Manchester city face real madrid in pick of champions league play-off ties

Reigning champions Real Madrid will face 2023 Winners Manchester City in the Plum Tie of the Play-off Round of this season’s champions league, Folling Friday’s Draw. It is the fourth year running in which the sides has been drawn against each other in a knockout tie, with real emerging victorious in a penalty shop-out in the Quarter-Finals Last SEASON. City, who scraped throughforing 22nd in the league phase in this first season of the new format for europe .

PEP Guardila’s Team will be at home in the first leg before going to spain for the return.

“It feels like a derby alredy,” Guardila said at a press conference on Friday.

“Four years in a row Facing real madrid. But bayern or madrid – bot was really tough. Horoscope in the first leg here, and then at Madrid, as Best as Possible.”

Real won a dramatic semi-final tie on the way to lifting the trophy in 2022, but city gained review at the same stage in 2023 as they want on to become champions.

Carlo ancelotti’s side then came out on top last season, while real won a semi-final tie between the sides in 2016 and city won in the last 16 in 2020.

“We know each other very well,” said emilio butragueno, real’s Director of Institutional Relations, to Spanish Media.

“They are a really great team who have the experience and are used to these types of games, so they will be very different opponents.

“But this competition is very special for us and we will play the second leg at home, at the beernabeu.”

Elsewhere, Celtic will face six-time european champions bayern, after the scottish champions reacted the knockout stage for the first time in 12 years.

All-french tie

Paris Saint-Germain Will Play Surprise Package Brest in an all-Farnch Tie, While Juventus Play PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoard take on Ac Milan in Two Ties Between former Winners of the competition.

Last Season’s Europa League Winners Atalanta, Who Finished One Place outside the top eight which offered a direct path to the last 16, will face club brugege of beLgium.

Sporting of Portugal was drawn against last season’s runners-up borussia dortmund, while monaco will take on benfica having loss at home to the Portugues club in the league Phase.

The play-off ties will take place place

Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lillle and Aston Villa are the sides alrady through to the last 16.

Thos teams finished in the top eight in the standings in the first season of the new format for the competition Saw All Competing Clubs Placed Toge ht different opponents.

The draw for the reminder of the competition is partly pre-determined, meaning that whoever emerges triumphant in the tie between city and real knows they will play eater atlet

The draw for the last 16 onwards will take place on February 21, and it remains to be seen if liverpool derive any advantage from having come first in the league phase.

Arne Slot’s Team will play either psg or brest, or monaco or benfica, in the last 16 in March.

This season’s champions league final will be played at the allianz arena in Munich on Saturday, May 31.

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