Every Champions League 2022/23 last 16 tie

Here we are, then. The business end of the Champions League is upon us and after a relatively swift and efficient draw from the one and only Hamit Altintop, we now know who will face who for a place in the final eight.

Let’s be honest, there are some fantastic ties here. Some that really whet your appetite for a cool, fresh pint of Gazprom. And then there’s a couple that makes you want to pour it into your eyes instead.

With that in mind, 90min has inevitably decided to rank the eight games from the ‘I’d much rather be painting that wall and then watching it dry’ gauge of watchability to the ‘I know we’re meant to be getting married but I’m absolutely watching this instead’.

Let’s tuck in.

Benfica’s last 16 clash with Club Brugge is very much one for the hipster football fan.

The Belgian side put together three heroic performances during the first few weeks of the group stage but their results in the second half, along with some middle of the road domestic form, suggests their run in the competition will end at the hands of Benfica.

It’s refreshing to see these two teams fight it out among Europe’s elite instead of, say, oh I don’t know, Barcelona and Manchester United, but together they make up what is clearly the weakest tie on paper.

Another game that may make you consider a Tuesday night trawling round Sainsbury’s for your weekly shop is Inter vs Porto.

Under Simone Inzaghi, Inter just aren’t very good at the moment (look at the Serie A table for evidence of that) and Porto aren’t really fairing much better in the Primeira Liga – thank you for Benfica for that eight-point gap you’ve opened up.

Diogo Costa’s penalty saving exploits may make you think again, however, as might Hugo Almeida’s absolute banger from this fixture in 2005 – a real favourite goal of this particular writer and one that’s criminally underrated.

RB Leipzig are on quite the run of form under their relatively new head coach Marco Rose, having won nine of their last 11 games in all competitions. They’re certainly no pushovers but will have to be at their very best to stop Erling Haaland and Manchester City from…