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Welcome to Uefa Champions League Squares – the BBC Sport game which you can play alongside the live match action.
How to play:
Gameplay begins from 07:00 every matchday
Answer four trivia questions for the chance to edit your randomly generated bingo-style gamecard
See how many squares you are able to mark off on your card when those events happen in real time during that evening’s Champions League fixtures.
The chance to answer trivia questions to earn edit tokens ends at 17:00 GMT. After that time, you are still able to receive a gamecard but won’t have the opportunity to edit it.
We are still waiting for the first full house card. Will that be you?
Gameplay is limited to UK users only.
We are still waiting for our first full house to be claimed, but we did see 417 people score an ‘X’. The most common score was a horizontal line, with 32% of players who scored a line achieving one of those. Only 8% of players scored by filling in all corners.
Only three people claimed between 150-199 points. Well done if that was you. There were 308 players who scored 100-149, 152 got 70-99 and 591 scored 50-69.
We saw 3,906 players score 30-49 and everyone else either scored 10-29 or nothing at all (43% of all players).
Come back on Wednesday to play again.
Each gameday will begin at 07:00 on the morning of every Champions League matchday this season.
You will have the chance to answer four trivia questions to earn up to four edit tokens before your Squares gamecard is generated, and you can use those tokens to make changes to your gamecard until 17:00 that day.
Each edit token allows you to make one change to your card:
Bonus Mark-Off: Mark any square as correct before kick-off.
Flip Team: Swap the team for a different team (only available on team tiles).
Random Change: Swap a chosen square for another randomly selected tile.
After 17:00, your gamecard is locked down and you will take that card into that evening’s games. For new users looking to start playing after the cut-off, you can still receive a gamecard, but will not have the chance to edit it.
For the knockout stages of the competition, extra-time will be taken into account on your card, but not penalty shootouts.
There are a number of ways you can score points, but for further game instructions, read the How to Play section within the game itself.
You will need to be signed into a BBC account to play Uefa Champions League Squares. If you are not signed in, you will be prompted to do so, or you can set yourself up with a BBC account, which will only take a couple of minutes.
Once you begin to play a game, you will need to continue playing that particular game on the same device, as gameplay cannot be synced across devices, although you can start a separate game on another device.
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Uefa Champions League Squares will be available to play on every remaining Champions League matchday this season.
Quarter-finals: 9 April, 15 April, 16 April
Semi-finals: 29 April, 30 April, 6 May, 7 May
Final: 31 May
Come back on the evening of each gameday to see how your total score compared with the game’s other players.
As this is a brand new game for BBC Sport, we’d be keen to get your views on it.
Did you like playing it? What could be improved? Would you tell your friends and family about it?
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Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 GMT on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is backing “mature” goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to handle the hostile reception he is expected to receive in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain.
Martinez angered France supporters with his antics during the penalty shootout win in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, when his save from Kingsley Coman helped Argentina to victory.
He then showed off a Kylian Mbappe doll during the homecoming victory parade in Buenos Aires.
And on Tuesday he was pictured wearing a cap with a French cockerel alongside images of Argentina’s recent triumphs as he embarked on the journey to Paris for the quarter-final first leg at Parc des Princes.
Martinez’s latest actions, under the microscope at the pre-match media briefing with Emery, are likely to turn up the heat even further on the 32-year-old before the meeting with PSG.
But Emery believes Martinez can cope with the backlash, saying: “He is mature. He is responsible. He is getting better at controlling his emotions. I was working with him in Arsenal as well, before I arrived here in Aston Villa.
“I think compared with when he arrived at Aston Villa five years ago and now, he is a different Emiliano.
“I think he is more mature. He is a better player, a better goalkeeper and now my conversation with him is always the same. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world – he got the award for it here in Paris.”
Emery added: “Now focus on football, focus on individual challenges you have and try to manage as well everything you are achieving and the levels you are breaking. Try to control the emotions it brings you.”
