearly a
team on the decline, but Lionel Messi remains a scary proposition
regardless of the team’s overall quality.

Another familiar foe in recent years, FC Porto finished
runners-up in Group C, with a haul of 13 points, just 3 behind
storied European juggernauts Manchester
City.

One of the few opponents on this list we aren’t already sick of
seeing, Lazio, with Liverpool old boys Lucas Leiva and Luis Alberto
in tow, nabbed second in Group F behind Borussia
Dortmund.

RB Leipzig humbled Manchester
United 3-2, finishing behind PSG. The German side is one of the
few teams we haven’t already faced, though we’ve had a couple of
dealings in the transfer market.

Last but not least, Sevilla finished just one point behind
Chelsea in Group E.