Real Madrid will face Manchester City in a blockbuster UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 playoff tie, marking the fourth consecutive year in which the two giants of European football will meet.

Real Madrid have leapfrogged Manchester City to become UEFA’s top-ranked club for the 2025-26 season, despite the Spanish side’s exit from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage.

The UEFA Champions League playoff action finishes on Wednesday, Feb. 19, and that includes a matchup between Real Madrid and Manchester City at Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain. The match is ...

Those teams will meet a team at the opposite end of the spectrum in a two-legged playoff to make the Round of 16. For example, No. 9 Atalanta will face either No. 23 Sporting or No. 24 Club Brugge.

Under the management of current Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, who took charge of the Nerazzurri in the summer 2021, Inter have won one Serie A title (2023-24), three Supercoppa Italiana (2022, 2023 ...