The brand-new age of the UEFA Champions League reaches its very first orgasm on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET. All 36 groups will certainly play 18 synchronised video games in conclusion the “league phase.” CBS Sports, which will certainly broadcast all 18 on Paramount+ in the United States, has actually been billing it as “Matchday Mayhem.”
That’s because, over 2 disorderly, complicated hours, loads of objectives will certainly be racked up, and every one will certainly fine-tune thelive Champions League table Teams will certainly jump and drop, over and listed below different cut-lines. And by the end, a number of pushing inquiries will be addressed, particularly:
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Will Manchester City collision out? The 2023 champs of Europe, and ruling kings of England, have to defeat Club Brugge to progress to the knockout rounds.
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Will PSG make it through? A draw at Stuttgart would certainly suffice. A loss would certainly place them at the grace of Man City, Benfica and Sporting Clube dePortugal (If City wins, neither Portuguese club sheds, and PSG does shed, the Parisians would certainly be out.)
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Who will assert the 6 offered byes to the Round of 16? Liverpool and Barcelona have actually secured 2 of 8. A massive 18 groups are still in opinion for the remainder.
For those not yet acquainted with the new Champions League format, a refresher course: The 36 groups are all tussling in a solitary table. The leading 8 finishers will certainly progress straight to the Round of 16. The following 16– those ready 9-24– will certainly progress to a playoff round. The lower 12 will certainly be removed.
After 7 of 8 suits each, the tiered table appears like this:
Clinched bye to Round of 16: Liverpool (21 ), Barcelona (18 )
Clinched knockout rounds, in opinion for bye: Arsenal (16 ), Inter Milan (16 ), Atl ético Madrid (15 ), AIR CONDITIONING Milan (15 ), Atalanta (14 ), Bayer Leverkusen (13 ), Aston Villa (13 ), Monaco (13 ), Lille (13 ), Brest (13 ), Feyenoord (13 ), Borussia Dortmund (12 ), Bayern Munich (12 ), Real Madrid (12 ), Juventus (12 ), Celtic (12 )
In opinion for knockout rounds: PSV (11 ), Club Brugge (11 ), Benfica (10 ), PSG (10 ), Sporting Clube de Portugal (10 ), Stuttgart (10 ), Manchester City (8 ), Dinamo Zagreb (8 ), Shakhtar Donetsk (7 )
Eliminated: Bologna (5 ), Sparta Prague (4 ), RB Leipzig (3 ), Girona (3 ), Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) (3 ), Sturm Graz (3 ), RB Salzburg (3 ), BSC Young Boys (1 ), Slovan Bratislava (0 )
The competitions for Matchday 8, or “Matchday Mayhem,” are below.
The live standings, which will certainly upgrade throughout video games and end up being the last standings around 5 p.m. ET, are below. (The knockout phase draw will be Friday)
And we at Yahoo Sports will certainly aid you understand all the weaves, the highlights and disputes, listed below.
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