When asked about Martinez’s cap, team-mate Youri Tielemans said: “I don’t really care. I’m just here to play the game, whatever happens with Emi, as long as it stays respectful in football terms, I don’t care.”
Martinez’s cap carried emblems of Argentina’s four recent victories, the World Cup, two Copa Americas and the Finalissima, the game between the winners of the Copa America and the European Champions, which ended in a 3-0 victory over Italy in 2022.
Marcus Rashford will also be under the spotlight when he returns to the Parc des Prince with Villa.
Rashford was Manchester United’s hero when his stoppage-time penalty saw them beat PSG 3-1, giving them victory on away goals in a last-16 Champions League tie in 2019.
Emery has been impressed with Rashford’s rejuvenation since arriving on loan from Manchester United in January, and expects him to be a key figure again on Wednesday.
“He is a good guy, he is humble, he is a very good professional player, he is really happy with his team-mates,” said Emery.
“He has been demanding of himself. I think he is playing free. The first thing is to try and connect with him as a person, then after that to connect with him as a player.
“His process here is getting better as well. He is playing in two different positions, he started as a left winger, now he is playing more as a striker. We want to find how he can exploit his qualities as best as possible with us. This is the process we have, still work to do, still process to do, but the most important is his feeling.
“We are seeing him smiling. It is the best news we can have. I am seeing him happy, I am seeing him committed with everything we are doing.”

Unai Emery is Aston Villa’s “X-factor” as he seeks redemption for his lowest Champions League moment on return to PSG, writes Phil McNulty.

“One place where crazy things happen is our house”.
That was Jude Bellingham’s warning to Arsenal’s players after his Real Madrid team were beaten 3-0 by the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
The two sides face each other in the second leg on Wednesday, 16 April at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid’s loss on Tuesday was the club’s joint-heaviest defeat in a Champions League knockout match and after the full-time whistle Bellingham said his side were “nowhere near it”.
Real Madrid have now lost five games in the competition this season, a tally that equals a club record.
And Arsenal’s victory was the 12th time an English side have won by three or more goals in the first leg of a Champions League knockout stage tie, and every time the English side has gone through to the next round.
Even so, the England midfielder believes Real are “still alive” in the Champions League – a competition where they have a history of dramatic comebacks.
Last season they were minutes away from losing their semi-final tie with Bayern Munich before turning things around with two late goals at the Bernabeu.
Three seasons ago they needed last-gasp goals at home to Chelsea and Manchester City to help them stay in the Champions League.
In both of those campaigns, Carlo Ancelotti’s side went on to win the competition.
“We need something really special, something crazy really,” Bellingham told Amazon Prime.
“We’ve got 90 minutes of football and anything can happen at the Bernabeu.”
For all of their recent comeback history, Real Madrid have never recovered from a three-goal first-leg deficit to win a Champions League knockout tie.
When told that stat after his side’s 3-0 loss to Arsenal, manager Ancelotti raised an eyebrow, grinned, and told Amazon Prime: “There is always a first time, you have to try.
“The comeback starts tonight.”
And – as the popular saying goes – former England winger and BBC Radio 5 Live pundit Andros Townsend warned Arsenal fans to “never write off Real Madrid”.
While ex-Arsenal defender Matthew Upson said “Real Madrid have been in situations as dire or even worse than this before and managed to find a solution”.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is also wary of Real.
“We are going to have to be even better in Madrid to go through,” he said.
Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.

Martin Odegaard arrived at Real Madrid as the wonderkid everyone wanted, but he left more than five years later having made just 11 appearances.

The Champions League is back this week with two English clubs among the eight teams who have reached the quarter-finals.
Aston Villa will play Paris St-Germain, who defeated Liverpool on penalties in the last 16, and Arsenal will face reigning champions Real Madrid.
In the other quarter-final ties, Inter Milan play Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund face Barcelona.
Highlights of every Champions League game are available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
Liverpool suffered their first setback under manager Arne Slot as they were beaten 4-1 on penalties by PSG at Anfield.
