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The Champions League is already back after just two weeks break with knockout-play-offs. What do they mean and how is the rest of the competition shaped?

If you lack the number of crushing of the newly designed league phase, brought into this season to result in more inventory between ‘big clubs’ at an earlier time, don’t worry. The mental gymnastics are not over yet.

This week and the next teams ranked ninth to 24. In that league pase will go head-to-head in two-legged play-off games to determine which eight will move on like the frozen pages for the last 16, where their Opponents will be determined by who ended, where in the top eight.

The last location of the Champions League group phase
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The last location of the Champions League group phase

Champions League Play-off band

As you may already know, teams are drawn in pairs to the Play -Of round -which means the teams in the ninth and 10 can face one of the teams in 23 or 24th, the teams in 11th and 12. Against them in 21 or 22. And so on at this stage of the tournament.

That is as far as we have been given to map the route to the Allianz Arena on May 31. The eight play-off bands to be played on 11-12. February and 18-19, are:

  • Atalanta vs. Club Brugge
  • Dortmund vs Sporting
  • Real Madrid vs. Man city
  • Bayern Munich vs. Celtic
  • Milan vs Feyenoord
  • PSV vs. Juventus
  • PSG vs Brest
  • Benfica vs Monaco

Champions League Play-off Fixtures

First leg

11th February: Brest vs PSG (17.45)
11th February: Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven (20:00)
11th February: Man City vs Real Madrid (20:00)
February 11: Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund (20:00)

February 12: Club Brugge vs. Atalanta (17.45)
February 12: Celtic vs Bayern Munich (20:00)
February 12: Feyenoord vs AC Milan (20:00)
February 12: Monaco vs Benfica (20:00)

Second leg

February 18: AC MILAN VS Feyenoord (17.45)
February 18: Atalanta vs. Club Brugge (20:00)
February 18: Bayern Munich vs Celtic (20:00)
February 18: Benfica vs Monaco (20:00)

February 19: Borussia Dortmund vs Sporting Lisbon (17.45)
February 19: PSG vs Brest (20:00)
February 19: PSV Eindhoven vs. Juventus (20:00)
February 19: Real Madrid VS Man City (20:00)

Champions League Last 16: Who plays Who?

We don’t know yet. UEFA apparently thinks that another thing missing in the old Champions League format was several drag ceremonies, and therefore they made the last 16-made separate from last month’s play-off-made.

In practice at each play-off pairing that they could meet one of two automatically qualified teams in the next phase, but will not find out exactly who it is until they have gone through, then a draw to reveal the last 16 And over that will will not be held on February 21 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

And that’s what makes things complicated. Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​who finished first and second in the table to go straight through to the last 16, know that they will meet one of Monaco, Benfica, Paris or Brest in the next round.

It is as far as they can narrow it, much less knows, even what half of the draw they will be in, as first and second, third and fourth and so on are gathered at this point – with one of each pair that ends in the opposite halves of the draw.

Hopefully the graphics below can go a way to offer a visual explanation to clean things up a bit.

Graphic

When is the Champions League Last-16 draw?

A draw for the last 16 and above will be held on February 21st.

Champions League Knockout -Scene Plan

  • Last 16 games will be played on March 4 and March 5, with the second legs that occur on March 11 and March 12.
  • The quarterfinals are April 8 and April 9 with the return legs on April 15 and April 16.
  • The semi -finals will take place on April 29 and April 30 with second widow on May 6 and May 7.
  • This year’s Champions League final is at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena on May 31.

Who will British teams play in the next round – and who could they meet in the last 16?

Liverpool (Ranked No. 1)

Round of 16: Vs PSG (15.), Benfica (16.), Monaco (17.) or Brest (18.).

Arsenal (Ranked No. 3)

Round of 16: vs AC Milan (13.), PSV (14.), Feyenoord (19.) or Juventus (20.).

Aston Villa (Ranked No. 8)

Round of 16: vs. Atalanta (9.), Borussia Dortmund (10.), Sporting (23.) or Club Brugge (24.).

Celtic (Ranked No. 21)

Knockout Play-Offs: Vs. Bayern Munich (11.).

Round of 16: vs. Atletico Madrid (5.) or Bayer Leverkusen (6.).

Manchester City (Ranked No. 22)

Knockout Play-Offs: vs Real Madrid (12.).

Round of 16: vs. Atletico Madrid (5.) or Bayer Leverkusen (6.).