Check out the Champions League quarterfinals – 03/15/2024 – Sports
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The biggest champion of the Champions League, Real Madrid will face current champion Manchester City, in the most prominent duel of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The first game will be at the Santiago Bernabéu, according to the draw held this Friday (15).
Barcelona and PSG will face another battle in the fight for a place in the semi-finals of Europe’s biggest club tournament.
Atlético de Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund. The last duel will be between Arsenal and Bayern Munich. The knockout stage will be played on April 9th and 10th (outbound) and April 16th and 17th (return).
The hypothetical semi-finals were also drawn, in which the winner of Atlético x Borussia will face the winner of PSG x Barcelona on the one hand, while whoever advances from the clash between Arsenal and Bayern will face the survivor of Real Madrid x City.
It will be the third consecutive time that the LaLiga leader and the English champion will face each other in the knockout stage of the Champions League, in a clash that on paper will bring together the two main favorites to lift the cup, according to their squads and performances.
Barça, in turn, will face Kylian Mbappé’s PSG, led by Luis Enrique, the last coach with whom the ‘culé’ team won the Champions League (2015). Seven years have passed since Barça’s famous ‘remontada’ (comeback) against the Parisians at Camp Nou, in the second leg of the round of 16 (6-1, after suffering a 4-0 defeat in the first leg).
Theoretically, the Spanish representative most favored by the hand of former Nigerian player John Obi Mikel, in charge of commanding the draw, was Atlético de Madrid, who will face the current fourth-placed team in the Bundesliga after eliminating Inter Milan, current runner-up in the Bundesliga, on penalties. Champions and isolated leader of Serie A.
Finally, coach Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich imposes a little less fear on opponents than in previous seasons, which leaves the duel against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, current leader of the Premier League, balanced.
Champions quarter-finals
Arsenal (ING) x Bayern Munich (ALE)
Atlético de Madrid (ESP) x Borussia Dortmund (ALE)
Real Madrid (ESP) x Manchester City (ING)
PSG (FRA) x Barcelona (ESP)
– Departure: April 9th and 10th
– Return: April 16th and 17th
Champions Semifinals
Atlético de Madrid or Borussia Dortmund x PSG or Barcelona
Arsenal or Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid or Manchester City
– Departure: April 30th and May 1st
– Return: May 7th and 8th
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