Football The tough rivals that champion Real Madrid will have after the Champions League draw

This Thursday the draw for the Champions League took place with its new format, in which each team will face eight different rivals. leaving aside the group stage, making way for an overall ranking with the performances of each team.

This stage called “league phase” includes eight dates that will take place between September 17 of this year and January 29, 2025. All these duels will take place between Tuesday and Wednesday, except for the last one, which will be unified in a single day, since it will be the key to determining the final positions of each team in the table. Thus, the definitive calendar will not be known until next Saturday.

In case of a tie, the first criterion to decide the best placed will be the goal difference. Then, if the clubs had faced each other, the result of the confrontation, and if they had not, the number of goals scored. Later the number of victories.

This way, Real Madrid, the reigning champions of the competition, were teamed with Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart and Brest. .

Dortmund, who faced the Meringues in the final, will face the two great Spanish powers.In addition to facing those from the Spanish capital again, they will have to face Barcelona, ​​Shakhtar, Bruges, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, Sturm Graz and Bologna. .

Bayern Munich another of the powers of European football that reached the semi-finals of the previous edition, will have rivals PSG, Barcelona, ​​Benfica, Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord, Slovan Bratislava and Aston Villa .

Paris Saint-Germain will face Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid, Arsenal, PSV, Salzburg, Girona and Stuttgart.

The teams finishing in the top eight at the end of the championship phase will advance directly to the round of 16. In turn, those who finish between ninth and twenty-fourth place will play a two-legged match in February to complete the round of 16.

On the other hand, the clubs that are between 25th and 36th place will be eliminated without having the possibility of continuing in another competition, as has happened so far.

The competition will then continue with the current knockout format until the final on 31 May 2025 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

