The play-off Champions League round will be held at 18:00 (Vietnam time) on January 31. At that time, Man City will know that he faces Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, in the most dramatic promise to find the opportunity to go on to the round of 16 teams.
Coach Pep Guardiola and Man City face nightmares in the Champions League play-off
With the new seed system applied in the Champions League season 2024 – 2025, fixed teams ranked 21 (Celtic) and 22 (Man City) will meet Real Madrid teams (11) or Bayern Munich (12 ) in the play-off round. At the draw will determine the order of these matches.
This is a nightmare with the team of Pep Guardiola, when Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have won the Champions League in recent years, and are among the brightest candidates for the championship of the season championship. this year.
Man City won the Champions League in 2023, but struggled this season until the final match of the League Phase round to win hard against Club Brugge with a score of 3-1 after being taken, just won the next place. Knock-out round. However, the next journey of Pep Guardiola’s team will be extremely arduous, to hope to maintain the race to the championship.
In the play-off round, if you were drawn to Real Madrid, this would be the 4th consecutive year Man City clashed in this rival at the live round of the Champions League. In each previous season, the winning team in the meeting between Real Madrid and Man City finally went to the destination to win the championship.
Meanwhile, if you meet Bayern Munich, this will be an interesting reunion with a legend of Man City, that is former center -back Vincent Kompany, who is the giant coach of the German team.
Also determined from the new seed system in the Champions League, the branch between Man City/Celtic meets Real Madrid/Bayern Munich in the play-off round, if going on will meet Bayer Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 teams. The round of round 16 teams took place on 21.2 to determine the order of matches.
The Champions League play-off round plays, including the first legs of 11 and December 12, the second leg of February 18 and 19. In the round of 16 teams, the first leg took place on 4 and 5.3, the second leg took place on 11 and 12.3.