The 2024/2025 Champions League play-offs have just ended this Wednesday evening. While Young Boys Bern, Red Bull Salzburg and Sparta Prague had already booked their tickets, four participants were missing from the group stage. Winners 2-0 in the first leg against Slavia Prague, Lille were able to hold on by losing 2-1 to earn their qualification in pain and thus join Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco and Stade Brestois.
Dinamo Zagreb, who won 3-0 against Qarabag, confirmed their form in the return match by winning 2-0. Finally, Slovan Bratislava and Red Star Belgrade also qualified. Before the draw that will take place this Thursday at 6 p.m., we can see that there are 5 German and Italian teams. France, which places 4 teams, does as well as England and Spain with a historic performance. Indeed, this is the first time that Ligue 1 has had so many representatives in the competition. We also note two Dutch, Portuguese and Austrian teams. Belgium, Scotland, Switzerland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Serbia and Slovakia also place an element.
The 36 qualified
Hat 1: Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Real Madrid (Spain), Paris Saint-Germain (France)Liverpool (England), Inter Milan (Italy), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), RB Leipzig (Germany) and FC Barcelona (Spain)
Hat 2: Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Atlético de Madrid (Spain), Atalanta (Italy), Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Arsenal (England), FC Bruges (Belgium), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) and AC Milan (Italy)
Hat 3: Feyenoord (Netherlands), Sporting CP (Portugal), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Young Boys Bern (Switzerland), Celtic Glasgow (Scotland), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Lille (France) and Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Hat 4: AS Monaco (France)Sparta Prague (Czech Republic), Aston Villa (England), Bologna (Italy), Girona (Spain), Stuttgart (Germany), Sturm Graz (Austria), Stade Brestois 29 (France) and Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
