Defending champions Real Madrid will play 2021 winners Chelsea within the Champions League quarter-finals, whereas Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola will tackle his former membership Bayern Munich after being drawn collectively in Nyon on Friday.
Real, who beat final 12 months’s finalists Liverpool 6-2 on mixture within the final 16, one other English facet after Graham Potter’s Chelsea handed Borussia Dortmund their first lack of the 12 months and certified with a 2-1 mixture win. Will be towards the facet.
City, who had been runners-up in 2021, will face 2020 champions Bayern, who had been managed by Guardiola for 3 seasons since 2013. Under Guardiola, they had been perennial Bundesliga champions, however misplaced yearly on the semi-final stage of the Champions League.
🇪🇸 actual madrid vs chelsea
🇵🇹 Benfica vs Inter 🇮🇹
man metropolis vs bayern 🇩🇪
🇮🇹 Milan vs Napoli 🇮🇹*FC Internazionale Milano’s match has been overturned in accordance with the ideas set by the Club Competition Committee. #ucl draw pic.twitter.com/m1gMqFs1fV
– UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 17, 2023
Reigning Serie A champions AC Milan will face this season’s runaway leaders Napoli in an all-Italian conflict whereas Inter Milan will play Portuguese facet Benfica.
The semi-final draw was additionally made with all three Italian sides on one facet of the draw and the 2 English groups on the opposite half.
Champions League quarter-final draw
Real Madrid at Chelsea
benfica vs inter milan
manchester metropolis vs bayern munich
ac milan vs napoli
The first drawn crew hosted the primary leg.
first leg: April 11-12
Second leg: April 18-19
semi-final draw
Semi-Final 1: Milan/Napoli vs Benfica/Inter
Semi Final 2: Real/Chelsea at City/Bayern
The first drawn crew hosted the primary leg.
first leg: May 9-10
Second leg: May 16-17
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS