Champions League: the posters of the 8th finals are known

The draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League took place this Friday.

The knockout stages have reserved their share of sensations. At this stage of the competition, the Champions League must already compose without several European Cadors. Manchester City fell against Real Madrid, just like AC Milan against Feyenoord and Juventus against PSV Eindhoven.

Ligue 1 lost two of its representatives with the eliminations of AS Monaco against Benfica and Brest against Paris Saint-Germain. Finally, Atalanta, Sporting and Celtic Glasgow also said goodbye to the C1 after being released by Club Bruges, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively.

PSG against Liverpool and two derbies on the program

The draw for the knockout stages of this 2024-2025 edition of the Champions League took place this Friday, two days after the barragist qualifications. The latter join the top 8 teams of the regular season already qualified for the next round: Liverpool, FC Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atlético Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.

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Paris Saint-Germain Inherited Liverpool and appears on the left part of the table. The club of the capital will therefore not be able to cross the Lille route, opposed to Borussia Dortmund in the other part of the table, in the final. Club Bruges will be measured at Aston Villa, while Arsenal will face the PSV Eindhoven.

For its part, Feyenoord will rub on inter Milan, and FC Barcelona will flow with Benfica. Finally, two explosive shocks are on the program: a Madrid derby between Real and Atlético, as well as a 100 % German duel between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.

The posters of the LDC finals

PSG – Liverpool

Club Bruges – Aston Villa

Real Madrid – Atlético de Madrid

PSV Eindhoven – Arsenal

Benfica – FC Barcelona

Borussia Dortmund – Lille

Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen

Feyenoord – Inter Milan

When will the knockout stages of the Champions League take place?

The first leg meetings of these knockout stages will be held on March 4 and 5, and the return match on March 11 and 12. As a reminder, the C1 final will take place on May 31, 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich in Germany.