“Tonight looked like Carnage,” said Andy Robertson after Liverpool concluded the inaugural league phase of the New-Look Champions League with his first European defeat of the season.
“The League table was everywhere,” said the Scot, reflecting on the other 17 games that took place at the same time “, so I’m happy that our place was installed.”
Seven consecutive victories to start the league phase guaranteed Liverpool a place in the first two and thus the automatic qualification in the Channel of 16.
“I’m just happy that we don’t have playoffs,” admitted Robertson. “There will always be difficult games, so let’s see who we will face once they are fighting in the play-offs.” Good idea.
Before the Nat of the Friday Champions League, Liverpool could face one of the four opponents; Paris Saint-Germain,, Benfica,, Monaco Or Break.
While PSG and Benfica finished the 15th and 16th in the final table of the League, they will come up against Monaco (17th) or Brest (18th) during the direct elimination qualifiers, with the last games to decide in Nyon this week .
PSG may have won only half of its league phase games, but they are undoubtedly the side that Liverpool would like to avoid.
The French champions of Luis Enrique finished the first stage of the competition with a trio of victories and have not been beaten in any setting since a 1-0 limit defeat against Bayern Munich in November. Benefiting from a young front line and on foot from the fleet, PSG should go through their fragile qualifiers.
The next draw will only decide the couples with direct elimination, whose first legs will be played on February 11. Once these links are completed in the middle of the week following, the number of potential adversaries of Liverpool will have been divided by two.
The draw for the 16 final will take place on February 21, 2025 And finally reveals if Liverpool or Barcelona (which finished second in the league phase) will play the winner of the number one qualifiers or number eight.
The equivalent in the group phase of the Champions League of this year extended beyond Christmas for the first time in two decades, however, the round of 16 calendar was not mainly modified. Just like last season, the elimination tour March 4/5 Before the return match a week later March 11/12.
Almost a month ago to wait for the quarter -finals (April 8/9) before the start of the Final Four at the end of April. This year’s European centerpiece of this year, which will be held in Allianz Arena from Bayern Munich, is expected to take place on May 31.
