{"id":446047,"date":"2026-02-26T04:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/446047\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:57:14","slug":"man-city-champions-league-opponents-confirmed-after-real-madrid-drama-and-bodo-glimt-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/446047\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City Champions League opponents confirmed after Real Madrid drama and Bodo\/Glimt heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City will discover their Champions League last-16 opponents on Friday when the draw takes place<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erling Haaland of Manchester City shoots during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD7 match between FK Bodo\/Glimt and Manchester City at Aspmyra Stadion\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_GettyImages-2257255556-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Manchester City could face a second trip to Norway to take on Bodo\/Glimt in the Champions League last-16\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Manchester City could face a second trip to Norway to take on Bodo\/Glimt in the Champions League last-16<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Manchester City will face either Real Madrid or Bodo Glimt in the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Champions League<\/a> last 16 draw on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The play-off ties concluded on Wednesday evening with Madrid booking their place in the next round with a 2-1 win over Benfica (3-1 on aggregate). City had a straight path through to the last-16 as a result of securing a top eight spot in the League Phase and the Blues knew their four potential opponents ahead of the play-off fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Friday&#8217;s draw in Nyon, which is scheduled to start at 11am, will now confirm which of the two teams Pep Guardiola&#8217;s will be facing next month. City will also be allocated into a half of the draw which will enable the Blues to plot their path to a potential final in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">FOLLOW OUR MAN CITY FACEBOOK PAGE!<a aria-label=\"[object Object][object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ManCityMEN#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"> Latest news and analysis via the MEN\u2019s Manchester City Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City already know they could face Bayern Munich or Arsenal in the quarter-finals but the draw on Friday will firm up the permutations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City have already played Bodo\/Glimt this season, slipping to a surprise 3-1 defeat in the League Phase in Norway. The Norwegians stunned last season&#8217;s beaten finalists Inter Milan in the play-off round, winning 3-1 at home and then knocking out the Italian champions with a 2-1 victory in the San Siro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The last-16 ties take place next month with the first leg on March 10\/11 and the second a week later. City, by virtue of finishing higher in the League Phase, will be at home in the second leg.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The quarter finals are on April 7\/8 and 14\/15 with the semi-finals following on April 28\/29 and May 5\/6. The final is in Budapest on Saturday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City are one of six English sides still in the draw after Newcastle United came through the play-off round on Tuesday. Arsenal, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/chelsea-fc\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Chelsea<\/a>, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Liverpool<\/a> and Tottenham are still in the hunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ensure our latest sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <a aria-label=\"Click here to activateLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=manchestereveningnews.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as a Preferred Source in your Google search settings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City will discover their Champions League last-16 opponents on Friday when the draw takes place Manchester City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,1427,2502,101,397,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-446047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-sports","tag-uefa-champions-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}