New Champions League format: These teams advanced to the eight-finals, the playoffs will offer a huge hit

After the final round of the league phase, the Champions Football League knows eight directly advancing teams to the eight-finals, another 16 waiting for the playoffs to participate in it. Immediately in the opening knockout fights, there is a huge hit, as Manchester City will face either the reigning Real Madrid trophy or the five -time winner of the most prestigious club competition – Bayern Munich.

The draw of the Playoffs will take place on Friday 31 January. The teams that placed between 9th and 16th partitions will be in the position of deployed and retaliation will be played at home. Each of the participants already knows a pair of possible opponents. For example, teams at 9. And 10th place will meet those who occupied 23. Or 24. Teams that are placed in 11th and 12th place will measure their strength with 21 or 22, etc.

Between the axis, which does not concern the fighting in the pre -round are: FC Liverpool, FC Barcelona, ​​FC Arsenal, Inter Milan, Athletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, OSC Lille and Aston Villa. On the contrary, just a preliminary round was secured by Manchester City players who took 22. Celtic Glasgow, who will wait on Friday, will wait for the English serial champion on the opponent from the pair Real or Bayern.

Among the deployed are teams from the ninth to 16th place (Atalanta Bergamo, Borussia Dortmund, Real, Bayern, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica Lisbon). The draw is attributed to AS Monaco, Stade Brest, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Juventus Turin, Celtic, Mancity, Sporting Lisbon or FC Bruges. Dutch Feyenoord with Slovak defender David Hanck can come across AC Milan or PSV.

The couple can consist of clubs from the same country and those who played against each other in the league phase. The Parisians in the playoffs are sure to confront the French Ligue team 1. The 17th and 18th parties can play against Monaco or Brest.

The European Football Union (UEFA) also published statistics after the premiere year in the new league format. The overall average of the scored goals per match rose to 3.27, more than last season, the last year of the group format (3.09). After the league phase, the best scorers with nine goals are Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) and Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dormtund). The best offensive was performed by Barcelona with 28 goals scored. Without the loss, no team ended the league phase, the seven -match series of FC Liverpool winning wins stopped in the final round when “The Reds” lost to PSV Eindhoven (2: 3).