UEFA conducts quarter and semi-finals UCL draw

UEFA has conducted the draw for the quarter-final and semi-final of this season’s UEFA Champions League. The draw took place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Fans are in for a feast as several mouthwatering ties were thrown up as record-holders, Real Madrid may face the winner of the Olympic Lyonnaise versus Juventus second round of 16, second-leg tie, that is if Real manages to successfully navigate the second leg of their round-of-16 tie versus Manchester City. Los Blancos trail 1-2 from the first leg which was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu while Juventus lost 0-1 to Lyon in the first leg in France.

The reformatted one-off final stages begin in Lisbon, Portugal from August 12.

The winner of quarter-final one will take on the team to emerge from quarter-final three, which was drawn as Napoli or Barcelona versus Chelsea or Bayern Munich.

Fresh from their domestic double, Bayern are strongly placed, having won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in the initial match, while the advance of Lionel Messi and his colleagues is on a knife’s edge following their 1-1 draw at Stadio San Paolo.

The other quarter-finals comprise teams who have already booked their spots in Lisbon. PSG overturned a first-leg deficit to knockout Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16 and face the similarly free-scoring Atalanta. The winner of that tie will take on RB Leipzig or Atletico Madrid, who overcame respective Premier League opposition in the form of Tottenham and holders Liverpool in the previous stage.

Champions League quarter-final draw in full:
(QF1) Real Madrid or Manchester City v Lyon or Juventus
QF2) RB Leipzig v Atletico Madrid
QF3) Napoli or Barcelona v Chelsea or Bayern Munich
QF4) Atalanta v PSGChampions League 
Semi-finals winner QF1 v winner QF3, winner QF 2 v winner QF4