Round of 16 hopes can be boosted in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs. Manchester City meet Real Madrid and Paris must overcome French counterparts Brest in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-offs.

After a thrilling finish to the UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase, the competition will gear up to hold its inaugural knockout phase playoffs with Friday's draw. The teams that finished from ninth through 24th in the league phase will take part in the knockout phase playoffs,

Friday morning, UEFA conducted the draw for the Champion League's new playoff phase, which essentially adds one more round to the previous format's knockout stage. 16 teams were sorted, with pairings influenced (but not entirely determined) by order of finish in the group stage.