Thirty two teams joined the champions league group stage but now it’s time for the sixteen teams that made it to the knock out round.

Group A leaders Manchester City from England travels to Estadio Jose Alvalade Lisbon Portugal to face Sporting CP who finished second behind Ajax in group C. City will be without their most expensive player Jack Grealish who is recovering from a shin problem he suffered while still at Aston Villa last season. Jack missed city’s 4-0 win at Norwich on Saturday. Gabriel Jesus is also not available for today’s game with a knock injury he suffered while still on international duty with Brazil.

Pep Guardiola said Jack’s injury is not serious.”He is better but for tomorrow he’s not available together with Cole Palmer and Gabriel,” he said.

Pep Guardiola said,”To do better than last seasonis not easy butwe are excited and happy to be in this competition at this stage”. City intends to better their last season performance when they finished second after losing to Chelsea in the final.

Sporting’s high rated Pedro Goncalves is in doubt to feature in this game due to a muscle injury.

The other waited game, that is expected to be furious and entertaining, sees France giants PSG rock horns with Real Madrid from Spain.The two will face each other at the Parc des Princes Paris,France.This game will see PSG’s Messi face Madrid for the first time in a jersey not that of Barcelona.

PSG finished second in group A while Madrid were the group D leaders. The two teams have been struggling for the last five games and this will be a tough game for both.

PSG will be without Sergio Ramos who has a calf injury while Madrid has no reported injuries. Players to watch from PSG are Lionel Messi,Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Jr while from Madrid it’s Vinicius Jr,Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio.

Carlo Ancelotti Madrid’s coach is an experienced coach but will he withstand Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG?