UEFA Champions League R16 Return Leg - 11 March 2025

11 March 2025

Liverpool FC vs. Paris St-Germain

First leg: 1-0

After scoring a late winner in the first leg, Liverpool must be the favourites to win this tie. This comes despite the fact that they were completely outplayed away in Paris. But the atmosphere with the home crowed at Anfield Road is something different and helped Liverpool to many famous wins already.

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C3480 LPL 1055-1315 CDG A320 (12/03/25)

Inter Milan vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam

First leg: 2-0

A comfortable lead from the first leg should help Inter at booking their spot in the quarter-finals. Feyenoord may still see a little chance, but scoring two goals at least away at San Siro is a big task ahead of them.

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A Transavia Boeing 737-800
seen at Gran Canaria in December 2021

FC Barcelona vs. SL Benfica

First leg: 1-0

Playing with 10 men for a long time in the first leg, Barcelona still managed to come away with a small win away in Lisbon. Now it's all about defending that lead after an emotional week for Barça, which included a cancelled game on the weekend following the death of their team doctor.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. FC Bayern München

First leg: 0-3

Bayern take a big lead into the second leg here. Slightly more complicated could be the travel situation. With transport strikes all across the country, it may not seem guaranteed that they will arrive in time by plane.

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Business end coming closer - UEFA Champions League R16 1st leg 4 & 5 March 2025

A Madrid derby on Tuesday night may not have been what many expected at this stage of the Champions League. Yet, this type of encounter has become possible with the new structure of the competition. The whole tournament structure in the knock-out stages is based on the rankings after the league phase after all. Real had to earn the right to play in the round of 16 very hard though, beating Manchester City over two legs in the knock-out play-offs. Other teams will have to travel a bit more to go and play their round of 16 fixtures this week.

4 March 2025

Borussia Dortmund vs. Lille OSC

10th vs. 7th

21.00h CET, Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

On the pathway back to stability, Dortmund got a goalless draw to guarantee their spot in the round of 16 and now on the weekend beat St Pauli 2-0 away. Will this be enough to beat a very solid Lille side though? Lille had a tricky assignment on the weekend and lost 4-1 away in Paris against PSG. Their Champions League form however should leave them in a positive mood ahead of the trip to Germany.

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Club Brugge vs. Aston Villa

24th vs. 8th

18.45h, Jan Breyel Stadion, Bruges

From the worst possible position on the table, Brugge qualified for the round of 16. It took them a win in two legs over Atalanta, where they even won both legs, 2-1 home and 3-1 away in Bergamo. Now the 8th-placed Aston Villa awaits and will they be a sterner test? After all, Atalanta were the 9th seeds and are now out of the competition.

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2Excel Aviation Boeing 737-300
seen at Copenhagen in July 2022

PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal

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5 March 2025

Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. Inter Milan

19th vs. 4th

18.45h CET, De Kuip, Rotterdam

The favourites' role should be clearly in Inter's hands in this tie. They finished the league stage in 4th position and therefore had the play-off round off to save their legs. Feyenoord come off beating Inter's local rivals Milan, thus preventing another city derby in the round of 16.

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SL Benfica vs. FC Barcelona

16th vs. 2nd

21.00h CET (20.00 local time), Estadio da Luz, Lisbon

After some troubled years, it seems plain sailing again for Barcelona. They finished the league phase in 2nd position and therefore also had some weeks off from the European Football. Their first opponents away are Benfica who won the previous round against AS Monaco. The first leg there was successful for Benfica while the return leg ended in an attractive 3-3 draw.

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FC Bayern München vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Paris St-Germain vs. Liverpool FC

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