The French champions looked to be heading out of the competition in the league phase before a late run of form helped them finish 15th in the standings, and now they are hitting their stride when it matters most.
PSG will face 1982 European champions Aston Villa in the quarter-finals.
It is Villa’s first European Cup or Champions League quarter-final since 1983.
Fellow English Premier League side Arsenal were effectively through after they thrashed PSV 7-1 in the first leg. The second leg ended 2-2.
Manchester City lost to Real Madrid in the previous round, the knockout phase play-offs.
The first legs of the quarter-finals take place on 8 and 9 April, with the second legs taking place one week later.
The semi-finals then take take place on 29 and 30 April for the first legs, with the return fixtures on 6 and 7 May. The final takes place on 31 May at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Yes.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have never met in a Champions League final or European Cup final before.
But, being on the opposite sides of the draw, they would meet in the final if they came through their quarter-final and semi-final ties.
A repeat of last year’s final between Real and Borussia Dortmund is also possible.
However, an all-English final is not possible as Aston Villa would meet Arsenal in the semi-finals if they both got there.
Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw.
The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are added up and divided by the number of clubs the league has in Europe.
For example, if the Premier League had 100 points, that would be split by the number of teams playing in Europe (seven), giving England a coefficient of 14.28.
This season, bonus points are available to clubs playing in the Champions League, which is advantageous to leagues with more clubs competing in it, such as Germany and Italy.
Countries that finish in the coefficient table’s top two earn an additional Champions League spot for the following season.
Those spots are awarded to the teams who finish in the first position below the standard Champions League allocation in those leagues.
In the Premier League, the top four clubs automatically qualify for the Champions League via league position, so any additional place would go to the team in fifth.
Additional spots for the 2024-25 Champions League were given to Bologna and Borussia Dortmund, who finished fifth in Serie A and the Bundesliga respectively.
England are top of the coefficient table, despite Liverpool following Manchester City in exiting the Champions League.
As well as Arsenal and Aston Villa in the Champions League, Manchester United and Tottenham are both still in the Europa League, with Chelsea in the Conference League quarter-finals.
Italy are second but endured a dismal time in February with AC Milan, Atalanta and Juventus all losing in the knockout play-off round – limiting Serie A’s opportunity to gather more points.
Spain are third in the rankings, but Germany’s prospects appear difficult with Bayern Munich and Dortmund in the same half of the Champions League draw.
Paris St-Germain are France’s only representatives remaining in the Champions League, with Lille losing in the last 16 and Monaco and Brest exiting at the play-off stage. Lyon, in the Europa League, are the only other French side left in European competition.
England could end up with seven Champions League teams next season.
The winners of the Europa League, as well as the Champions League, are granted a spot.
Under previous rules, any single league could only have a maximum of five clubs in the Champions League. However, that rule has been scrapped.
This season, any team who win the Europa League or Champions League but do not qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league position will go into the Champions League.
If Aston Villa win the Champions League and finish outside the top five in the Premier League then that will give English clubs another spot.
Also, Manchester United and Tottenham, both languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League, are in the quarter-finals of the Europa League and if either of them win the tournament that would be another team from England playing in next season’s elite European competition.
The Europa League has reached the quarter-finals and there is still the prospect of an all-British final with Tottenham in the top half of the draw and both Rangers and Manchester United in the bottom half.
Europa League quarter-finals
Tottenham (England) v Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
Bodo Glimt (Norway) v Lazio (Italy)
Rangers (Scotland) v Athletic Club (Spain)
Lyon (France) v Manchester United (England)
Chelsea are the clear favourites to win the Conference League and have a two-legged quarter-final against Polish side Legia Warsaw.
Conference League quarter-finals
Real Betis (Spain) v Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland)
Celje (Slovenia) v Fiorentina (Italy)
Chelsea (England) v Legia Warsaw (Poland)
Djurgarden (Sweden) v Rapid Vienna (Austria)
First leg ties will be played on 10 April and second leg ties will be played on 17 April.
Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.