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Ultimate Guide to Champions League Round-of-16 Week 1: Old Rivals Face off Again

The Champions League returns with round-of-16 action on Tuesday, and with eight teams walking out to that famous music and eyeing a place in the quarter-finals, let’s get the ultimate guide to the week’s action.

Tuesday, February 16

Benfica vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg, Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, 7.45 p.m. GMT / 2.45 p.m. ET

Zenit Saint Petersburg will have been counting down the days until the return of the Champions League given they were one of the most impressive sides in the group stage.

Only Real Madrid picked up more points than the 15 Zenit amassed in Group H, in which Artem Dzyuba hit six goals in six games and Hulk was arguably the best player in the competition so far.