Champions League, last round: schedule and TV times

Bologna, January 28, 2025 – All in one night and all at the same time for the first time. It will truly be a wild Wednesday night in Champions League for the last round of the single group. There are verdicts still to be pronounced and others already certified, with three Italian teams close to the eighth-finals, one (the Juve) destined for the playoffs and the fifth (the Bologna) already eliminated. For now, there are two teams mathematically qualified for the round of 16 and they are Liverpool e Barcelona, while at the bottom of the table nine teams are certain of elimination (Bologna, Sparta Prague, Leipzig, Girona, Red Star, Sturm Graz, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys). In the middle a large group still fighting to enter the playoffs and the eighth finals, with particular attention on Manchester City, which would currently be eliminated and is forced to win the last match to catch up with the next round. After all, they are trembling Club Brugge, who plays against City, but also Benfica, PSG, Sporting, Bologna's opponent, and StuttgartThe play-off draw will be held on January 31, with the first leg matches being played on February 11-12 and the return legs on February 18-19. The round of 21 draw will follow on February XNUMX.  

The ranking

There is only one team with full points and that is Liverpool (seven wins in a row), followed by Barcelona (six wins and one defeat) and Inter and Arsenal (both with five wins, one draw and one defeat). The Gunners and the Nerazzurri only need one point to qualify for the eighth-finals against Girona and Monaco, a mission not impossible, while from fifth place onwards everything is up for discussion and it should be remembered that the first requirement to establish who is ahead in the event of equal points is the goal difference. Every goal scored and every goal conceded will count a lot for the purposes of the standings.

1 Liverpool 21 2 Barcelona 18 3 Arsenal 16 4 Inter 16 5 Atletico Madrid 15 6 Milan 15 7 Atalanta 14 8 Leverkusen 13 9 Aston Villa 13 10 Monaco 13 11 Feyenoord 13 12 Lille 13 13 Brest 13 14 Borussia Dortmund 12 15 Bayern Monaco 12 16 Real Madrid 12 17 Juventus 12 18 Celtic 12 19 Psv Eindhoven 11 20 Club Bruges 11 21 Benfica 10 22 Psg 10 23 Sporting Lisbon 10 24 Stuttgart 10 25 Manchester City 8 26 Dinamo Zagreb 8 27 Shaktar Donetsk 7 28 Bologna 5 29 Sparta Prague 4 30 Leipzig 3 31 Girona 3 32 Red Star 3 33 Sturm Graz 3 34 Salzburg 3 35 Slovan Bratislava 0 36 Young Boys 0  

The combinations of the Italians

Four out of five Italians are practically certain of progressing to the next round, while Bologna, despite the victory against Dortmund, is mathematically eliminated. The easiest task seems to be that of Inter, which hosts the San Siro Monaco. After their success in Prague, a draw is enough for the Nerazzurri to have mathematical certainty of the round of 16 and avoid the play-off round. A little effort is also missing from Milan of Conceicao, who is sixth in the standings with 15 points. The Rossoneri need a victory in Croatia with the Dinamo Zagreba to have mathematical access to the eighth finals and not do calculations, while in the event of a draw it will be necessary to look at the results of the other matches also considering the goal difference (now at plus 4). The Croatians, on the other hand, need to win as they are currently twenty-sixth with 8 points, two less than Benfica, Psg, Sporting and Stuttgart who would today qualify for the play-offs. A more complicated mission for Atalanta, who will visit Barcelona without Lookman. Gasp's men are seventh with 14 points, but need to win on Catalan soil to hope for the last XNUMX. A draw, in fact, could lead to the overtaking of Aston Villa and Leverkusen who have on paper easy commitments against Celtic and Sparta Prague. Very little hope for the Juve by Motta. The draw in Bruges left the Bianconeri in seventeenth place with 12 points and to reach the last XNUMX they would need a victory against Benfica and a miracle, that is, hoping that all nine teams above them in the standings do not do the same.  

The program of the day and where to watch it on TV

With all 18 matches simultaneously, Sky Sport will make channel 251 available for the classic Diretta Gol da tutti i campi di Champions and will not have the full broadcast of all the matches live on the decoder channels. Maximum attention will be on the Italians, all live between the sports bouquet and the football bouquet, with relevance towards Juve (on 201), Milan (on 204) and Atalanta (on 205), while Bologna, already eliminated, will be broadcast on 255. For the other matches there will be streaming with Sky Go and Now Tv. Inter-Monaco will instead be exclusive on the Amazon Prime streaming platform as the best match of the day.

Channels where you can watch the matches

Sporting Lisbon-Bologna 21pm Sky Sport 255 PSV-Liverpool 21pm Sky Sport 256 Stuttgart-PSG 21pm Sky Sport 258 Manchester City-Club Bruges 21pm Sky Sport Calcio, 202, and free-to-air on TV 8 Inter-Monaco 21pm Amazon Prime Barcelona-Atalanta 21pm Sky Sport Max, 205, Sky Sport 254 Juventus-Benfica 21pm Sky Sport 1, 201, Sky Sport 252 Dinamo Zagreb-Milan 21pm Sky Sport Arena, 204, Sky Sport 253 Brest-Real Madrid 21pm Sky Sport 257 Today's program also includes Salzburg-Atletico Madrid 21pm Lille-Feyenoord 21pm Aston Villa-Celtic 21pm Girona-Arsenal 21pm Young Boys-Red Star 21pm Sturm Graz-Leipzig at 21pm Bayern Munich-Slovan Bratislava at 21pm Borussia Dortmund-Shakhtar Donetsk at 21pm Leverkusen-Sparta Prague at 21pm Read also - Genoa continues to run: Monza 2-0 defeated