Route To The Final
For more details on this topic, see 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.Teams qualified for the Champions League group stage, either directly or through three preliminary rounds, based on both their position in the preceding domestic league and the strength of that league. Both Arsenal and Barcelona entered the competition in the group stages: Arsenal by finishing second in the 2004–05 FA Premier League, and Barcelona by winning La Liga. The group stages were contested as eight double round robin groups of four teams, with the top two qualifying for the knockout stages. Knockout matches were decided based on home and away matches, with the away goals rule, extra time and penalty shootouts as tiebreakers if needed.
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | Legs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 3–2 | 2–1 away; 1–1 home | First knockout round | Real Madrid | 1–0 | 1–0 away; 0–0 home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 2–0 | 0–0 away; 2–0 home | Quarter-finals | Juventus | 2–0 | 2–0 home; 0–0 away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 1–0 | 1–0 away; 0–0 home | Semi-finals | Villarreal | 1–0 | 1–0 home; 0–0 away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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