Manchester City were drawn in the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday against Real Madrid Kids Soccer Set. This draw will pit the recent winners of Europe’s top competition against its most successful team.
Kylian Mbappé and his Paris Saint-Germain side will face Barcelona in what will be his last season at the French club, and he is expected to join Barca’s rivals Atlético Madrid in the summer.
Elsewhere, Harry Kane will face a familiar foe as Bayern Munich have been drawn against Arsenal. It’s also a familiar match as Bayern knocked the north London club out of the competition in 2013, 2014 and 2017.
Bayern fans will not be allowed into the Emirates after UEFA punished supporters of the German club for throwing pyrotechnics onto the pitch during the first leg of the round of 16 against Lazio in Rome.
Atlético Madrid take on Borussia Dortmund in the second leg.
In the semi-finals, the winner of Atlético – Dortmund will face either Barça or PSG, meaning that two of the teams will face off for a place in the final Arsenal Cheap Football Jersey, Bayern, Madrid and City.
Barça’s clash with PSG will bring back memories of several recent draws, as the two teams have met three times in the knockout phase since the 2014/15 season.
Most famously, the Catalan club overcame a 4-0 deficit from the first leg in the round of 16 in 2016-17 to win 6-1 at Spotify Camp Nou in a match that the Spanish media christened La Remontada – the comeback of all comebacks.
“I think with Paris we will get an opponent that is obviously a very tough team, they have great individual quality, but I feel that especially this season they have made a big step as a team,” Barcelona’s Ilkay Gündogan said . “They are growing and it will be a tough challenge that we will face.”
Madrid and City also have a very recent history in the Champions League, having met in the semifinals the past two seasons. Madrid will host the first leg on April 9 or 10 and the return leg will be played a week later in Manchester.
Pep Guardiola’s team beat Madrid on their way to their maiden title last year after a crushing 4-0 win at the Etihad, while in 2021-22 Madrid put up a typically tenacious fight to steal a draw and advance.
Madrid club director Emilio Butragueño said after Friday’s draw: “They are champions, we know each other perfectly, I don’t need to explain all the qualities that Manchester City Dámské Fotbalový dres It has.
“We have two spectacular public matches coming up. There are top level players here and we have two huge games coming up. We’re looking forward to the team having a go, we need to get a good result at the Bernabeu to defend it there.
“All the teams that have arrived so far are strong. At the end of the day, it’s two games. The games are evenly matched and any detail can decide a draw. The remaining eight teams can be champions, we’ll see what happens. All draws are attractive. We have City. We have to accept that. They have a very strong team and we also have a very good team.”
Guardiola said at Friday’s press conference that duels with Madrid are becoming a habit.
“It’s a bit of a tradition, three years in a row we play the king of the competition because they have won 14 editions of the Champions League, but it is what it is,” he said.
The first quarterfinal matches will be played on April 9 and 10, with the rematches a week later on April 16 and 17.
This year’s Champions League final will take place on June 1 at Wembley Stadium in London. It will be the eighth time that the English national stadium has hosted a major UEFA club competition.
