Holders Manchester Metropolis will come up in opposition to report 14-time winners Actual Madrid within the Champions League quarter-finals after being paired collectively in Friday’s draw, which means the edges will meet in a 3rd consecutive season within the competitors.
Arsenal will face Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich, whereas Paris Saint-Germain meet Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will tackle Borussia Dortmund within the different ties.
Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis will journey to the Spanish capital for the primary leg on April 6 or 7, with the return in Manchester every week later.
Metropolis beat Madrid within the semi-finals final season on the way in which to successful the Champions League for the primary time, following a 1-1 draw on the Santiago Bernabeu with a shocking 4-0 victory at house within the second leg.
Actual got here out on prime when the groups met within the final 4 a 12 months earlier, earlier than occurring to defeat Liverpool within the last.
The Spanish giants additionally gained a semi-final conflict between the groups in 2016, whereas Metropolis emerged victorious within the final 16 in 2020.
The draw threw up a set of mouthwatering ties with Arsenal being rewarded with a tie in opposition to German champions Bayern after beating Porto on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals for the primary time since 2010.
The Gunners will host the primary leg on the Emirates Stadium, which can see former Tottenham Hotspur talisman Kane — who has thus far scored 36 objectives in his first season at Bayern — return to London.
There may be the prospect of an all-English semi-final, with the winners of the tie between Arsenal and Bayern going through both Metropolis or Actual within the final 4.
PSG’s assembly with Barcelona would be the newest instalment within the rivalry between these sides, because the French membership purpose to win the Champions League for the primary time of their last season earlier than Kylian Mbappe departs when his contract expires in June.
Barcelona knocked PSG out within the quarter-finals in 2013 and 2015, earlier than their spectacular victory within the final 16 in 2017, after they recovered from shedding 4-0 away within the first leg with a 6-1 win within the return on the Camp Nou.
PSG avenged that defeat within the final 16 in 2021, when Mbappe scored a hat-trick within the away leg to assist his aspect triumph 5-2 on combination.
Atletico will host Dortmund within the first leg of their quarter-final, with the winners of that taking over PSG or Barcelona within the final 4.
This season’s Champions League last will happen at Wembley in London on June 1.
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