• Real Madrid : Borussia Dortmund (home), Liverpool (away), Milan (L), Atalanta (W), Salzburg (L), Lille (W), Stuttgart (L) and Brest (W).
• Manchester City : Inter (L), PSG (V), Bruges (L), Juventus (V), Feyenoord (L), Sporting Lisbon (V), Sparta Prague (L) and Slovan Bratislava (V).
• Bayern Munich : PSG (L), Barcelona (V), Benfica (L), Shakhtar Donetsk (V), Dinamo Zagreb (L), Feyenoord (V), Slovan Bratislava (L) and Aston Villa (V).
• Paris Saint-Germain : Manchester City (L), Bayern Munich (V), Atlético Madrid (L), Arsenal (V), PSV (L), Salzburg (V), Girona (L) and Stuttgart (V).
• Liverpool : Real Madrid (L), Leipzig (V), Bayer Leverkusen (L), Milan (V), Lille (L), PSV (V), Bologna (L) and Gironoa (V).
• Between : Leipzig (L), Manchester City (V), Arsenal (L), Bayer Leverkusen (V), Crvena Zverda (L), Young Boys (V), Monaco (L), Sparta Prague (V).
• Borussia Dortmund : Barcelona (L), Real Madrid (V), Shakhtar Donetsk (L), Bruges (V), Celtic (L), Dinamo Zagreb (V), Sturm Graz (L) and Bologna (V).
• Leipzig : Liverpool (L), Inter (V), Juventus (L), Atlético Madrid (V), Sporting Lisbon (L), Celtic (V), Aston Villa (L) and Sturm Graz (V).
• Barcelona : Bayern Munich (L), Borussia Dortmund (V), Atalanta (L), Benfica (V), Young Boys (L), Red Star Zvezda (V), Brest (L) and Monaco (V).
• Bayer Leverkusen : Inter (L), Liverpool (V), Milan (L), Atlético Madrid (V), Salzburg (L), Feyenoord (V), Sparta Prague (L) and Brest (V).
• Atletico Madrid : Leipzig (L), PSG (V), Bayer Leverkusen (L), Benfica (V), Lille (L), Salzburg (V), Slovan Bratislava (L) and Sparta Prague (V).
• Atalanta : Real Madrid (L), Barcelona (V), Arsenal (L), Shakhtar (V), Celtic (L), Young Boys (V), Sturm Graz (L) and Stuttgart (V).
• Juve : Manchester City (L), Leipzig (V), Benfica (L), Bruges (V), PSV (L), Lille (V), Stuttgart (L) and Aston Villa (V).
• Benfica : Barcelona (L), Bayern Munich (V), Atlético Madrid (L), Juventus (V), Feyenoord (L), Crvena Zvezda (V), Bologna (L) and Monaco (V).
• Arsenal : PSG (L), Inter (V), Shakhtar (L), Atalanta (V), Dinamo Zagreb (L), Sporting Lisbon (V), Monaco (L) and Girona (V).
• Witches : Borussia Dortmund (L), Manchester City (V), Juventus (L), Milan (V), Sporting Lisbon (L), Celtic (V), Aston Villa (L) and Sturm Graz (V).
• Shakthar : Bayern Munich (L), Borussia Dortmund (V), Atalanta (L), Arsenal (V), Young Boys (L), PSV (V), Brest (L) and Bologna (V).
• Milan : Liverpool (L), Real Madrid (V), Bruges (L), Bayer Leverkusen (V), Crvena Zvezda (L), Dinamo Zagreb (V), Girona (L) and Slovan Bratislava (V).
• Feyenoord : Bayern Munich (L), Manchester City (V), Bayer Leverkusen (L), Benfica (V), Salzburg (L), Lille (V), Sparta Prague (L) and Girona (V).
• Sporting Lisbon : Manchester City (L), Leipzig (V), Arsenal (L), Bruges (V), Lille (L), PSV (V), Bologna (L), Sturm Graz (V).
• PSV : Liverpool (L), PSG (V), Shakhtar (L), Juventus (V), Sporting Lisbon (L), Red Star Zvezda (V), Girona (L) and Brest (V).
• Dinamo Zagreb : Borussia Dortmund (L), Bayern Munich (V), Milan (L), Arsenal (V), Celtic (L), Salzburg (V), Monaco (L) and Slovan Bratislava (V).
• Salzburg : PSG (L), Real Madrid (V), Atlético Madrid (L), Bayer Leverkusen (V), Dinamo Zagreb (L), Feyenoord (V), Brest (L) and Sparta Prague (V).
• Lille : Real Madrid (L), Liverpool (V), Juventus (L), Atlético Madrid (V), Feyenoord (L), Sporting Lisbon (V), Sturm Graz (L) and Bologna (V).
• Red Star of Zvezda : Barcelona (L), Inter (V), Benfica (L), Milan (V), PSV (L), Young Boys (V), Stuttgart (L) and Monaco (V).
• Young boys : Inter (L), Barcelona (V), Atalanta (L), Shakhtar (V), Crvena Zvezda (L), Celtic (V), Aston Villa (L) and Stuttgart (V).
• Celtic : Leipzig (L), Borussia Dortmund (V), Bruges (L), Atalanta (V), Young Boyz (L), Dinamo Zagreb (V), Slovan Bratislava (L) and Aston Villa (V).
• Slovak Bratislava : Manchester City (L), Bayern Munich (V), Milan (L), Atlético Madrid (V), Dinamo Zagreb (L), Celtic (V), Stuttgart (L) and Girona (V).
• Monaco : Barcelona (L), Inter (V), Benfica (L), Arsenal (V), Crvena Zvezda (L), Dinamo Zagreb (V), Aston Villa (L) and Bologna (V).
• Sparta Prague : Inter (L), Manchester City (V), Atlético Madrid (L), Bayer Leverkusen (V), Salzburg (L), Feyenoord (V), Brest (L) and Stuttgart (V).
• Villa Aston : Bayern Munich (L), Leipzig (v), Juventus (L), Bruges (V), Celtic (L), Young Boys (V), Bologna (L) and Monaco (V).
• Bologna : Borussia Dortmund (L), Liverpool (V), Shakhtar (L), Benfica (V), Lille (L), Sporting Lisbon (V), Monaco (L) and Aston Villa (V).
• Girona : Liverpool (L), PSG (V), Arsenal (L), Milan (V), Feyenoord (L), PSV (V), Slovan Bratislava (L) and Sturm Graz (V).
• Stuttgart : PSG (L), Real Madrid (V), Atalanta (L), Juventus (V), Young Boys (L), Crvena Zvezda (V), Sparta Prague (L) and Slovan Bratislava (V).
• Sturm Graz: Leipzig (L), Borussia Dortmund (V), Bruges (L), Atalanta (V), Sporting Lisbon (L), Lille (V), Girona (L) and Brest (V).
• Brest : Real Madrid (L), Barcelona (V), Bayer Leverkusen (L), Shakhtar (V), PSV (L), Salzburg (V), Sturm Graz (L) and Sparta Prague (V).

• Date 1: September 17/18/19, 2024.
• Date 2: October 1/2, 2024.
• Date 3: October 22/23, 2024.
• Date 4: November 5-6, 2024.
• Date 5: November 26/27, 2024.
• Date 6: December 10/11, 2024.
• Date 7: January 21/22, 2025.
• Date 8: January 29, 2025.
• Playoffs knockout round: 12/11 and 18/19 February 2025.
• Round of 16: 4/5 and 11/12 March 2025.
• Quarter-finals: April 8/9 and April 15/16, 2025.
• Semi-finals: April 29/30 and May 6/7, 2025.
• Final: May 31, 2025 (Munich).