The curtain has fallen on the league stage of the 2025 Champions League, and now the path of the competition has been determined until the final match.
It is true that there is a draw for the play-offs for the round of 16 and the round of 16 itself, but the broad outlines of the path of each participating team until the final match have been drawn.
Barcelona and Liverpool’s path to the 2025 Champions League final
Barcelona and Liverpool will face Monaco, Brest, Benfica or Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16.
The draw will first determine the play-off matches between the French and Portuguese quartet, and the winning duo will qualify to face Barcelona or Liverpool depending on the draw for the round of 16 afterwards.
The path of the Reds and Barça will intersect in the quarter-finals if they succeed in passing the round of 16, and in the semi-finals they are on the path of Lille and Aston Villa, which also includes Atalanta, Dortmund, Brugge and Sporting Lisbon.
Real Madrid’s path to the 2025 Champions League final
If Real Madrid succeeds in passing the play-offs, they will await Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16.
If they then pass to the semi-finals, their path will be rough, as they will then face one of Inter, Arsenal, Milan, Juventus, Feyenoord or PSV Eindhoven.
The path to the 2025 Champions League final
