Liverpool will take on Paris Saint-Germain and reigning champion Real Madrid will play rival Atletico Madrid in the Champions ...

As a result of finishing top in the new league phase format, Liverpool could only be drawn to face either the winners of the play-off ties between the 15th and 16th seeds, or the 17th and 18th seeds.

Bayern Munich was paired with Bayer Leverkusen — the Bundesliga leader against its defending champion, who played a tight 0-0 draw just last weekend. Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has never lost to ...

From here, the competition follows its traditional knockout-round format, with teams facing off in two-legged ties from the ...

The Champions League knockout stage draw has taken place this morning with Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa learning their last-16 opponents. Arsenal face a trip to the Netherlands against PSV, ...

The Champions League now features 189 total games, an increase of 64 from the previous format's 125. Each team plays four home games, and four away, with UEFA using the "Swiss model" seen in ...

The cuckoo clock.” Lime perhaps wouldn’t have been so disdainful if he’d known about the Swiss model, as the new Champions League format is known. But aside from delivering more money to the ...

endless permutations and the sort of jeopardy that the Champions League has long craved. It was a chaotic night in Europe and UEFA will doubtless conclude that the so-called Swiss system has ...

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are both in jeopardy as the first stage of the Champions League's new format concludes When Uefa revealed ... Specifically, a stale group phase would be ...

GENEVA — UEFA and top European soccer clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that ... States rights for three Champions League seasons through 2027, in the new format with extra games.