This week marks the first matchday of the Champions League, with Paris Saint-Germain beating Bayer Leverkusen 2-7 at the BayArena on Tuesday. Here are the results of the first matches before those played on Wednesday.
Contents
Tuesday, October 21 –
Wednesday, October 22 –
Standings –
A reminder of how this league phase:
UEFA website –
“With the new format, teams will play eight matches in the new league phase (formerly the group stage). They will no longer face three opponents twice – home and away – but eight different teams, playing half of these matches at home and half away.”
Qualifications based on standings:
1st to 8th: Qualification for the round of 16.
9th to 24th: Qualification for a two-legged play-off round.
25th to 36th: Elimination from all European competitions.
