Latest UEFA Youth League round of 32

Six teams from Tuesday’s games plus the remaining 10 ties on Wednesday make up the UEFA Youth League round of 32.

Among Tuesday’s winners were AZ Alkmaar, who eliminated fellow former champions Benfica on penalties using the identical approach used by Atalanta and debutants Stuttgart. Two more German challengers, Bayern München and Hoffenheim, advanced to the round of 16; Inter topped the league phase with six faultless wins.

when Real Madrid aims to maintain their record of always reaching the round of 16 when they play Borussia Dortmund, Wednesday’s action sees holders Olympiacos welcoming Girona, like Stuttgart in their inaugural campaign.

The ten winners of the third round of the domestic champions path join the 22 teams that qualified under the new structure at the end of the UEFA Champions League path league phase. The top six finishers in the league phase host teams placed 17th to 22nd; the clubs who finished seventh to sixteen visit the domestic champions path winners in the other match-ups.

The sixteen victors will join the draw for the rest of the event on Friday; the customary four-team knockout final tournament in Nyon, Switzerland will take place on 25 and 28 April.