Fresh off their epic Matchday 8 encounter in Lisbon, Real Madrid will take on Mournho's men, Benfica, once again in the two-legged knockout play-offs.

Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, were drawn against French foes Monaco in an interesting tie. Elsewhere, Newcastle drew Qarabag, Juventus got Galatasaray, and Atletico Madrid were handed Club Brugge.

The ties will kick off in mid-February. The eight winners of the play-offs will progress to the round of 16, to be held in March. The exact times and dates of the play-off fixtures will be specified later on Friday.

[h2]The full draw for the knockout play-off round (seedings in brackets):[/h2]

Real Madrid (9) vs Benfica (24)

Inter Milan (10) vs Bodo/Glimt (23)

PSG (11) vs Monaco (21)

Newcastle (12) vs Qarabag (22)

Juventus (13) vs Galatasaray (20)

Atletico Madrid (14) vs Club Brugge (19)

Atalanta (15) vs Borussia Dortmund (17)

Bayer Leverkusen (16) vs Olympiacos (18)

[h2]When are the knockout play-offs?[/h2]

The first legs of the knockout play-offs will take place on February 17th and 18th, and the second legs will be on February 24th and 25th.

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The eight winners of the knockout play-offs will progress to the round of 16, where they will be drawn against the sides which finished first to eighth in the league phase. Those sides in order of final rank are:

1. Arsenal (ENG), 2. Bayern Munich (GER), 3. Liverpool (ENG), 4. [lslink-participant cms-href="https://www.flashscore.com/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/" sport-id="1" participant-id="UDg08Ohm" target="summary"]Tottenham Hotspur[/lslink-participant] (ENG), 5. Barcelona (ESP), 6. Chelsea (ENG), 7. Sporting CP (POR), 8. Manchester City (ENG).

The next draw, which is for the round of the 16 plus the remaining bracket, will take place on Friday, February 27th, after the second legs of the knockout play-offs. The round of 16 will begin on March 10th.

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