Manchester Metropolis will face Actual Madrid in a blockbuster Champions League play-off with Celtic taking over Bayern Munich in a bid to achieve the final 16.
Having overwhelmed Membership Brugge 3-1 of their last league-phase recreation to scrape by way of to the following spherical, Pep Guardiola’s facet should go up in opposition to the 15-time European champions within the glamour tie of the play-off spherical.
Metropolis’s draw in opposition to Madrid implies that Celtic will go up in opposition to Bayern Munich, now managed by former Metropolis captain Vincent Kompany.
The draw units up the fifth two-legged tie between Metropolis and Madrid within the final six seasons. Final yr Madrid ended Metropolis’s hopes of retaining the Champions League as they gained in a penalty shoot-out on the Etihad within the quarter-finals.
The yr earlier than, Metropolis beat Madrid within the semi-finals on their method to finishing a treble, conquering Europe for the primary time within the membership’s historical past.
The winners of the tie will advance to face both Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen within the final 16. The identical applies for Celtic ought to they progress in opposition to Bayern.
Metropolis’s second leg on the Santiago Bernabeu takes place just some days earlier than they host Liverpool within the Premier League, dwell on Sky Sports activities, with Metropolis additionally going through Newcastle between the 2 Actual Madrid ties.
Juventus have been drawn in opposition to PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord have been paired with AC Milan, whereas Membership Brugge will face Atalanta.
There’s an all-French tie between Brest and Paris St Germain, Monaco will tackle Benfica, and Sporting have been drawn in opposition to Borussia Dortmund.
The primary legs of the knockout play-off spherical happen on February 11-12 with the return legs every week later.
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When will top-eight golf equipment be taught final 16 opponent?
Regardless of Friday’s draw, Arsenal, Liverpool and Villa’s choices haven’t been narrowed down. The draw for the final 16 is on February 21, two days after the play-off spherical finishes.
From this level, the trail to the ultimate in Munich will grow to be quite a bit clearer. There’ll then be a draw straight after to find out dwelling benefit within the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Aston Villa snuck into the highest eight by the pores and skin of their tooth after Atalanta didn’t beat Barcelona and dropped into the play-offs, that means Unai Emery’s facet will face considered one of Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting or Membership Brugge within the final 16.
Liverpool high the general desk and can now face considered one of Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco or Brest.
Arsenal will tackle AC Milan, PSV, Feyenoord or Juventus as their potential last-16 opponents.
Confirmed knockout section play-offs
- Membership Brugge (BEL) vs Atalanta (ITA)
- Sporting CP (POR) vs Borussia Dortmund (GER)
- Manchester Metropolis (ENG) vs Actual Madrid (ESP)
- Celtic (SCO) vs Bayern München (GER)
- Juventus (ITA) vs PSV (NED)
- Feyenoord (NED) vs Milan (ITA)
- Brest (FRA) vs Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
- Monaco (FRA) vs Benfica (POR)
Draw format defined
Groups ending between ninth and sixteenth within the league shall be seeded for the play-off spherical.
They are going to face an unseeded group that completed between seventeenth and twenty fourth within the desk – with the seeded group additionally having the advantage of enjoying the second leg at dwelling.
Sides will even be paired collectively within the draw, that means that the 2 sides who completed ninth and tenth shall be drawn in opposition to both the twenty third or twenty fourth positioned sides.
Groups who completed eleventh and twelfth shall be drawn in opposition to both the twenty first or Twenty second-placed sides, and so forth.
The eight winners from the play-offs will meet the groups who completed within the high eight from the preliminary league section within the last-16, the place the acquainted theme of knockout rounds will run all the way in which to the ultimate.
Who will British groups play within the subsequent spherical – and who may they face within the final 16?
Liverpool (Ranked No 1)
Spherical of 16: One of many winners of PSG vs Brest or Monaco vs Benfica.
Arsenal (Ranked No 3)
Spherical of 16: One of many winners of Feyenoord vs AC Milan or Juventus vs PSV.
Aston Villa (Ranked No 8)
Spherical of 16: One of many winners of Membership Brugge vs Atalanta or Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund.
Celtic (Ranked No 21)
Knockout playoffs: vs Bayern Munich (eleventh)
Spherical of 16: vs Atletico Madrid (fifth) or Bayer Leverkusen (sixth).
Manchester Metropolis (Ranked No 22)
Knockout playoffs: Actual Madrid (twelfth).
Spherical of 16: vs Atletico Madrid (fifth) or Bayer Leverkusen (sixth).
When are the 2024/25 Champions League knockout fixtures?
- Spherical of 16: March 4/5 and March 11/12, 2025
- Quarter-finals: April 8/9 and April 15/16, 2025
- Semi-finals: April 29/30 and Might 6/7, 2025
- Remaining: Might 31, 2025
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