Round of 16 hopes can be boosted in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs. Manchester City meet Real Madrid and Paris must overcome French counterparts Brest in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs.

The UEFA Champions League knockout playoff draw can be streamed worldwide on UEFA.com, but is also televised or streamed online in various nations around the globe. Here's a list of broadcasters from an array of territories where the 2025 Champions League knockout playoff draw can be watched live.

After a thrilling finish to the UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase, the competition will gear up to hold its inaugural knockout phase playoffs with Friday's draw. The teams that finished from ninth through 24th in the league phase will take part in the knockout phase playoffs,

The draw takes place at 6am ET on Friday, January 31 at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. First legs of the play-off round will take place on February 11/12, with the second legs on February 18/19.

UEFA are considering changes for the Champions League knockout stages to address the increasing number of games. Players have argued for a reduced workload.

Friday morning, UEFA conducted the draw for the Champion League's new playoff phase, which essentially adds one more round to the previous format's knockout stage. 16 teams were sorted, with pairings influenced (but not entirely determined) by order of finish in the group stage.

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw made Friday for the knockout playoffs round in the UEFA Champions League: Atalanta (Italy) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium) – winner will play Lille or Aston Villa

The UEFA Champions League league phase concludes on Wednesday, Jan. 29 with all 36 clubs playing at the same time.

MILANO - As per official rules, FC Internazionale Milano has submitted a squad list including the players who will participate in the knockout-stage of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25. 1 Yann