Champions League last four
- UEFA confirmed Arsenal, Atlético, Bayern and PSG as the Champions League semifinalists. (uefa.com) - Those four clubs are now chasing a place in the 2026 final scheduled for Budapest. (uefa.com) - PSG carries an immediate wrinkle: Vitinha’s fitness after his Lyon injury is in doubt for the Bayern tie. (beinsports.com)
Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are the four clubs left in this season’s UEFA Champions League. (uefa.com) UEFA’s bracket lists the semi-final pairings as Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern on April 28 and May 6, and Atlético vs. Arsenal on April 29 and May 5. UEFA’s competition page also shows the winners advancing to the final in Budapest on May 30. (uefa.com) The last four emerged from quarterfinals that knocked out Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sporting CP. UEFA’s results page shows Paris beat Liverpool, Bayern beat Real Madrid, Atlético beat Barcelona and Arsenal beat Sporting CP over two legs. (uefa.com) This is the first Champions League season using the expanded 36-team league phase, which replaced the old group stage. UEFA says the league phase ran from September 16 to January 28 before the knockout rounds began in February. (uefa.com) That format change means these semi-finalists came through a longer, single-table opening round before reaching the bracket. UEFA’s official site says the 2025-26 competition ends at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, the first time Hungary has hosted the European Cup final. (uefa.com) Paris Saint-Germain carries the clearest immediate injury question into the semi-finals. The Associated Press reported on April 21 that Vitinha limped off in a 2-1 league loss to Lyon with a right heel injury and will be out until at least the end of the week. (apnews.com) UEFA’s match center frames Bayern-Paris as a rematch of the 2020 final, which Bayern won 1-0. UEFA also lists Atlético-Arsenal as the other semi-final, with Arsenal trying to reach the final from the opposite side of the bracket. (uefa.com) Ticket details published by UEFA say the final will kick off at 18:00 Central European Summer Time on May 30 at the 61,400-seat Puskás Aréna, with 39,000 tickets available directly to fans and the general public. (uefa.com) The next step is simple: two first legs on April 28 and 29, two returns on May 5 and 6, and one place in Budapest for each survivor. (uefa.com)
