Champions League quarter-final draw: Arsenal and Manchester City handed nightmare route to final | 4KES7H2 | 2024-03-16 16:08:01
Arsenal have been handed a very troublesome route to the Champions League last after touchdown Bayern Munich within the quarters, while reigning champions Manchester City tackle Real Madrid.
The Gunners progressed to the last eight of Europe's premier membership competitors for the first time since 2009/10 after overcoming a cussed Porto aspect in midweek courtesy of a penalty shootout win.
Porto are only third within the Portuguese league desk, a way adrift of Sporting and Benfica within the title race, and significantly harder checks have been ready ahead of Friday's draw at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
At this stage of the draw, no groups are seeded and there is no country safety – which means clubs from the same league could be drawn towards each other.
Whereas Arsenal have been toiling towards Porto, Manchester Metropolis dispatched Copenhagen with relative ease and now tackle Real Madrid – with the winner of that tie then taking over either Arsenal or Bayern in the semi-final.
Bayern got a quick scare of their showdown with Lazio but rallied in the second leg, and the meeting with Arsenal sees Harry Kane go up towards his previous north London rivals.
Extremely, the former Tottenham talisman has 14 objectives and three assists in 19 appearances towards Arsenal.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, gave a slightly subdued efficiency towards RB Leipzig within the last 16 and have been slightly lucky to not be dragged to extra-time, although the likes of Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham will pose vital threats to Metropolis.
Atletico Madrid overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Inter Milan, coming by means of on penalties after a brilliantly entertaining match at the Metropolitano Stadium, and now take on Borussia Dortmund – who have been a tad lucky towards PSV.
Barcelona saw off Napoli and now face a mouth-watering showdown with Paris Saint-Germain – who put Actual Sociedad to the sword – in what is something of a rerun of their unimaginable 6-5 victory in 2017.
Along with the quarter-final draw, the semi-final draw also happened on Friday – with teams now figuring out their path to the final at Wembley – while the ultimate draw has decided which staff shall be designated as the 'residence' workforce for the showpiece.
</div> </div> The semi-final draw signifies that, if Arsenal overcome Bayern Munich in the quarter-final, they may then face Real Madrid or Manchester City within the semi-finals in what is an extremely stacked half of the draw.
Just to make life even more durable for the Gunners, they are going to be at residence in the first leg of each rounds, which means they might want to produce massive performances in the second legs at the Allianz Area and then either the Etihad or the Bernabeu in an effort to attain the ultimate at Wembley.
When do the fixtures take place?
the dates for the remaining fixtures of this seasons Champions LEague are as follows:
- Quarter-finals first legs: April 9 and 10
- Quarter-finals second legs: April 16 and 17
- Semi-finals first legs: April 30 and Might 1
- Semi-finals second legs: Might 7 and eight
- Remaining: Saturday June 1 at Wembley Stadium
UEFA will communicate which days – both Tuesday or Wednesday – the quarter-finals can be performed on by 5pm GMT at the latest, though the precise dates for the semi-finals won't be communicated till 18 April after the conclusion of the ties.
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