Key events
Here is our extract as the Europa League play-offs approach.
Let’s face it, it wasn’t an exciting draw, with Inter versus Atletico or Napoli versus Barcelona. Arsenal may find Porto reasonably difficult, but City’s draw, well. They might want to stop by.
After eliminating United, can Copenhagen do the same against City?
Full draw for the Champions League round of 16
Matches to be played on February 13/14 and 20/21, with return matches on March 5/6 and 12/13
RB Leipzig vs. Real Madrid
FC Copenhagen vs. Manchester City
Lazio vs Bayern Munich
PSV vs. Borussia Dortmund
Inter vs. Atlético Madrid
PSG vs. Real Sociedad
Napoli vs Barcelona
First withdrawal: FC Porto v Arsenal
We start with the group winners….
Make the draw, which will not include Chelsea, it’s John Terry. JT remembers facing Barcelona, including Ronaldinho and Messi. He supports former boss Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid. There is a new head of the administrative side, a gentleman named Tobias Hedstuck. He follows the rules, relieving Giorgio.
Even more exciting, Giorgio Marchetti is here, the king of UEFA’s administrative suit. He also travels to clubs to report the facts.
Pedro Pinto is here and that means it’s show time. Today he goes through the round of 16 through a video montage.
Administrator of the Conference League:
Withdrawals from the Europa League:
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Olympiacos
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Ajax
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Real Betis
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Sturm Graz
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Royal Union
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Maccabi Haifa
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Servette
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Molde
Second places in the Conference League:
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Slovak Bratislava
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Ghent
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Dinamo Zagreb
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Bodô/Glimt
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Legia Warsaw
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Ferencváros
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Eintracht Frankfurt
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Ludogorets
Later, there will be play-off rounds for the Europa League and Conference League, mainly between the second-place qualifiers and the dropouts from the competition below.
Abandonment of third place in the Champions League:
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Galatasaray
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Lens
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Braga
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Benfica
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Feyenoord
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Milan
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Young boys
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Shakhtar Donetsk
Second places in the Europa League:
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Freiburg
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Marseille
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Sparta Prague
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Sporty
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Toulouse
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Rennes
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Rome
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Qarabag FK
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the warm-up of the balls as the Champions League Round of 16 is drawn, followed by the Europa League and Conference League. A busy administrative day awaits you. But it’s the biggest one.
Group winners:
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Manchester City
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Bayern Munich
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Arsenal
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Real Sociedad
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real Madrid
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Atletico Madrid
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Borussia Dortmund
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Barcelona
Finalists:
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RB Leipzig
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PSV Eindhoven
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FC Copenhagen
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Naples
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Inter Milan
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Port
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Paris Saint Germain
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Lazio
The two-legged matches, which will be played in February, the seeded teams will play their away match first. No away goals.
We start at 11am GMT so join me.