The die is cast. The eight teams that continue in the Champions League already know that the quarterfinals and semifinals that will be known this Friday in Nyon (12:00 p.m.) will come from among them. Madrid, the current champion, is the only representative of LaLiga in an already unique hype and without conditions. accompany you Manchester City, Chelsea, Bayern, Milan, Inter, Naples and Benfica.
That is to say, three Italians -who after many years are the majority-, two English, a German, a Portuguese and a Spanish. The first legs of the quarterfinals will be on April 11 and 12; those back, a week later, on the 18th and 19th. Undoubtedly Manchester City and Bayern, current Premier and Bundesliga champions, are the strongest. One step behind is the billionaire Chelsea.
classified teams
- Chelsea – Dortmund (Overall score: 2-1)
- Benfica – witches (Overall score: 7-1)
- Bayern – PSG (Overall result: 3-0)
- Tottenham – Milan (Overall score: 1-0)
- Porto – Inter (Overall score: 0-1)
- Manchester City – RB Leipzig (Overall score: 8-1)
- Naples – Eintracht Frankfurt (Overall result: 5-0)
- Real Madrid – Liverpool (Overall score: 6-2)
From this round, all possible conditions are eliminated. In other words, teams from the same country and also those who coincided in the group stage may face each other. There will be no seeds playing the second leg at home. What’s more, the order of the matches will be the same as that of the extraction of balls.
In addition to the quarterfinals, the semifinals will also be drawn. This has been done for a few seasons now and allows us to draw the path of one and the other towards the final. The semifinal matches are scheduled for May 9 and 10, the first leg, and May 16 and 17, the second leg. The order of extraction of balls will also mark the order of the matches.
In this way, it will be possible to make a scheme of the path that any team that wants to win the Champions League until the final in Istanbul, scheduled for June 10 at the Ataturk stadium. Madrid wants to revalidate their title, but to do so it is better to avoid big rivals and find a more placid route. Doubts will be dispelled on Friday.
When will the quarterfinal draw be?
The draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League It already has a date set and it will be the next Friday 17 March at 12:00CET (Central European Time), when the eight teams that have passed the round of 16 of the top continental competition know their destiny in it. The headquarters of the UEFAonce again, will be in charge of carrying out this event.
Three simultaneous draws, one of its main peculiarities
This raffle will take place in the third month of May, which will not be the only one. One of its main characteristics is that, in addition to the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the grand final of the highest continental competition will be held. The UEFAorganizing entity, has contemplated this aspect on its website.
“There are three draws: the one for the quarterfinals; the one of the semifinals, in which the qualifying rounds for the quarterfinals come together; and the third, which determines the ‘home’ team in the final for administrative reasons”, says the body that governs the fate of football in the Old continent.
What are the conditions?
Another of the most important aspects that must be taken into account is that, as of this draw, there are no seedings. That is, the event is ‘pure’. What does this mean? That there is no order in which the former must face only and exclusively the latter in the group stage. From this moment on, the eight squads that remain alive in the Champions They will face each other without any type of restriction.
That includes one of the most important ones that appear every year in the Champions League. The prohibition of confrontations in the first rounds of teams from the same country. This ends with the quarterfinals. It is, from this moment, when the squads can face each other freely and duels can take place between teams that are located in the same national tournament.
The final, on June 10, in Istanbul
There is less and less time left for the celebration of the grand finale of the Champions. The stadium Atatürk will be the headquarters, the next 10 June, in which the last match of the season of the highest continental competition takes place. In this coliseum, what is considered one of the best finals of all time in this tournament was played. The one that disputed the Liverpool and Milanand that ended up taking the team trained at that time by Rafael Benitez.
The semifinals, another key point
Another of the key dates of the current edition of the Champions League It has to do with the semifinals of the European tournament. By the time the three draws are made, some details will be known, such as the order of the teams, but there are others that are known in advance.
In this way, and according to UEFA, these are the dates of the last three rounds of the 2022/23 Champions League:
- Quarterfinals: April 11, 12, 18 and 19, 2023
- Semifinals: May 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2023
- End: June 10, 2023
