The UEFA Champions League draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held this morning in Nyon and have left quite a mouth-watering pairings with a possible all-England semi-final.
Real Madrid will play against Chelsea at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their quarter-final, while Pep Guardiola will host his former club in a clash between Manchester City and Bayern Munich in the first leg of the tournament.
In an all-Italian affair, Milan will battle Napoli at San Siro while Benfica will face Inter.
Quarter-finals draw
Real Madrid (ESP) v Chelsea (ENG)
Benfica (POR) v Inter Milan (ITA)
Manchester City (ENG) v Bayern Munich (GER)
AC Milan (ITA) v Napoli (ITA)
The first leg of the quarter-finals will take place on April 11-12 and the second leg the following week on April 18-19
The winners of Chelsea/Real Madrid will take on the winners of Man City/Bayern in the Semi-finals, which could result in an all-English semi-final.
Also, the same could be replicated with three Italian teams on the other half of the draw.
Semi-finals
AC Milan (ITA) or Napoli (ITA) v Benfica (POR) or Inter Milan (ITA)
Real Madrid (ESP) or Chelsea (ENG) v Manchester City (ENG) or Bayern Munich (GER)
The semi-final first leg will take place on May 9-10 and the following week will see the second leg take place on May 16-17.
The Champions League final will take place on Saturday 10th June at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
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