Chelsea have been drawn to face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals. The Blues last faced Los Blancos in last year's competition and came away 3- ...
Quarter-final draw (Ties to be played April 5/6 and 12/13) Chelsea vs Real Madrid (Tie is set to be reversed with Chelsea playing their home leg second as both Madrid teams cannot play at home in the first leg) Semi-final draw (Ties to be played April 26/27 and May 3/4) The nominal host will come from Befica, Liverpool, Villarreal and Bayern Munich. We will now have to wait and see how it all pans out but we can see who Chelsea will need to take on to find themselves in Paris. Look below for the route to the Champions League final at the Stade de France on May 28. We fight for the top four places in the toughest league maybe in the world right now and we fight in the last eight again [in the Champions League]. So this brings out the best in us and we want to be the team nobody wants to play against.
Chelsea will meet Real Madrid, Liverpool get Benfica, City draw Atletico.
Benfica or Liverpool - who knocked out Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate in the round of 16 - will play Villarreal or Bayern in the other semi-final. Holders Chelsea will play Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals and could meet Manchester City in the last four of the competition. The draw for the semi-final was also conducted in Nyon, throwing up possibilities of a repeat of last season's clash between Chelsea and Manchester City and an all-Madrid affair.
Liverpool have been handed a relatively favourable Champions League draw, with Manchester City not in the equation until a potential final.
Their comprehensive group-stage defeats at the hands of Bayern Munich will give Klopp plenty of encouragement, but Benfica also succeeded in eliminating Barcelona, and came through a testing round of 16 tie against Ajax. They now face the very real prospect of having to watch a final between the duo โ although there is still a long way to go. Liverpool will face Benfica in the Champions League quarter-final, with a potential tie against Bayern Munich or Villarreal awaiting in the semi-final.
Defending champions Chelsea have been drawn against La Liga giants Real Madrid. Liverpool have a favourable draw, going up against one of the surprise sides in ...
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The 2021/22 UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw has been made, with holders Chelsea set to meet 13-time winners Real Madrid.
In addition, the first ball drawn designated the home team for the first leg. The first and the second ball drawn designated the first pairing of the semi-finals. The eight balls containing the names of the quarter-finalists were placed in one large central bowl and shuffled.