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  "path": "/2026/02/27/chelsea-route-champions-league-final-revealed-last-16-draw-27135521/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T11:42:38.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Chelsea are into the knockout stages (Picture: Getty)\n\nChelsea have discovered their potential route to the Champions League final after the draw for the tournament’s knockout stages took place.\n\nLiam Rosenior’s side progressed automatically into the last-16 after an impressive away win at Napoli saw them secure a top-eight finish in the league phase.\n\nIt will be Chelsa’s first time back in the tournamnt’s knockout stages since the 2022/23 season where the Blues reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Real Madrid.\n\nBut they will harbour ambitions of kicking on further this time around, and Chlelsea know now their route to the final as they look to add a third Champions League title to their trophy cabinet.\n\n## What is Chelsea’s route to the Champions League final?\n\nChelsea will face defending champions **Paris Saint-Germain **in the last-16 of the Champions League.\n\nLuis Enrique’s side were made to work in their play-off encounter with Monaco, but squeezed past with a 5-4 win on aggregate.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nShould the Blues manage to knock out the defending champions, they will set up a quarter-final clash against either **Liverpool **or **Galatasary.**\n\n##  Champions League last-16 draw in full\n\n\n\nThe Champions League brackets in full (Click image to expand)\n\nReal Madrid vs Man City\nSporting Lisbon vs Bodø/Glimt\nPSG vs Chelsea\nNewcastle vs Barcelona\nLiverpool vs Galatasaray\nAtletico Madrid vs Tottenham\nAtalanta vs Bayern Munich\nBayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal\n\nBoth sides met in the league phase earlier in the season, with Galatasaray recording an impressive 1-0 home win.\n\nBut a Liverpool win this time around would set up an all-English last-eight clash and a repeat of the 2008 semi-finals.\n\nChelsea beat Barcelona in the league phase (Picture: Getty)\n\nChelsea won that two-legged afair 16 years ago, and if Rosenior’s side can repeat the trick, they would be into the semi-finals where one of **Real Madrid, Manchester City, Atalanta and Bayern Munich await.**\n\nReal and City will face off in the last-16 in what is fast becoming a modern-day Champions League classic. Bayern, meanwhile, finished second in the league phase and will take on Atalanta after their superb comeback victory in the play-offs against Borussia Dortmund.\n\n## Chelsea’s potential path to Champions League final:\n\n  * **Last-16:** Paris Saint-Germain\n  * **Quarter-finals:** Liverpool\n  * **Semi-finals:** Bayern Munich\n  * **Finals:** Arsenal\n\n\n\n## Champions League knockout phase fixture dates\n\nLast 16: March 10/11 and March 17/18\n\nQuarter-finals: April 7/8 and April 14/15\n\nSemi-finals: April 28/29 and May 5/6\n\nFinal: May 30 (Budapest)\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Chelsea route to the Champions League final revealed after last-16 draw"
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