Champions League mode: What German clubs awaits on the last match day

Before the last matchday of the new Champions League preliminary round, there is still a lot at stake for 25 out of 36 teams. Only Liverpool and Barcelona are already qualified for the round of 16, nine teams have already left. For all other clubs, the game and, if necessary, individual goals still have a meaning because every placement has a meaning in the new format. In order to grant equal opportunities, all 18 games take place at the same time. The streaming service DAZN transfers.

For the three German teams of Leverkusen, Bavaria and Dortmund, the aim is to get under the first eight. Leverkusen has the best starting point with 13 points, for Bavaria and BVB (twelve points each), it should be difficult even in a win. The amount of the victory could also play a role for all three German participants, because, unlike at the European Football Association UEFA, the goal difference is otherwise important.

The first eight teams qualify for the round of 16 and save the detour via the playoffs. However, it doesn’t matter whether you get third or eighth. The knockout rounds up to the final in Munich are no longer drawn, but follow a tournament tree. If you become a seventh or eighth, you could therefore meet Liverpool FC in the quarter -finals, whoever places better, avoid the strongest team of the preliminary round.

If Stuttgart plays a tie against Paris, both teams continue

It is similar with the playoffs. Anyone who becomes ninth or tenth plays in the playoffs against the 23rd or 24th of the table. Only whether the ninth plays against the 24th or the 23rd is drawn to prevent teams from being able to “earn” an opponent. In addition: Those who are better placed play the second leg in the playoffs and in the round of 16 in their own stadium. An advantage that is not to be underestimated, especially after the abolition of the away goal control. Home right is only drawn again from the quarter -finals.

Bavaria, Dortmund and Leverkusen can no longer excrete completely, only VfB Stuttgart, which is in a special situation, can do that. Because the Swabian and opponent Paris Saint-Germain is sufficient (if Zagreb does not sweep the AC Milan out of the stadium) a tie to surely reach the playoffs. Because Manchester City plays against FC Bruges, PSG and Stuttgart would certainly land with one point in front of one of the two teams mentioned. If you don’t make it under the top 24, like RB Leipzig, you are out for that. There is no longer a descent to the Europa League.

Also is The prize money Pounded to the exact league position, every better space is also worthwhile. The bottom of the table receives 275,000 euros, with every higher rank the sum is multiplied by one higher value. That means the penultimate gets 550,000 euros and so on. If Liverpool stays first, they will get 9.9 million euros. If you immediately move into the round of 16, you get an additional 13 million euros from the UEFA, the playoffs only bring only two million (nine to 16) or one million (17 to 24). If you make it into the round of 16 via the playoffs, you will receive an additional eleven million euros.