Nyon, 10 July (IANS) The historic draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals took place on Friday. It was historic in the sense because it took place even before all games of Round of 16 ended.
The Champions League had to be stopped in March due to the coronavirus pandemic with few first leg games left to play.
The governing body had previously announced the dates of the return matches to be played behind closed doors in Turin, Manchester, Monaco and Barcelona on 7 and 8 August respectively.
The quarterfinal draw saw the Real Madrid winner and Manchester City pitted against the winner between Lyon and Juventus. The city has the advantage over Real, after beating them 2-1 in the first leg to Santiago Bernabeu. Juventus cut Lyon 1-0 in France.
RB Leipzig will block their horns against Atletico Madrid, who had eliminated defending champions Liverpool in the round of 16, recording a 3-2 win in total. Leipzig, meanwhile, had swept Tottenham 4-0 away on two legs.
The winner between the Napoli and Barcelona draw will face the winner of the clash between Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Barca had previously won 1-0 in Naples while Bayern had crushed Chelsea in London in the first leg.
The fourth and final round is quite simple as Atalanta will face Paris Saint Germain. The Italian team swept Valencia 8-4 on two legs while PSG drew Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in an exciting Last-16 tie.
The final will be played at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon on August 23rd.
Quarter-finals (to be played from 12 to 16 August)
* Real Madrid / Manchester City vs Lyon / Juventus
* RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid
* Naples / Barcelona vs Chelsea / Bayern Munich
* Atalanta vs Paris Saint-Germain
Semi-finals (to be played from 18 to 19 August)
* Real Madrid / Manchester City or Lyon / Juventus vs Naples / Barcelona or Chelsea / Bayern Munich
* RB Leipzig or Atletico Madrid vs Atalanta or Paris Saint-Germain.
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