UEFA Champions League 2025-26 KNOCK-OUT PHASE PLAY-OFFS, 2ND LEG WDL Head-to-head: European meetings only Winners play FEB 24 Atlético ESP Club Brugge BEL 1st leg result: 3-3. 2nd leg venue: Metropolitano Stadium Liverpool ENG or Tottenham ENG Leverkusen GER Olympiacos GRE 2-0, BayArena Arsenal ENG or Bayern Munich GER Inter ITA Bodø/Glimt NOR 1-3, San Siro Sporting Clube POR or Manchester City ENG Newcastle ENG Qarabag AZE 6-1, St. James’ Park Barcelona ESP or Chelsea ENG FEB 25 Atalanta ITA Dortmund GER 0-2, Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia Arsenal ENG or Bayern Munich GER PSG FRA Monaco FRA 3-2, Parc des Princes Barcelona ESP or Chelsea ENG Juventus ITA Galatasaray TUR 2-5, Juventus Stadium Liverpool ENG or Tottenham ENG Real Madrid ESP Benfica POR 1-0, Santiago Bernabéu Sporting Clube POR or Manchester City ENG QUALIFIED TEAMS Advanced directly to Last 16 FALLEN HEAVYWEIGHTS Inter host Bodø/Glimt aiming to overturn two-goal deficit – Nerazzurri have progressed in six of their last seven two-legged ties – while Norwegian underdogs continue to embrace European dream, having beaten both Man City and Atletico to secure knock-out berth Inter: Recent Champions League history 2025 Final PSG FRA 0-5 2024 Last 16 Atletico Madrid ESP 2-2 (Pens 2-3) 2023 Final Manchester City ENG 0-1 2022 Last 16 Liverpool ENG 1-2 2021 Group stage CRISIS MANAGEMENT Inter have lost just two of last 20 home matches in Champions League – successive defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal in league phase W51 D19 L17 Lautaro Martínez. Argentina forward with over 20 goal contributions for Inter in 2025-26 RACISM ALLEGATIONS Real Madrid and Benfica finish European trilogy amid investigations after Vinicius Jr (right) reported alleged racist abuse by midfielder Gianluca Prestianni Inter: Home record in Champions League 2009: UEFA introduce three-step racism procedure, giving referees power to halt games 2013: Players found guilty of racial abuse can be banned for at least 10 matches 2024: FIFA introduce “X” crossing of arms display to signal alleged racial abuse 20 Number of incidents Vinicius alleges abuse during eight years at Real Madrid FUTURE DATES LAST 16: Mar 10 / 11, 17 / 18 QUARTER-FINALS: Apr 7 / 8, 14 / 15 SEMI-FINALS: Apr 28 / 29, May 5 / 6 FINAL: May 30, Puskás Aréna, Budapest Source: UEFA Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS