Will FC Barcelona, Liverpool Meet Each Other In Knockout Stages? THIS New UEFA Champions League Rule Will Amaze You
UCL 2024/25: Will FC Barcelona and Liverpool face-off in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25. Here's what the new rule says.
UCL 2024/25: The UEFA Champions League 2024/25 group stage is over, and the historic Round 8 produced 16 matches across Europe, as it was for the very first time that a single Matchday of the premier continental league of Europe had this many matches.
The all-new format of the UCL 2024/25 provides a whole different scenario for the teams to progress into the knockou stages, as the teams that finished in the Top 8 have directly advanced to the Round of 16, and will await the rest of the 8 teams, who will contest in the Playoffs.
What Is UCL Playoffs?
The all-new format of the UEFA Champions League now sees the team placed 9th to 24th contest in a Playoff before Round of 16. Fans can practically call it a Round of 32 but the technical part is, only 16 teams are involved.
The draw for the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Playoffs will take place tomorrow, and these are the following sides who will learn their opponent:
- Atalanta (9th)
- BvB Dortmund (10th)
- Real Madrid (11th)
- Bayern Munich (12th)
- AC Milan (13th)
- PSV (14th)
- PSG (15th)
- SL Benfica (16th)
- AS Monaco (17th)
- Brest (18th)
- Feyenoord (19th)
- Juventus (20th)
- Celtic (21st)
- Manchester City (22nd)
- Sporting CP (23rd)
- Club Brugge (24th)
The following 12 clubs have failed to progress into the knockout stages:
- Dinamo Zagreb (25th)
- VfB Stuttgart (26th)
- Shaktar Donetsk (27th)
- Bologna (28th)
- FK Crvena Zvezda (29th)
- Sturm Graz (30th)
- Sparta Prague (31st)
- RB Leipzig (32nd)
- Girona (33rd)
- Red Bull Salzburg (34th)
- Slovan Bratislava (35th)
- BSC Young Boys (36th)
Only Possibe Way Of Liverpool, FC Barcelona Facing Each Other Is 'The Final'
Liverpool finished on top of the table with 21 points, followed by FC Barcelona with 19 points. Irrespective of how the draw comes out to be, the new rule states that the teams who finished in the Top 2 will be seeded in such a manner that they won't face each other before the Final.
Therefore, the eagerly-awaited fixture of Liverpool Vs FC Barcelona will only take place, if both of them manage to progress through their knockout stage routes into the Final.
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