The UEFA Champions League is back and now we are into the business end of the competition, writes sportingnews.com.

After 32 teams entered the group phase, 16 remain for the knockout phase. Big names such as Manchester United have already exited the tournament, while surprise packages such as Copenhagen and Real Sociedad will hope to continue their adventure in the grandest of all European club competitions.

The draw for the Round of 16 took place on December 18, where the 16 remaining sides learned who they will meet when the competition resumes in February 2024.

Holders Manchester City were pitted against Copenhagen, the surprise package from Group A who defeated Manchester United en route to qualifying for the knockouts. Real Madrid will meet RB Leipzig, while Barcelona face a tough test in the form of Serie A champions Napoli.

There are 16 teams who qualified for the knockout phase of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League.

The seeded teams are those that finished top of their group; the unseeded teams qualified in second place. Seeded and unseeded teams were drawn against one another in the Round of 16.

At this stage of the tournament, teams from the same country cannot play against each other. Similarly, no teams who were in the same group can face each other in the Round of 16 (for instance, Real Madrid could not have been drawn against Napoli). Those parameters do not apply once we get to the quarterfinal stage.