US EditionChampions League draw unveils Madrid–Benfica rematch, PSG–Monaco clash
- On Friday, the Champions League playoff draw paired Real Madrid with Benfica and set PSG to face Monaco, with first legs on Feb. 17 and 18, as winners advance to the round of 16.
- Benfica's 4-2 victory on Wednesday forced Madrid into the playoffs by overturning the group-stage standings on goal difference.
- In dramatic fashion, Anatoliy Trubin, Benfica goalkeeper, headed the decisive goal in the eighth minute of added time as Jose Mourinho returns to the Bernabeu with Benfica.
- Paris Saint-Germain faces the UEFA Champions League playoffs to defend the title, repeating last year's path through the playoffs for their triumph.
- After back-to-back upsets of Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, Bodø/Glimt will face Inter Milan, posing a major threat to last year's beaten finalist's progression.
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Football viewers fume at 'rigged' Champions League draw after 'most obvious fixture' set-up
Football supporters have accused Uefa of manipulating the Champions League play-off draw after Real Madrid were paired with Benfica in what many consider a suspicious outcome.The Spanish giants will meet the Portuguese side just days after suffering a stunning defeat at their hands last Tuesday.That match ended in extraordinary fashion when Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin found the net in the final moments, securing his team's place in the kn…
The draw of the playoffs of the Champions League 2025/26 left a new cross between Benfica and Real Madrid, which will try to take revenge on the painful defeat suffered in the final day of the league phase, and a French duel between the current champion, Paris Saint-Germain, and Monaco. The teams ranked between the ninth and twenty-fourth place will contest round-trip qualifiers between February 17 and 25, whose winners will advance to the eight…
The UEFA Champions League 2026 enters one of its most exciting stages with the play-off draw that took place in the early morning, which paired Real Madrid with José Mourinho's Benfica, in a playoff that will be played weeks after the defeat of the white team in Lisbon.Álvaro Arbeloa will have an early chance of revenge in front of the Lisbon club's coach, who will be a great protagonist when he returns to Bernabéu Stadium for the first time sin…
José Mourinho and Álvaro Arbeloa declared the mutual love that they profess so many times in the last days that they prepared the stage of a romantic tragedy while facing each other on the last day of the league of the Champions. This Friday the UEFA bombo decreed that the scandalous defeat of Madrid in Lisbon (4-2) was only the first chapter of a drama from which their two beloved protagonists will not be able to get out well. Madrid and Benfic…
The PSG will face Monaco in dams of the Champions League according to the draw made this Friday. As last year against Brest, the champions of Europe find a team of League 1.
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