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Barcelona will tackle a well-known opponent within the Spherical of 16 of the UEFA Champions League as they’ve been drawn towards SL Benfica within the knockout phases.
Actual Madrid endured a troublesome begin to the competitors and in consequence completed outdoors the highest eight, securing an Eleventh-place end, which meant they needed to play a knockout playoff to safe their spot within the Spherical of 16.
Having been drawn towards Premier League champions Manchester Metropolis, Los Blancos secured a thumping 6-3 combination win to guide a spot within the Spherical of 16, the place they’ll now face Atleti/the present Bundesliga champions.
From the knockout part play-offs onwards the match is a bracket with potential opponents within the spherical of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals additionally pre-defined by pairings that are decided by groups’ remaining league positions.
For instance, groups that completed first and second within the league part will face the winners of the knockout part play-off ties involving the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and 18th-placed groups within the spherical of 16.
👀 El nostre rival de vuitens de remaining de la Champions és el Benfica#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/m8lSPI2ZRr
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) February 21, 2025
It meant that Liverpool and Barça, who completed first and second, respectively, can be going through the winners of knockout playoff matches between PSG and Brest, and SL Benfica and Monaco.
With PSG and Benfica prevailing of their respective playoff video games, it got here all the way down to Barcelona going through both Luis Enrique’s males, who eradicated them final season from the competitors or Benfica, whom they confronted within the group stage this time period.
As it could end up, they’ve now been drawn towards Benfica.
The groups who completed within the prime eight are seeded and can be at house within the second leg.
As such, the primary leg will performed at Estadio da Luz on March 4/5 and the second leg at Montjuic on March 11/12.
QF and SF draw
With the brackets for the whole match now set, Barcelona, ought to they get by to the Spherical of 16, will face the winners of Borussia Dortmund vs Lille within the quarter-finals.
In case the La Liga leaders prevail there as properly, a semi-final date would await towards one in all Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or Bayer Leverkusen.
