Friday 18 March 2016

Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in last eight

Manchester City must overcome French champions Paris Saint-Germain to reach the Champions League semi-finals after Friday's quarter-final draw in Nyon saw holders Barcelona paired with Spanish title rivals Atletico Madrid, who lost the 2014 Champions League final to Real Madrid 4-1 after extra-time.


Manuel Pellegrini's City side have been handed a tough task against the team who ousted Chelsea in the last 16, but they will be pleased to have avoided holders Barca, who face Spanish Liga rivals Atletico, their closest rivals to win the Spanish league.

Atletico are second in La Liga, eight points behind Barca after 29 matches.

 Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich face Benfica while Real Madrid face German side Wolfsburg.
Guardiola becomes City manager this summer, but is aiming to depart Munich as a European champion after his side completed an incredible 6-4 aggregate win over Juventus in the last 16.

Bayern trailed 2-0 at home, but recovered to level at 2-2 on the night before scoring twice in extra-time at the Allianz Arena to sink the Italian champions, who had lost last year's final 3-1 to Barca.

Bayern's last success in the tournament came in the 2013 final when they downed Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley.

The first leg of the quarter-final round will held on 5th and 6th April, 2016 while the return leg with take place a week later, on 12th and 13th April, 2016.


15th April, 2016, the semi-final draw will be announced at Nyon.


DRAWS:

Wolfsburg (Ger) vs Real Madrid (Spain)

Bayern Munich (Ger) Benfica (Portugal
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Barcelona (Spain) vs Atletico Madrid (Spain)

PSG (France) vs Manchester City (England)


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