Manchester City Face Real Madrid In UCL KO Phase As PSG Get Brest (FULL DRAW LIST)—-Manchester City failure to secure automatic qualification has set the English team against the defending champions Real Madrid in this season’s Champions League knockout play-offs while Paris Saint-Germain go up against French rivals Brest.
Following the first-ever Champions League’s league phase came to its conclusion at the end of 18 simultaneous matches on Wednesday night, the swollen 36-team table was finally complete. The sides that finished in the top eight automatically qualified for the round of 16 and so were not involved in Friday’s draw, leaving the 16 clubs between ninth and 24th to battle it out over two legs in February.
Each club already knew that it could only face one of two opponents in these play-offs based on there final position in the league phase table, but Thiago Alcantara was on hand at UEFA’s House of Football in Switzerland to decipher the precise ties.
Full 2024/25 Champions League knockout play-off draw
(Seeded teams are listed second)
Club Brugge vs Atalanta
Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund
Man City vs Real Madrid
Celtic vs Bayern Munich
Juventus vs PSV
Feyenoord vs Milan
Brest vs PSG
Monaco vs Benfica.
When are the Champions League knockout play-offs?
FC Internazionale Milano v FK Crvena Zvezda – UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2
The Champions League trophy will be up for grabs on 31 May / Jonathan Moscrop/GettyImages
The first legs of these maiden play-offs are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 11 February or Wednesday 12 February. The reverse fixtures will be held one week later on 18/19 February.
In the same week that these fixtures are concluded, there will be a draw for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals on Friday 21 February. This particular bout of ball juggling will finally resolve the opponents for the eight teams that automatically qualified for the round of 16, including the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Arsenal.