In the early morning of January 20, Beijing time, the Premier League, Copa del Rey, Copa Italia, and blockbuster friendly matches ended many matches, and Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in the seventh round of Premier League play-offs, ranking second in the Premier League. Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, and Barça beat Ceuta 5-0 to advance to the last eight of the Copa del Rey. Juventus beat Monza 2-1 in the Coppa Italia 1/8 final to advance to the last eight. Paris Saint-Germain beat the Yad All-Star 5-4 in a friendly match, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two goals and Messi scoring one.
After consecutive losses to Southampton and Manchester United, Manchester City were still in trouble in the opening stages of this game against Tottenham, and they wasted many good chances in the first half, Haaland followed up with a shot that was blocked, Gundogan drove a slightly deflected into the far corner, Alvarez's follow-up volley was blocked, and Haaland's superb one-handed chance was saved. Tottenham scored two goals in the first two minutes of half-time after withstanding City's onslaught, first with a mispass from Ederson and a volley from Kourou before Emerson scored with a header in front of goal. In the second half, Manchester City finally woke up and scored two goals in 2 minutes to return the shot, Mahrez crossed, Grealish's shot was blocked, Alvarez was smart to steal the goal, two minutes later, Rodri crossed, Mahrez received the assist, Haaland headed the goal. In the 63rd minute, Manchester City scored another goal when Mahrez dribbled and pushed into the near corner from the right side of the penalty area. In the 90th minute, Mahrez scored with his left foot after a steal and City won 4-2.
Real Madrid have not been in great form of late, losing 3-1 to Barca four days ago to lose the Spanish Super Cup, and were scored by Villarreal in the opening four minutes of the Copa del Rey, a goal that was spectacular, with Moreno passing with his back and Capoue following up with a small-angle volley. Trailing Real Madrid wasted two good chances, Valverde's penalty spot kick flew and Rodrigo's unmarked in the box was blocked. Before half-time, Real Madrid conceded another goal, Moreno and his teammates hit the wall and made a brilliant pass, and Chukwuzze cut forward to form a one-handed push to score. In the second half, Real Madrid began to fight back, and they played a fluid combination, with Ceballos directing in assists and Vinicius cutting forward to form a single knife and lightly pushing into the far corner. Twelve minutes later, Benzema's header was saved and Militão followed up with a follow-up shot to equalise 2-2. In the 87th minute, Rodrigo went straight and Asensio made a brilliant pass from the bottom of the box, and Ceballos followed up with a low push in the middle. In the end, Real Madrid won 3-2 and advanced to the last eight.
Juventus quickly got into action against Serie A-ranked mid-table Monza in the Coppa Italia quarterfinal, and in the opening 8 minutes, McKennie used a quick attack to send in a precise cross from the right flank, and Keane swept a header in front of the goal. However, 15 minutes later, Monza equalised when Kolparni assisted in a cross from the wing and Vallodi nodded in front of the goal. After that, Juventus created a few more chances, Irineche was saved, Sule volleyed from outside the box blocked, Ilyin passed open in the box but Faziori failed to receive the pass, Keane scored with a header but was ruled offside. Chiesa, who had just returned, scored the winning goal in the 78th minute, and despite the opponent's pull and drag, he cut inside the box and shot into the far corner. In the end, Juventus won 2-1 and advanced to the last eight.
Although only La La League A side Ceuta is playing against La League A team Ceuta in this round, Barca still sent a number of key players, and it can be seen that they are still not satisfied after beating Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup, and they still want to win the Copa del Rey and La Liga. The super-strong Barca quickly gained control of the field, and Rafinha created several threatening attacks in a row, a follow-up shot in the middle, a cross that almost created an own goal, and a cross to feed the ball, but Phelan failed to stop the ball. However, Rafinha scored a goal before half-time, Barca quickly counterattacked, Rafinha received the ball in the middle and adjusted slightly to score from outside the penalty area. Barca snatched the start in the second half, Kessie broke the ball deep in front and crossed straight into the middle, and Lewandowski kept pushing the ball into the near corner from inside the box. Barca's two-goal lead continued unabated, and in the 70th minute, Alba split the ball on the left, and Fati rushed into the box with the ball, dangled past a man and lightly pushed the goal. Seven minutes later, Kessie received a cross from the right and scored with a header. In the 90th minute, Lewandowski scored with a low push to give Barca a 5-0 victory.
The Riyadh All-Star friendly against Paris Saint-Germain arrived as scheduled, Cristiano Ronaldo started the first game after joining the new team, and the Grand Paris also sent a main squad with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. Neither side defended at full strength in this friendly match, making the match a goal show for both sides. Messi was in good form, scoring a goal in the first three minutes using a combination of tactics and clever movement in the wing. Not to be outdone, Cristiano Ronaldo created a penalty in the 32nd minute and scored the ball, but he also punched Keylor Keylor Keylor in the face. Six minutes later, Bernat was sent off with a red card for deliberately pushing someone at the back to block a counter-attack. However, the big Paris, which lacked one man, scored another goal late in the half-time with Kylian Mbappe assisting Marquinhos through a set-piece opportunity. However, Ronaldo's two consecutive strikes in front of the goal equalized again.
At the start of the second half, Mbappe broke through inside the box to assist Ramos' goal. Two minutes later, Jang Hyun-so scored with a corner kick to give Riyadh a 3-3 draw. Messi pushes the centre-back arm to create a penalty and Kylian Mbappe sends the ball in. Soon after, many main players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi were replaced. In the final stage, Ekitik scored a goal on a counter-attack to make it 5-3. Former Chinese Super League player Talliska scored a world wave goal before the end of the match to win 5-4 for Grand Paris.