City drawn against Real Madrid in Champions League play-offs

Manchester City F.C.

·31 de janeiro de 2025

City drawn against Real Madrid in Champions League play-offs

City will face Real Madrid in the Champions League play-off knockout round.

We will host the defending champions on either 11 or 12 February, before travelling to Madrid for the second leg on 18 or 19 February.

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Exact dates will be confirmed in due course.

We are in this round having finished 22nd in the league phase of the competition’s new format, with all sides from ninth to 24th playing for the right to join the top eight in the Round of 16.

Going into Friday’s draw in Nyon, we knew our opponents would be one of Real Madrid or Bayern Munich due to their 11th and 12th place finishes respectively.

However, it’s the Spanish side we’ll play next month.

It will be the fifth two-legged tie between the two clubs in the last six seasons, with both sides progressing through two of the previous four stretching back to 2019/20.

Last season’s meeting ended in a penalty shootout at the Etihad, with Real coming through and eventually going on to lift the trophy itself.

The 2022/23 campaign saw us demolish Real at the Etihad at the semi-final stage in one of the greatest European nights in the Club’s history on the way to winning an historic Treble.

WATCH: City 4-0 Real Madrid 2022/23: Match highlights

Overall, we have won four matches, drawn five and lost three against the 15-time European champions.

The winner of this tie will face either Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 16. That will be decided in a draw on 21 February.