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2021/22 UEFA Champions League
Round of 16 - First-Leg
22 February 2022
Kick-Off 22h00
Lille OSC and Villarreal CF will head into their
UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg ties as the underdogs on February 22.
French champions Lille are set to travel to the Stamford Bridge Stadium in England where they will face defending champions Chelsea FC.
Having recently been crowned FIFA Club World Cup champions, Chelsea will be brimming with confidence.
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This will be the third competitive game between the two teams and both matches were won by the English giants, who are in their second reign as European champions.
The two teams met twice during the 2019/20 season with Chelsea winning 2-1 both home and away, and this makes the Blues outright favourites to win this encounter.
“We are very happy to have this match. We have to prepare in a few weeks, a few months," Lille manager Jocelyn Gourvennec said about facing Chelsea.
"Regarding the draw, we did not know until after if it is the right one or not. Chelsea, it’s a very big team, it’s the defending champion.
"We will do as we have done since the start in the group stage, play 300% to defeat the predictions. “
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Meanwhile, Spanish side Villarreal will play host to Italian football powerhouse, Juventus at the Estadio de la Cerámica in Spain.
Villarreal are only making their third appearance in the Champions League knockout phase and they have never reached the final.
This will be the first-ever competitive meeting between two teams with a spot in the quarter-finals at stake.
However, Juventus have been tipped as the favourites to advance to the next round due to their European pedigree.
Juventus are two-time Champions League winners having also reached the final in 2015 and 2017.
UEFA Champions League Fixtures
Both matches to Kick-off at 20h00
Tuesday, February 22
Villarreal CF v Juventus FC
Chelsea FC v Lille OSC
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