Week of the knockout stages of the Champions League with big shocks on the program.
The beautiful Lille operation in the Champions League! On the lawn of Dortmund, the DOGUES managed to make the round back despite the opening of the German score to finally tear the equalization in the second period and to put themselves in very good position before the return match. In the Madrid derby, the show was there with three beautiful goals and a Real 2-1 victory which won the first round. This Wednesday, PSG has an appointment against the English Ogre in Liverpool, the best European club since the start of the season, in the championship or in the Champions League.
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What are the new rules of the Champions League?
The Champions League lost its group stage in 2024-2025. This is transformed into a “regular season”, with a unique classification. For the first stage of this new generation champions League, each team must play 8 games (against 6 previously), each time with a different opponent. So also finished in passing the round trip system, characteristic of previous versions. The matches were decided by a draw made at the end of August and based on a system of hats, making it possible to preserve a certain equity in the course.
The Champions League then finds a semblance of normality at the end of this mini championship. One semblance only since the teams finished in the first 8 places qualify directly for knockout stages, with the teams classified between the 9th and 24th places, which will have to go through dams in a round-trip format. Previously, the final phase of the Champions League started directly with quarter -finals.
Another notable difference: the less well -classified teams (between places 25 to 36) are eliminated from the competition and none of them is drafted in the Europa League. The draw for the final phase also changes and takes place with a series of standard heads. Thus, the leader in the classification can only be found in the same part of the painting as his runner -up. The third will be in the opposite part of the fourth, ect …
Dams and final phase
The final table, made up of direct elimination matches, was organized according to mid-February dams followed by knockout stages. The grand final was scheduled in Munich on Saturday May 31, 2025.
- Full table draw: February 21, 2025
- Eighth finals: 4-5 and 11-12 March 2025
- Quarterfinals: 8-9 and 15-16 April 2025
- Semi-finals: April 29-30 and May 6-7, 2025
- Final: May 31, 2025
On which TV channel to see the Champions League in France?
The Battle of TV rights continued to rage before this season of the Champions League. UEFA has attributed the French TV rights of the “big ears” to Canal+ which thus obtained the privilege of distributing the Champions League.