The crowd broke out the "oles" by the 70th minute as Real Madrid crushed Manchester City 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. It wasn't a close affair with Real Madrid coasting past Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate.

Borussia Dortmund's routine elimination of Sporting Lisbon was a tame warmup for the Real Madrid-Manchester City showdown in the Champions League playoffs round Wednesday. Dortmund brought a 3-0 lead into the second leg at home and was barely stretched in a 0-0 draw with Sporting,

The race for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League final looks set to be another fascinating battle amongst Europe's elite.The newly-expanded format of the tournament has meant changes to how teams qualify for the knockout rounds with more games added to the league phase and the creation of Round of 16 playoffs for teams finishing outside the top eight of the league standings.