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UEFA Champions League 2020-21 Quarter-final and semi-final Draw Highlights: The UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draws are out. Defending champions Bayern Munich will take on Paris Saint-Germain in last year’s UCL final replay. While English Premier League leaders Manchester City will take on German club Borussia Dortmund. Another EPL club Chelsea will take on FC Porto, who stunned Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus in the pre-quarters and finally 13-time UCL champions Real Madrid will play 6-time champions, Liverpool.
With just eight teams left in the UEFA Champions League, the quarter-final draw is set to take place on Friday (March 19) at Nyon, Switzerland. For the first time since 2004-05, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi will be a part of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals stage. While Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus were stunned by FC Porto, Lionel Messi and Barcelona succumbed to a heavy defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain after failing to pull off another ‘remontada’ in the last 16 stages.
It’s the second successive year that Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo went out in the round of 16 on away goals after its loss to Lyon last season. Barcelona, on the other hand, were blown away by Paris Saint-Germain as the French team won the last-16 tie 5-2, which meant that for the first time since 2006-07 the Catalan Giants did not qualify for the last eight stages of Europe’s most elite club competition.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ SEMI-FINAL DRAW ⭐️⭐️⭐️
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 19, 2021
Liverpool/Real Madrid 🆚 Porto/Chelsea #UCLdraw | #UCL pic.twitter.com/oknivCSceW
Bayern or Paris 🆚 Man. City or Dortmund#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/tIArn7lxw0
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2021
Here are the UEFA Champions League Quarter-final ties:
The road to Istanbul is set! 😍
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2021
Which 2 teams will make the final? 🤔#UCLdraw | #UCL pic.twitter.com/HdgWQRCMHQ
The winner of Semi-final 1 will be the first to be named the first team at the final.
SEMI-FINAL
MATCH 1: Winner QF 3 vs Winner QF 1
MATCH 2: Winner QF 4 vs Winner QF 2
QUARTERFINAL FOURTH TIE: Real Madrid vs Liverpool
QUARTERFINAL THIRD TIE: Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain
QUARTERFINAL SECOND TIE: FC Porto vs Chelsea
Head to head record
Played: 8
Porto Wins: 2
Draw: 1
Chelsea Wins 5
QUARTERFINAL FIRST TIE: Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund
Head to head record:
Played: 2
BVB Win:
Man City Win: 0
Draw: 1
The UCL 2020-21 quarter-finals will be played over two legs and there are no seedings or country protection which means any team can go up against any one of the remaining seven.
Altintop was a runner-up with Bayern in 2010. He won two Bundesliga titles with the Bavarians, Spanish Liga with Real Madrid, and the Turkish Super League with Galatasaray.
Hamit Altintop, the former Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Galatasaray and Real Madrid midfielder has joined Giorgio Marchetti in the middle to assist him with the draw.
Just like last time, Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA Deputy General Secretary will conduct the draw.
Bayern Munich's Record Against Other 7 Teams
Chelsea P6 W4 D0 L2 F15 A10
Dortmund P3 W1 D1 L1 F2 A2
Liverpool P7 W1 D5 L2 F7 A8
Man. City P6 W3 D0 L3 F10 A9
Paris P9 W4 D0 L5 F12 A12
Porto P7 W3 D2 L2 F14 A9
Real Madrid P26 W11 D3 L12 F39 A41
Who will face the wrath of Erling Braut Haaland next?
Who would you like to see Haaland come up against? 🔥#UCLdraw | #UCL
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2021
Record This Season
Bayern Munich - W7 D1 L0 F24 A7
Chelsea - W6 D2 L0 F17 A2
Borussia Dortmund - W5 D2 L1 F17 A9
Liverpool - W6 D1 L1 F14 A3
Manchester City - W7 D1 L0 F17 A1
Paris Saint-Germain - W5 D1 L2 F17 A7
Porto - W5 D1 L2 F14 A7
Real Madrid - W4 D1 L2 F12 A9
Along with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, reigning champions Bayern Munich are certainly the team to beat this season, yet again. This is also for the record 19th time that the German giants are a part of the UCL quarters.
In the quarters for the 19th time 🙌#UCL #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/CM30QEmhwU
— 🏆🏆🏆FC Bayern English🏆🏆🏆 (@FCBayernEN) March 18, 2021
When do ties take place?
Quarter-finals
First legs: 6/7 April
Second legs: 13/14 April
Semi-finals
First legs: 27/28 April
Second legs: 4/5 May
The round of 16 was quite interesting and saw big names like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid go out. Among the eight remaining teams, England has the highest representation with three clubs — Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea. While most of the remaining teams are dangerous, one would like to avoid the current champions Bayern Munich and Pep Guardiola’s high-flying, Manchester City.
Hello and welcome to News18Sports' live blog of UEFA Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draws. The draw begins at 4:30 pm IST at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
(Photo Credit: UCL Twitter)
