The 8th and final week of the 36-team league stage in the football giants like Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, and Aston Villa. Meanwhile, teams like Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint-Germain entered the play-Off round, while others, including Dynamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, and Shakhtar Donetsk, bid farewell to the competition.
The Play-Off round draw is scheduled for Friday, January 31st, with the first matches set for February 11-12 and the return legs on February 18-19. This round will determine the final eight teams advancing to the last 16,adding another layer of excitement to Europe’s premier club football tournament.
One of the standout matches of the week was officiated by FIFA-certified referee Halil Umut Meler, who oversaw the clash between Switzerland’s young Boys and Serbia’s Red Star at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Assisted by Kerem Ersoy and İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan, Meler managed a tightly contested game that ended 1-0 in favor of Red Star, thanks to a 69th-minute goal by Guelor Kanga. Meler issued two yellow cards during the match, one to Young Boys’ Miguel Changa Chaiwa in the 82nd minute and another to Red Star’s Ivan Gutesa in stoppage time.
The night’s results were a mix of dominant performances and nail-biting finishes. Paris Saint-Germain cruised past Stuttgart with a 4-1 victory, while Lille delivered a stunning 6-1 win over Feyenoord.Real Madrid continued their strong form with a 3-0 triumph over Brest, and Manchester City secured a 3-1 win against Club Brugge. However, Liverpool faced a setback, losing 3-2 to PSV Eindhoven, and Juventus fell 0-2 to Benfica.here’s a summary of the key results:
| Match | Score |
|——————————-|———–|
| Juventus vs Benfica | 0-2 |
| Stuttgart vs Paris Saint-Germain | 1-4 |
| Aston Villa vs Celtic | 4-2 |
| Young Boys vs Red Star | 0-1 |
| PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool | 3-2 |
| Girona vs Arsenal | 1-2 |
| Inter vs Monaco | 3-0 |
| Bayern Munich vs Slovan Bratislava | 3-1 |
| Barcelona vs Atalanta | 2-2 |
| Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig | 1-0 |
| Salzburg vs Atletico Madrid | 1-4 |
| Brest vs real Madrid | 0-3 |
| Manchester City vs Club Brugge | 3-1 |
| Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk | 3-1 |
| Lille vs Feyenoord | 6-1 |
| Sporting CP vs Bologna | 1-1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb vs Milan | 2-1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta prague | 2-0 |