Champions League games this week and results carried over from the first leg

The final games of the play-offs before round of 16 take place this week.
Text: Javier Escribano
Published 2026-02-24

This will be an interesting week: the second leg of the Champions League knockout play-offs will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and there will be some nail-biting duels to see who makes it into round of 16, following some surprising results from last week.

For example, Atlético de Madrid will need to work if they want to qualify, following their surprising 3-3 draw last week. Bayer Leverkusen has a big advantage against Olympiacos, and Real Madrid counts on Vinícius' goal from last week to enter into round of 16 without scares in a match that will be closely followed by Benfica players' reaction at the Bernabéu following the Prestianni incident.

And what about the Italian? Inter Milan will need to score three to beat Norwegian club Bogo/Glimt, Atalanta will need to score three too against Borussia Dortmund... and Juventus has a very difficult task, as they lost 5-2 the first leg.

Tuesday, 24 February

Atlético de Madrid vs Club Brugge (first leg : 3-3) - 18:45 CET, 17:45 GMT
Leverkusen vs Olympiacos (first leg: 2-0) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Inter vs Bodø/Glimt (first leg: 1-3) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Newcastle vs Qarabağ (first leg: 6-1) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT


Wednesday, 25 February

Atalanta vs Borussia Dortmund (first leg: 0-2) - 18:45 CET, 17:45 GMT
Juventus vs Galatasaray (first leg: 2-5) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Paris vs Monaco (first leg: 3-2) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Real Madrid vs Benfica (first leg: 1-0) - 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT


The draw for the round of 16 games will take place on February 27, also with the Europa League and Conference Teams, with round of 16 games scheduled for March 10/11 and March 17/18.

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