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Champions League League Phase Draw: Top side’s opponents finalized

The Champions League will be under a new face in this season of 2024/25, and Thursday’s draw finalized the opponents and fixtures for the top sides for the league phase.

The high-tech draw took place in Monaco on Thursday. Portugal forward and record 5-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo pressed the all-important button to make a computer algorithm determine the fixtures.

🗣️ SIUUUUUU @Cristiano 😀
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— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 29, 2024

Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern Munich, and more teams of Pot 1 learned their fates as the rundown of their opponents is now clear.

What’s new about this year’s Champions League

Teams cannot play another from the same country in the league phase. Hence, there is no potential for derbies, but the new system ensures many exciting matches between top sides.

To summarize, here is how things should be:

• 36 teams
• Each team plays eight games – four at home and four away
• Opponents decided by computer. Two opponents from each of the four seeding pots
• Teams who finish in the top eight will qualify automatically for the last 16
• Those who place ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout play-off
• Whoever finishes 25th or lower will be eliminated and will not be entered into the Europa League.
• The number of matches in the new format will increase from 125 to 189.
• Each team will play at least eight games – instead of six – and a maximum of 17.

Since the number of games increases, Champions League action will begin on 17-19 September, and the league phase runs until 29 January rather than finishing before Christmas.

Top side’s opponents of Champions League – League phase after the draw

• REAL MADRID: Borussia Dortmund (h), Liverpool (a), AC Milan (h), Atalanta (a), Salzburg (h), Lille (a), VfB Stuttgart (h), Brest (a)
• MANCHESTER CITY: Inter Milan (h), Paris St-Germain (a), Club Bruges (h), Juventus (a), Feyenoord (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Sparta Prague (h), Slovan Bratislava (a)
• BAYERN MUNICH: Paris St-Germain (h), Barcelona (a), Benfica (h), Shakhtar Donetsk (a), Dinamo Zagreb (h), Feyenoord (a), Slovan Bratislava (h), Aston Villa (a)

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• PARIS ST-GERMAIN: Manchester City (h), Bayern Munich (a), Atletico Madrid (h), Arsenal (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Salzburg (a), Girona (h), VfB Stuttgart (a)
• LIVERPOOL: Real Madrid (h), RB Leipzig (a), Bayer Leverkusen (h), AC Milan (a), Lille (h), PSV Eindhoven (a), Bologna (h), Girona (a)
• INTER MILAN: RB Leipzig (h), Manchester City (a), Arsenal (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), Red Star Belgrade (h), Young Boys (a), Monaco (h), Sparta Prague (a)
• BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Barcelona (h), Real Madrid (a), Shakhtar Donetsk (h), Club Bruges (a), Celtic (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Sturm Graz (h), Bologna (a)
• RB LEIPZIG: Liverpool (h), Inter Milan (a), Juventus (h), Atletico Madrid (a), Sporting Lisbon (h), Celtic (a), Aston Villa (h), Sturm Graz (a)
• BARCELONA: Bayern Munich (h), Borussia Dortmund (a), Atalanta (h), Benfica (a), Young Boys (h), Red Star Belgrade (a), Brest (h), Monaco (a)
• BAYER LEVERKUSEN: Inter Milan (h), Liverpool (a), AC Milan (h), Atletico Madrid (a), Salzburg (h), Feyenoord (a), Sparta Prague (h), Brest (a)
• ATLETICO MADRID: RB Leipzig (h), Paris St-Germain (a), Bayer Leverkusen (h), Benfica (a), Lille (h), Salzburg (a), Slovan Bratislava (h), Sparta Prague (a)
• JUVENTUS: Manchester City (h), RB Leipzig (a), Benfica (h), Club Bruges (a), PSV Eindhoven (h), Lille (a), VfB Stuttgart (h), Aston Villa (a)
• ARSENAL: Paris St-Germain (h), Inter Milan (a), Shakhtar Donetsk (h), Atalanta (a), Dinamo Zagreb (h), Sporting Lisbon (a), Monaco (h), Girona (a)
• AC MILAN: Liverpool (h), Real Madrid (a), Club Bruges (h), Bayer Leverkusen (a), Red Star Belgrade (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Girona (h), Slovan Bratislava (a)
• ASTON VILLA: Bayern Munich (h), RB Leipzig (a), Juventus (h), Club Bruges (a), Celtic (h), Young Boys (a), Bologna (h), Monaco (a)
• CELTIC: Aston Villa (a), Leipzig (h), Borussia Dortmund (a), Club Bruges (h), Atalanta (a), Young Boys (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Slovan Bratislava (h)

Games to look out for

Dortmund will have their chance for revenge as they face Los Blancos in a repeat of last season’s final. The Bundesliga side bowed out to the 15th-time winners 0-2, as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr. scored.

Liverpool will face an old face as Xabi Alonso returns to Anfield as Bayer Leverkusen’s boss for one of their league phase games.

PSG and Bayern Munich areo clash when the pair can repeat the 2020 final.

Similarly, Barcelona will have another chance to take on Bayern Munich in their branch.