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UCL draw: Chelsea face Real Madrid, Man City take on Atletico; check out full pairings

By Vincent Ashitey
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The quarter-finals draw for the UEFA Champions League has been revealed with some mouth-watering ties.

The event took place on Friday, March 18 inside the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

The Champions League last 16 ties concluded this week, with the remaining 8 sides now put into sudden-death home-and-away ties.

Defending champions Chelsea have been drawn against 11-time winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
 
The Blues will host their former manager Carlo Ancelotti, who won the double at Stamford Bridge, in what is a repeat of last year's semi-final, that Thomas Tuchel's side won.
 
Elsewhere the other tie of the round sees Pep Guardiola's Manchester City face Diego Simone and Atletico Madrid, who knocked out City's rivals Manchester United in the last 16.

The quarter-finals draw below

Chelsea vs Real Madrid

Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid

Villarreal vs Bayern Munich

Benfica vs Liverpool

Semi-finals draw

  • Winner QF 2 vs Winner QF 1
  •  Winner QF 3 vs Winner QF 4
     

When will the ties take place?

Quarter-final first legs to be be played on 5/6 April, second on 12/13 Apr

 

The semi-finals will have the first legs on 26 and 27 April and the second legs on 3 and 4 May.

The Stade de France in Paris will host the final on Saturday, May 28 after it was moved from St Petersburg after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.