VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: NYON, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 30, 2026) (UEFA – See restrictions before use) 1. ARSENAL AND FRANCE LEGEND, ROBERT PIRES, DRAWING BENFICA 2. BENFICA DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL, MARIO BRANCO, REACTING 3. PIRES DRAWING BORUSSIA DORTMUND 4. DORTMUND REPRESENTATIVE 5. PIRES DRAWING ATALANTA TO FACE DORTMUND 6. ATALANTA REPRESENTATIVE 7. PIRES DRAWING BAYER LEVERKUSEN TO FACE OLYMPIACOS 8. LEVERKUSEN REPRESENTATIVE 9. PIRES DRAWING JUVENTUS TO FACE GALATASARAY 10. JUVENTUS DELEGATION INCLUDING GENERAL MANAGER, DAMIEN COMOLLI, AND CLUB LEGEND AND CURRENT DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL STRAEGY, GIORGIO CHIELLINI 11. PIRES DRAWING ATLETICO MADRID TO FACE CLUB BRUGGE 12. ATLETICO FOOTBALL DIRECTOR, MATEU ALEMANY 13. BRUGGE REPRESENTATIVE 14. PIRES DRAWING PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN TO FACE AS MONACO 15. PSG REPRESENTATIVE 16. PIRES DRAWING NEWCASTLE UNITED TO FACE QARABAG 17. NEWCASTLE COO, BRAD MILLER 18. PIRES DRAWING REAL MADRID TO FACE BENFICA 19. REAL MADRID CLUB LEGEND AND DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS, EMILIO BUTRAGUENO 20. INTER MILAN CLUB LEGEND AND CURRENT VICE-PRESIDENT, JAVIER ZANETTI 21. PIRES DRAWING INTER TO FACE BODO/GLIMT 22. ZANETTI 23. VARIOUS OF DRAW WRAPPING UP 24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL, MARIO BRANCO, SAYING: "Real Madrid – Mr. Champions because they are the current holders of the most trophies. So it will be a very difficult match for us but we showed last Wednesday in the Estadio da Luz that we believe until the last second. So we will try to pull it off again against Real Madrid in these two games. 25. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REAL MADRID CLUB LEGEND AND DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS, EMILIO BUTRAGUENO, SAYING: "That result – they were practically out of the competition and with that goal in the last minute they got through. So logically they'll be in high spirits and we'll obviously have to be really careful. 26. GRAPHIC SHOWING FIXTURES STORY: Real Madrid, who lost to Benfica on Wednesday (January 28), will play the Portuguese club again in next month's Champions League knockout playoffs, while holders Paris St Germain will face fellow Ligue 1 side Monaco after the draw took place on Friday (January 30). Teams ranked ninth to 24th in the league phase of the Champions League were drawn against each other in two-legged ties to be played between February 17-25. The winners join the top-eight teams from the league phase in the round of 16. Benfica keeper Anatoliy Trubin scored in the 98th minute to wrap up a 4-2 win over Real in their final league-phase clash that left the LaLiga side ninth in the table, a point below eighth-placed Manchester City. European champions champions PSG finished 11th after failing to win any of their last three league-phase matches, while Monaco were 21st. Newcastle United will play Azeri side Qarabag, while Atletico Madrid, who finished three points below the top eight, will face Club Brugge. Borussia Dortmund have been pitted against Atalanta after both teams missed out on a top-eight finish due to back-to-back losses. Bayer Leverkusen, the other German side in the playoffs, will face Olympiacos again after losing to the Greek champions earlier this month. Serie A leaders Inter Milan will take on Norwegian team Bodo/Glimt and Juventus will play Turkish side Galatasaray. (Production: Conal Quinn)
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