This new edition of the Champions League is presented in a completely new format. Matchday 4 just ended this Wednesday night. But then, which clubs would qualify for the next round if the league phase ended there?
A new week of the Champions League has just ended. The third day ended this Wednesday night. The two big surprises of the day were the defeat of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu against AC Milan and the loss of Manchester City against Sporting Lisbon at the José Alvalade, with an excellent presentation by Viktor Gyokeres.
Rules reminder:
They would qualify in the round of 16 without playing a play-off (classified from 1 to 8):
1. Liverpool12 points (+9)
2. Sporting Lisbon10 points (+7)
3. Monaco10 points (+6)
4. Brest10 points (+6)
5. Inter Milan10 points (+6)
6. FC Barcelona9 points (+10)
7. Borussia Dortmund9 points (+7)
8. Aston Villa9 points (+5)
They would play the play-off to access the round of 16 (from 9th to 24th place):
9. Atalanta8 points (+5)
10. Manchester City7 points (+6)
11. Juventus7 points (+2)
12. Arsenal7 points (+2)
13. Bayer Leverkusen7 points (+1)
14. Lille7 points (+1)
15. Celtic, 7 points (0)
16. Dinamo Zagreb, 7 points (-2)
17. Bayern Munich, 6 points (+4)
18. Real Madrid, 6 points (+2)
19. Benfica, 6 points (+2)
20. AC Milan, 6 points (+1)
21. Feyenoord, 6 points (-3)
22. Club Bruges6 points (-3)
23. Atlético de Madrid, 6 points (-4)
24. PSV5 points (+2)
For these clubs, as mentioned above, there is no tie. The highest ranked team faces the lowest ranked team and so on, in a round-trip format. The eight highest-ranked teams will play the second leg at their stadium.
The Play-off crosses if the ranking stopped here!
They would be eliminated if the ranking stopped here!
25. Sparta Prague4 points (-3)
26. Stuttgart4 points (-3)
27. PSG4 points (-2)
28. Shakhtar Donetsk4 points (-3)
29. Girona3 points (-4)
30. RB Salzburg3 points (-8)
31. Bologna1 point (-5)
32. RB Leipzig0 points (-5)
33. Storm Graz0 points (-5)
34 Young Boys0 points (-10)
35. Red Star of Belgrade0 points (-12)
36. Bratislava0 points (-13)
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