The semi-finals first leg of the Champions League will take place on Tuesday April 27, between Real Madrid and Chelsea, and on Wednesday 28 between Paris SG, striker of Bayern Munich (holding), and Manchester City, announced Thursday the UEFA.
The draw was known since March 19, the dates remained to be defined: it is done with this programming which promises a perilous sequence to PSG which will face the Citizens twice in the space of six days.
After the first leg on April 28 at the Parc des Princes, the Parisians will go to City on May 4, a double confrontation interrupted by the difficult reception in the league from Lens, currently 5th in Ligue 1.
For Mauricio Pochettino’s team, it will be a question of doing better than that of Laurent Blanc, who fell against the Sky Blues in 2016 in the quarter-finals (2-2, 1-0), with the objective of hoisting PSG in the final for the second year in a row.
On the Real side, Zidane will seek a fourth final in five C1 appearances on the bench of the “White House”, with the slight disadvantage of receiving in the first leg on April 27 in his modest Alfredo-Di-Stéfano stadium, located in the merengue training center, due to the work of the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium.
Chelsea will host the Madrileños in the second leg on May 5 at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel can hope to afford a second consecutive final after that lost last summer against Bayern Munich on the bench of Paris SG (1-0).
The final is scheduled for May 29 in Istanbul (Turkey), at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
The program of the semi-finals to go (in Algerian hours):
Tuesday April 27:
(20h00) Real Madrid – Chelsea
Wednesday April 28:
(20h00) Paris SG – Manchester City
The program of the return semifinals (in Algerian hours):
Tuesday May 4:
(20h00) Manchester City – Paris SG
Wednesday, May 5:
(20h00) Chelsea – Real Madrid.
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