The UEFA Champions League is very different from here on out, as 36 teams play eight games — four home and four away — in bids to reach the knockout rounds. The schedule is longer, the table bigger, and we've now reached the finale,

For teams finishing in 9th to 16th place, they will enter the knockout round play-offs, where they are seeded and face unseeded teams from 17th to 24th in a two-legged encounter.

With all 36 teams in action on Wednesday and sky-high stakes for some of Europe's leading clubs, the final first round matchday of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season didn't disappoint.