Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – Spanish Real Madrid, the record holder for the number of titles (14), collided with Manchester City, the English champion last season, in the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, according to the draw drawn on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland. .
Published on: 03/15/2024 – 12:44
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The second most prominent confrontation in this round will be between Paris Saint-Germain of France and Barcelona of Spain, while Arsenal, currently the leader of the English Premier League, will play against Bayern Munich of Germany, and Atletico Madrid of Spain will play against Borussia Dortmund of Germany.
The quarterfinals will be held April 9-10 and 16-17 and the semi-finals will be held April 30-May 1 and May 7-8.
Wembley Stadium will host the final match on Saturday, June 1.
The semi-final draw was also drawn, which resulted in Real Madrid or City being pitted against the winner of the match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich.
Certainly, the most prominent confrontation will be in the quarter-finals between Real and City, a repeat of last season’s semi-finals, when they tied in the first leg in Madrid 1-1 before the English club achieved a sweeping victory in the return leg at home with a clean score, on its way to winning the first title in its history at the expense of Italian Inter. .
Last season’s confrontation was not the first between the two teams, as they faced each other in the group stage of the 2012-2013 season, when City was at the beginning of its rise with its Emirati owners, and Real won 3-2 in the first leg and then tied 1-1.
They then clashed in the semi-finals of the 2015-2016 season, when Real won 1-0 on aggregate, and again in the 16-finals of the 2019-2020 season, and City won back and forth with the same score, 2-1, then in the semi-finals of the 2021-2022 season, when Real achieved the “Remontada.” “Great in the second leg in the fatal time and won 3-1 after extra time thanks to a brace from Brazilian Rodrigo and a goal from Frenchman Karim Benzema, compensating for his loss in the first leg away from home 3-4.
In its confrontation with Paris Saint-Germain and its star Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona will return to the memories of the historic “Remontada” in the 16th final in 2017, when the French team won the first leg at home 4-0 before the Catalan club turned the tables on them in the return leg with a 6-1 victory led by Argentine Lionel Messi and the Brazilian. Neymar, who later moved to play at Parc des Princes.
The two teams returned to face each other in the 16-final in 2021, and Saint-Germain then emerged victorious from Catalonia 4-1 before a 1-1 draw in the second leg.
Arsenal, which leads the English Premier League, will face a mission of revenge against Bayern Munich, which eliminated the London club in its last appearance in the knockout stages by sweeping it 10-2 in the two-legged group in 2017.
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2024-03-15 11:44:07
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