The European elite is anxious, and the rest of Europe is scared from the European elite. Yes, the Champions League draw is today (Monday, 14h), and after we find out who is playing against whom in the strongest competition, the UEFA program will continue with Europa and Conference League draws. Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea stand as big threats to the rest of the bunch, and besides them, the holders hope that they will bypass Atletico and Inter Madrid, while Benfica, Villarreal, Salzburg and Sporting would still be accepted as a good outcome of the draw.Who, when, how: Champions League knockout stage explainedAs for the non-seeded teams, they are probably dreaming of Lille last night, maybe Juventus or Manchester United, at least they know how to oscillate and they are not exactly on the level with Manchester City, Bayern, Liverpool or Real. If anybody is hoping to get Ajax, probably shouldn’t be so happy, because the Dutch champions are grinding again.Seeded:Ajax (NED)Bayern (GER)Juventus (ITA)Liverpool (ENG)LOSC Lille (FRA)Manchester City (ENG)Manchester United (ENG)Real Madrid (ESP)UnseededAtlético (ESP)Benfica (POR)Chelsea (ENG)Inter (ITA)Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)Salzburg (AUT)Sporting CP (POR)Villarreal (ESP)The Champions League draw will be followed by Europa League draw, which holds many surprises, as some of the unseeded teams belong to the elite, but had a bad group phase in the Champions League: Barcelona, Dortmund, Leipzig, Porto, Atalanta or Seville. They will get their opponents from the second placed clubs in Europa League and will play a playoff games first. The draw is set today at 15h.Seeded teamsBetis (ESP)Braga (POR)Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)Lazio (ITA) Napoli (ITA)Olympiacos (GRE)Rangers (SCO)Real Sociedad (ESP)Unseeded teamsAtalanta (ITA)Barcelona (ESP)Dortmund (GER)Leipzig (GER)Porto (POR)Sevilla (ESP)Sheriff (MDA)Zenit (RUS)And then there is the newly formed Conference League, which will work under the same principle as the Europa League, so we will have a draw between third placed teams from the Europa League (Celtic, Leicester City, Marseille, PSV) and second placed teams in the Conference League, who will play a playoff tie first, and then draw with Conference League group winners. The draw is at 16h.SeededBodø/Glimt (NOR)Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)PAOK (GRE)Partizan (SRB)Qarabag (AZE)Randers (DEN)Slavia Praha (CZE)One more team to be confirmed – Spurs-Rennes game has been postponed due to CovidUnseededCeltic (SCO)Fenerbahce (TUR)Leicester City (ENG)Marseille (FRA)Midtjylland (DEN)PSV Eindhoven (NED)Rapid Wien (AUT)Sparta Praha (CZE)
