This season's Champions League is unlike any other, and for good reason. The coronavirus pandemic shut the competition down in the middle of the round of 16, with four teams advancing, four other series still to be determined and a reformatting of the remainder of the knockout stage required in order to crown a winner.
Instead of the normal procession to the final, everything has changed. The quarterfinals and semifinals are no longer two-legged, home-and-home affairs. All teams in the final eight will relocate to Lisbon, Portugal, for a sprint to the final between Aug. 12 and 23.