UEFA Champions League. Not yet the year of PSG. Defeated 3-1, the Parisians let Real Madrid and Manchester City reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
“RE-MON-TA-DA”, these are the terms used by Real Madrid on social networks after this incredible reversal of the situation signed Karim Benzema which plunges PSG into very bad memories. Back to the wall being led 1-0 on their lawn with a goal from Mbappé, Real managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to the French striker’s hat-trick. In the quarter-finals, Real Madrid could find Manchester City. Winners 5-0 in the first leg, the Citizens failed to win at home against Sporting Portugal and conceded a 0-0 draw. At the end of this first week of the return matches of the knockout stages of the Champions League, Real, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Liverpool are qualified.
The group stage of the Football Champions League is played from Tuesday September 14, 2021 to Wednesday December 8, 2021 while the knockout stage will be played from Tuesday February 15, 2022 to Wednesday May 4, 2022. As for the final, it is scheduled for Saturday, May 28, 2021 at Saint Petersburg Stadium, Russia. The calendar was then drawn up as follows by UEFA:
- Group stage
- September 14 and 15
- September 28 and 29
- October 19 and 20
- November 2 and 3
- November 23 and 24
- December 7 and 8
- Knockout stage
- Round of 16
- February 15 and 16 (one way)
- February 22 and 23 (return)
- Quarter-finals
- April 5 and 6 (one way)
- April 12 and 13 (return)
- Semi-finals
- April 26 and 27 (one way)
- May 3 and 4 (return)
- Final
- Saturday May 28, 2022
The TV rights battle continued to rage for this new 2021/2022 season. UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the “Big Ears Cup” to beIN Sports and Canal+, which thus ensure the broadcasting of the 2021-2022 Champions League. RMC Sport will co-broadcast with Canal the two best Champions League posters until 2024 and beIN SPORTS will offer all the remaining matches. TF1 will broadcast the final scheduled for May 28, 2022.
As the knockout stages of the Champions League begin on Tuesday March 8 and end on March 16, Robert Lewandowski, Bayern’s Polish striker, is currently the competition’s top scorer ahead of Ivorian Sébastien Haller and Egyptian Mohamed Salah. Classification :
- Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich, 12 goals
- Sebastien Haller, Ajax Amsterdam, 11 goals
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, 8 goals
- Christopher Nkunku, Leipzig, 7 goals
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, 6 goals
- Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City, 6 goals
- Leroy Sané, Bayern Munich, 6 goals
- Lionel Messi, PSG, 5 goals
- Kylian Mbappé, PSG, 5 goals
- Karim Benzema, Real Madrid, 5 goals