Ukrainian Trubin against Russian. Summary of the draw for the Champions League Round of 16.

Today, January 31, the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 took place among the teams that finished from 9th to 24th place in the overall stage of the competition.

The winners of the playoff matches will play in the Round of 16 against the top clubs from the overall stage.

Left side of the bracket:

"Brugge" - "Atalanta"

"Manchester City" - "Real Madrid"

"Juventus" - "PSV"

"Brest" - "PSG"

Right side of the bracket:

"Sporting" - "Borussia Dortmund"

"Celtic" - "Bayern"

"Feyenoord" - "Milan"

"Monaco" - "Benfica"

The first matches will take place on February 11-12, and the return matches on February 18-19.

Ukrainian Anatoliy Trubin, a player of "Benfica", will play against the Russian Alexander Golovin from "Monaco".

Recall that last year Trubin refused to shake hands with Golovin before the Champions League match.

Russian athlete missing during military actions

The Russian powerlifter Mikhail Andryukhin has gone missing. He has participated in military actions on the border with Ukraine since 2022. Andryukhin is a well-known world and European champion in powerlifting, as well as a champion of Russia. His disappearance was reported by the Moscow region powerlifting federation.

In a letter from August 23, 2024, from the command, it was mentioned that Andryukhin went missing near the settlement of Robotyne in Donbas. This information was relayed by the athlete's wife, Ekaterina. Earlier, Russian propagandists accused him of war crimes against Ukraine.

Rowing athlete went to Russia

Larisa Zalinska, a well-known rower who served in the National Guard of Ukraine, decided to leave Ukraine and move to Russia. She stated that she is Russian by nationality and has always been Russian-speaking. Zalinska went to Russia on a tourist visa and used her second foreign passport to cross the border. She noted that she left not as an escape but as a return to her homeland.

Larisa Zalinska is the champion of Ukraine in rowing and had successes in international competitions.