The UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws have been made this Friday morning with English teams still in.
Premier League sides Chelsea and Man City remain in the competition, though Tottenham and Liverpool were knocked out. Atalanta, Atletico Madrid, Paris St-Germain and RB Leipzig are already in the quarter-finals.
There are four last-16 ties where the second leg still has to be played out. The aggregate scores going into those games are in brackets: Manchester City v Real Madrid (2-1), Bayern Munich v Chelsea (3-0), Barcelona v Napoli (1-1) and Juventus v Lyon (0-1).
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The Champions League returns in August, in the form of a mini-tournament of knockout games to decide the winner.
In the draws, no team will be seeded and there will be no country protection, meaning sides can face domestic rivals.
All ties will be one match, rather than over two legs, and take place in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, at either Sporting’s Estadio Jose Alvalade or Benfica’s Estadio da Luz. The latter venue will host the final, which has been moved from Istanbul.
When are the games?
7-8 August: Last-16 second legs
12-15 August: Quarter-finals
18-19 August: Semi-finals
23 August: Final
All matches will kick off at 8pm BST.
Man City or Real Madrid will play Lyon or Juventus in the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League.
Should City make it to the semi-finals, they will play the winners of Napoli or Barcelona v Chelsea or Bayern Munich.
Should Chelsea overcome the 3-0 deficit in the second leg of their Champions League tie against Bayern Munich, they will play either Napoli or Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
Should the Blues make it to the semi-finals, they will play the winners of Real Madrid or Manchester City v Lyon or Juventus.
THE QUARTER FINAL DRAW:
QF1: Real Madrid/Man City vs. Lyon/Juventus
QF2: RB Leipzig vs. Atletico Madrid
QF3: Napoli/Barcelona vs. Chelsea/Bayern Munich
QF4: Atalanta vs. PSG
THE SEMI FINAL DRAW:
SF1: Winner of QF1 vs. Winner of QF3
SF2: Winner of QF2 vs. Winner of QF4
THE FINAL DRAW:
Winner of QF1/Winner of QF3 or Winner of QF2 vs. Winner of QF4
UEFA are fully committed to staging a Champions League final eight tournament in Lisbon in August despite several suburbs of the city preparing to go back into lockdown as novel coronavirus cases climb again.
President Aleksander Ceferin said he saw “no need for a Plan B” after discussing plans with Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa, although UEFA recognised that organising the tournament represented “great challenges”.
“During the meeting, all parties underlined they are fully committed to working together in a collaborative manner in order to deliver a successful event in Lisbon,” UEFA said in a statement.
“The participants discussed the fact that this is an unprecedented tournament which presents great challenges, but reinforced their belief that the necessary conditions will be present in Portugal.”
Fans gave their reaction to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws on social media…
where is looserpool
— Pandemic Ronaldo (@Eduard_____Thfc) July 10, 2020
— ¥? (@CFCYagxn_) July 10, 2020
Madrid you deluded man, gonna get eaten up at the Etihad in the R16
— George Curious (@GeorgeC63939087) July 10, 2020
Bayern with a solid chance
— Asllani SZN (@AsllaniMami) July 10, 2020
Real Madrid is the unlucky one.
Semi final will be like;Bayern
Psg
M. city
A. Madrid— Tekir Kedi ? (@DenyDouglas) July 10, 2020
You wont get past real madrid.
— Abum kena (@Intlfootball360) July 10, 2020
UCL coming home.
— Np vivek (@Npvivek9) July 10, 2020
Be scared pic.twitter.com/agS25yPAg6
— bASTIEN (@94Bstn) July 10, 2020
PSG getting a nice easy route to the final. If they don’t get close to winning it this year they never will.
Special commiserations for Man City though #mcfc #psg #championsleaguedraw
— Hendo (@HendoLJ) July 10, 2020
Well if we are going to win the Champions League it looks like we are going to have to slay every giant along the way to the final #mcfc #mancity #UCLDraw bring it on
— Robbie M (@BrisbaneBlue) July 10, 2020
Tough. But we can do it.
— theyosukehatano#dbd (@kuntokyo1) July 10, 2020
Fun while it lasted
— Callum (@callmatthews) July 10, 2020
I’m from the future. Score leaked. pic.twitter.com/jKHsImFOQR
— CFCTimo (@cfcforwards) July 10, 2020
Comeback is on ? pic.twitter.com/3k2ueU6sbi
— Super Frank Era (@SuperFrankEra) July 10, 2020
Chelsea right now ??? pic.twitter.com/WWdIiUq8i7
— Bros Damian ? (@BrosDamian) July 10, 2020
— Kieran James Massey (@KieranJmassey) July 10, 2020
Pulisic masterclass incoming that will take us through to the quarter finals. Save this tweet!
— Selwie (@Selwie) July 10, 2020
frankly speaking, no hopes for us considering this bayern team
— Kwame_jnr (@KoteiMp) July 10, 2020
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