The draw for the Champions League round of 16 will take place on Thursday, August 29.
Last Wednesday, August 28, the play off came to an end and those who qualified for the league phase of the Champions League 2024/2025This will lead to the draw for the next stage of the top club competition on the planet.
The event in question will take place today, Thursday 29th of this month, from 11:00 hours in Peru, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and will have a new format. The balls are a thing of the past and technology will be used to find out the matches in this stage of the UEFA competition.
Another change for this edition is that there will be 36 participants instead of 32 as in recent decades. In addition, the group stage will be replaced by the league stage, with the aim of allowing football fans to enjoy more top-level matches.
The clubs will not be divided into groups of four and will not play each other in two-legged matches. It will be completely different. Each team will have eight different rivals and the same number of matches (four at home and four away)..
A general table will be established, in which the top eight will directly access the round of 16. Those placed in positions 9 to 24 will access a play-off, which will be developed in a league format. The remaining teams will be eliminated.
The draw for the UEFA league phase will have new rules.
ESPN will broadcast the Champions League draw 24/25 on all Peruvian screens. Fans will also be able to follow the event through the streaming platform called Disney Plus.
On the other hand, the UEFA will broadcast it through its official YouTube channel. Finally, Infobae will provide full coverage, minute by minute, and the matchday details for the European competition on its website.
The draw will begin at 11:00 am Peru timethe same time as Ecuador and Colombia. As for other countries, it will start as follows: at 11:00 a.m. in Mexico; at 12:00 p.m. in Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, the United States (Miami) and Chile; and at 1:00 p.m. in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
UEFA has presented the ball that will be used in the 24/25 Champions League.
– England (4): Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City
– Spain (4): Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Real Madrid
– Germany (5): Bayern, Dortmund, Leipzig, Leverkusen, Stuttgart
– Italia (5): Atalanta, Bologna, Inter, Juventus, Milan
– France (4): Brest, Lille, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain
– Austria (2): Salzburg, Sturm Graz
– Netherlands (2): Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven
– Portugal (2): Benfica, Sporting CP
– Belgium (1): Witches
– Croatia (1): GNK Dinamo
– Czechia (1): Sparta of Prague
– Scotland (1): Celtic
– Serbia (1): Red Star
– Slovakia (1): Slavic Bratislava
– Switzerland (1): Young Boys
– Ukraine (1): Shakhtar Donetsk
– Bomb 1: Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Barcelona.
– Bomb 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Club Brugge, AC Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk.
– Bomb 3: Feyenoord, Sporting de Portugal, PSV, Celtic, Salzburg, Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Lille and Red Star.
– Bomb 4: Monaco, Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, Brest, Sparta de Praga and Slovan Bratislava.
Pots for the draw for the 2024/2025 Champions League league phase.
The format of the draw, as expected, was modified. As it will be done through software, it will be programmed so that No club can face a team from its country; besides, It will only cross with two paintings of the same nation.
