Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the qualifiers of the Champions League.
The teams who finished between ninth and 24th in the league phase of the tournament will play two-legged play-off ties on 11-12 and 18-19 February to decide who advances to the round of 16.
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It’s a Champions League semi-final 3 times in the last decade and a quarter-final once, but this time, Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the festival’s new circular eliminations, with two-legged winners advancing next month to circulate on March 16.
This is a link of success at such an early level of the festival is not what UEFA envisioned when it outgrew the tournament design this year, meaning the 8 most sensible sides of the opening phase of 36 teams automatically qualified for the back 16.
But City and Madrid paid their bad performances in Europe this season, the English champions near going absolutely while they spent their time in the last of their 8 games.
Now, both have the chance to make amends by knocking out opponents they will see as major rivals in their bid to go on and win the competition.
Elsewhere among the eight ties, Celtic meet Bayern Munich and there is an all-French contest between minnows Brest and serial domestic champions Paris Saint-Germain.
The early stages of the play-offs will take their place on February 12, with returns a week later.
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Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur finished 3 and fourth respectively in the tournament league phase, which were grouped in direct elimination support.
This means that one will face the winner of Az with Galatasaray, the other that shows Midtjylland or Real Sociedad.
These are potentially sensitive links. The Spurs lost 3-2 opposite to Galatasaray in Türkiye, although they beat Az 1-0 in northern London, thanks to Richarlison’s penalty at the time of half.
Manchester United, by hand, lost opposite to Galatasaray 3-2 in Old Trafford last season, before attracting 3-3 in Türkiye. They also lost 1-0 opposite to Real Sociedad in the house the previous season.
The first legs will be played on February thirteen and the time when the legs will be played on February 20, 2025.
. . . which means that Fenerbahce has to face Anderlecht in an exciting game.
Bodo / Glimt is twenty.
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. . . leaving FCSB to play Paak.
Ajax will play Union Saint-Gillie.
. . . leaving the Society to face Midtjylland.
Turkish heavyweights Galatasaray will play AZ Alkmaar.
We will be Roma Porto!
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Viktoria Plzen will play Ferencvaros.
The draw for the Europa League will work in the same way as the draw for the Champions League a short time ago.
First, the groups will receive a position in the global tournament before learning the links themselves.
Retired Spain striker Aritz Aduriz — who was the Europa League top scorer in 2015–16 and 2017–18 while playing for Athletic Bilbao — is on stage to help with the draw.
Pedro Pinto is back at the level and now is the time of the draw for the Europa League.
Fenerbahce or Twente will face Bodo/Glimt or Anderlecht.
Ferencvaros or Porto will play Roma or Viktoria please.
Union Saint-Gillie or Paok will face FCSB or Ajax. This leaves Az Alkmaar or Midtjylland to play true society or Galatasaray.
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I hope you are willing to do everything again.
The FIT of the Europa League is as follows.
Manchester City opposed to Real Madrid is the link of the, and there is a lot of history between the two European heavyweights.
Last season, Carlo Ancelotti’s appearance put an end to Pep Guardiola’s dream of keeping the name while eliminating the headlines of the consequences at the Etihad in the quarter-quarter failures. Real won the tournament, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final.
The shootout triumph was revenge for Real as they lost to City at the semi-final stage a season previous. City then went on to win the tournament for the first time, to complete a stunning treble.
The draw -eye will take position on February 21, 2025.
The teams who advanced directly to that stage know they will play one of four teams.