The UEFA Champions League league phase concludes on Wednesday, Jan. 29 with all 36 clubs playing at the same time.

And so we come to the final week of the Champions League’s new league phase. Never before has European football known 36 teams jostling for position in its biggest competition and by tomorrow, it will be time to part with 12 of them once and for all.

The UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase comes to a close on Wednesday when 18 games will kick off at the same time as the push for knockout berths approaches a frenetic finish. A series of dramatic events on Matchday 8 would be a fitting finale for the league phase,

The Champions League knockout phase is nearly here but 16 teams will need to go through the play-offs in order to reach the next round of the tournament. The new Champions League format, used for the first time this season,