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the crosses of the quarters and semifinals are defined

In Nyon, Switzerland, the draw is held to find out the matches for the next instance of the most important club tournament on the Old Continent. At 8, on ESPN.

The quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions Leaguewhose top candidate is Real Madrid, current champion, will be raffled tomorrow at 8 am in Argentina at the UEFA headquarters in the city of Nyon, Switzerland.

In addition to these instances, UEFA will also draw the draw for the quarterfinals of the Europa League and the Conference League. Everything will be televised on ESPN.

In the first instance, the protagonists of the quarterfinal matches will be defined and then, once the pairings are known, a draw will be made against who the winner of each of them will play in the semifinals.



The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

This time the surprise in the quarterfinals of the Champions League is provided by Serie A of Italy, which provides three representatives with Milan, Inter and Napoli.

To them are added Real Madrid (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Chelsea and Manchester City (England) and Benfica (Portugal).

There will be seven Argentine soccer players who will participate in the quarterfinals: Lautaro Martinez, Joaquin Correa and Valentin Carboni (Inter), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Julian Alvarez and Maxim Perrone (Manchester City) and Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).

Real Madrid is the last champion after beating Liverpool in the final.  (AFP)


Real Madrid is the last champion after beating Liverpool in the final. (AFP)

on the horizon is the grand final on June 10 at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbulbut the quarterfinals will be played in April (11-12 the first leg, 18-19 the second leg) and the semifinals in May (9-10 the first leg and 16-17 the second leg).

Despite the opulence of the Champions League and the great values ​​that will be present in these instances, the absence of several stars whose teams were eliminated as Lionel Messi, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, the Pole Robert Lewandowski and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah.

Among those classified 34 titles are distributed, only Manchester City and Napoli were never “Kings of Europe”. Real accumulates 14 cups, followed by Milan with seven, Bayern Munich with six, Inter with three, Chelsea and Benfica with two.

Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA.  (Reuters)


Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA. (Reuters)

The draw in Nyon (Switzerland) can bring great games (since there are no restrictions), such as a classic Lombardy between Milan-Inter or matches that could be exciting finals such as Real Madrid-Bayern, Real-Manchester City or Bayern-Manchester City.

Apparently the most preferred rival would be Benfica, but the Lisbon team is developing a great season after winning their group, putting off Messi-Mbappé-Neymar’s PSG and Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María’s Juventus.

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