{"id":14110,"date":"2026-01-30T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/champions-league-playoffs-real-madrid-get-jose-mourinhos-benfica-again-psg-vs-monaco\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:20:30","slug":"champions-league-playoffs-real-madrid-get-jose-mourinhos-benfica-again-psg-vs-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/champions-league-playoffs-real-madrid-get-jose-mourinhos-benfica-again-psg-vs-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League playoffs: Real Madrid get Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica again, PSG vs. Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jan 30, 2026, 06:51 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Real Madrid have been handed a rematch with Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica in the Champions League knockout playoff round, while holders Paris Saint-Germain will take on fellow French side AS Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid and Benfica&#8217;s fate in the playoffs were sealed after a remarkable final game of the league phase, which featured a last-minute header from goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin. That goal clinched Benfica&#8217;s spot in the 16-team playoffs, while defeat dropped Madrid out of the top-eight automatic qualifying places.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica have now won three of the clubs&#8217; previous four European meetings, including the 1962 European Cup final, and the two-legged tie in February will be another chance for former Real coach Jose Mourinho to get one over on his old club, the 15-time champions of Europe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0130%2Fr1607814_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0130%2Fr1607814_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0130%2Fr1607814_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0130%2Fr1607814_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica beat Real Madrid in the final game of the league phase.\u00a0<cite>Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elsewhere, PSG face an all-Ligue 1 clash against Monaco, while Bodo\/Glimt of Norway, who beat Manchester City 3-1 in the penultimate league phase round, were drawn against Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus will take on Galatasaray in another headline tie, with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid meeting Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Who could Premier League teams face in next rounds?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two-legged matches will take place on Feb. 17-18 and Feb 24-25.<\/p>\n<h3>Champions League knockout playoff draw in full<\/h3>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund vs. Atalanta<br \/>Olympiacos vs. Bayer Leverkusen<br \/>Galatasaray vs. Juventus<br \/>Club Brugge vs. Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<br \/>Monaco vs. Paris Saint-Germain<br \/>Benfica vs. Real Madrid<br \/>Qarabag vs. Newcastle United<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-tournament\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/47776982\/visualisation\/27372725?2490397\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27372725\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"tournament visualization\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><em>Information from PA was used in this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 30, 2026, 06:51 AM ET Real Madrid have been handed a rematch with Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica in the Champions League knockout playoff round, while holders Paris Saint-Germain will take on fellow French side AS Monaco. Madrid and Benfica&#8217;s fate in the playoffs were sealed after a remarkable final game of the league phase, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-transfers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r1607814_1296x729_16-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}