The Champions League schedule for the play-off round has been determined, I did not expect Real Madrid and Man City to meet in this play-off round which means we will not see one of them in the last 16 because only 1 can qualify for the next round, I think Real Madrid is more favored in this meeting because as we know Real Madrid has started to return to its best performance and their dominance in the UCL is unquestionable, although Man City is also starting to improve their performance little by little, but Man City is still not fully recovered.
In my opinion this is a positive element of the new CL mode. I know some people don't like it, but this time it was more exciting because no team was able to relax during the group stage as they used to in the past when they had only weak teams to play against. Now it is a group stage or league stage, but on a different level for everyone. I think this makes it more fun and it is not the new mode that is to blame, but Real Madrid and Manchester City because both had lots of games to play to make sure they don't end up in the playoff region of the table.