This is what the status of the 2024/25 Champions League looks like after the second matchday

The second matchday of the Champions League 2024/25 ended with several surprising results and real upsets in the overall standings. In the key game against Barça, the Blaugrana team recovered from the defeat against Monaco with a solid win against Young Boys (5-0), which allowed Hansi Flick's team to stay in the play-off places for the round of 16 , while Madrid suffered an embarrassing defeat in Lille (1-0).

The top of the table has Borussia Dortmund, Stade Brest and Benfica are at the top with 6 points. The Germans defeated Cletic Glasgow (6:1), led by a great Karim Adeyemi (scored a hat trick), while the French team also won confidently on the field of RB Salzburg (0:4). The Portuguese, for their part, struck down Atlético de Madrid at home (4-0) and won their second win in a row.

Bayer Leverkusen (1-0 against Slovan Bratislava) and Liverpool (2-0 against Bologna) Both secured hard-fought victories and remain in the direct qualifying zone (fourth and fifth respectively). In the meantime, Aston Villa caused one of the surprises of the day through the win against Bayern Munich (1:0) and are sixth. The qualification zone is currently completed by Juventus and Manchester City, who ended the day with wins of 2:3 against RB Leipzig and 0:4 against Slovan Bratislava, respectively.

Barça and Real Madrid leave the direct qualification zone after matchday 2

Further down, in 9th place, is Inter Milanand behind the Nerazzurri, already in the play-off zone, are Sparta Prague (10), Atalanta (11), Sporting CP (12), arsenal (13), Monaco (14) and Bayern Munich (15), all with 4 points less than Bayern, who have 3.

Then come the two big teams in Spain, with Barça finishing in 16th place after destroying the Young Boys and one place below Real Madrid (17)who were defeated by Lille. More precisely, the latter follow the Merengues in 18th place, and behind them are PSG (19), Celtic (20), Club Brugge (21), Feyenoord (22) and Atlético de Madrid (23), all with 3 points. while PSV Eindhoven (24) finished the play-off with 1 unit.

Finally, Stuttgart, Bologna, Shahktar, Dinamo Zagreb, RB Leipzig, Girona, Sturm Graz, AC Milan, Red Star, RB Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava and the Young Boys have been eliminated from the rankings for the time being. The third matchday of the league phase will be played between Tuesday, October 22nd and Wednesday, October 23rd.