Draw for the Champions League quarterfinals: Enzo's Chelsea vs. Real Madrid, Julián's City against Bayern and more great games

Real Madrid

and

will meet again like last season in the quarterfinals of the

, in which

and

will face each other in the toughest duel;

and

will star in the Italian tie and

and

will solve the other match.

If this phase is overcome, Real Madrid will continue to defend the title against the winner of Manchester City-Bayern in the semifinals, in which, as in the quarterfinals and unlike last year, they will have to play the second leg away from the Santiago Bernabéu, a determining factor

the achievement of the fourteenth in Paris.

The hands of the Turkish

and the Dutch

were in charge of the UEFA draw at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The one-way matches are announced for Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12, while the rematches will be played the following week: Tuesday, April 18, and Wednesday, April 19.

Enzo Fernández's Chelsea goes for Real Madrid.

Photo: Reuters/Andrew Boyers.

Great matches in quarters

Real Madrid and Chelsea is a crossover that took place last season and also the previous one, when the English became the last team to defeat the people of Madrid and won their second title after defeating City.

Last year, Real Madrid removed that thorn and on one of the magical nights at the Bernabéu they came back from a game in which they missed the two-goal advantage they took from London but were able to qualify for the semifinals after extra time with a goal from

.

Hamit Altintop and Patrick Kluivert with the trophy everyone wants.

The final will be played on June 10 in Istanbul.

Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse.

Now, and with the best version they show in the "Champions", Carlo Ancelotti's men reach the quarterfinals after knocking out Liverpool, in the reunion of both teams after the last final, with the resounding 2-5 at Anfield and the minimal 1-0 victory two days ago at home.

Enzo Fernández's Chelsea, champion in 2011-12 and 2020-21, clings to the Champions League in a season in which it seemed ruled out, but now qualified for the quarterfinals thanks to the 2-0 win over Dortmund in the round of 16 match played in London (2-1 on aggregate).

Karim Benzema, a great figure in the 2022 Champions League, is going for the two-time championship.

Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera.

Chelsea have overcome eight of their eleven previous quarterfinals in this competition and their visit to the Bernabéu will be the first for Portuguese Joao Félix as a player for Graham Potter's team and a new reunion for Croatian Mateo Kovacic with who was his audience for four seasons through 2019.

The quarterfinals will have a stellar duel between Manchester City and Bayern Munich, probably

and that are chasing a title that the English have never won, compared to the six times that the Germans have. the last one in 2020.

Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland want to give Manchester City the first Champions League in their history.

Photo: AP Photo/David Cliff.

The five goals that the Norwegian

endorsed Leipzig three days ago (7-0 and 8-1 on aggregate), to certify their pass to the quarterfinals, increased the respect that

's team commands this season.

A year after being one step away from playing in his second final, when he was eliminated by Real Madrid, he has accumulated five wins and three losses.

Haaland is the youngest player and the fastest to reach 30 goals in the "Champions" and challenges Julian Nagelsmann's eleven, who reached the quarterfinals after beating PSG (3-0 on aggregate), a year later saying goodbye in the quarterfinals against Villarreal.

Giovanni Simeone contributes his goals from the bench of a Napoli that sweeps Italy and is going for more.

Photo: Andreas SOLARO / AFP.

The Italians and Otamendi's Benfica for the final

Milan and Napoli will play an Italian duel, which could be repeated in the semifinals if Inter beat Portuguese Benfica in the other tie.

's Milanese

return to the quarterfinals eleven years later, after capitalizing on the 1-0 victory they achieved at their stadium against Tottenham in the first leg of the round of 16 and the 0-0 defeat in London.

Second in the group stage, in which they coincided with Chelsea, they now overcome the disappointment of a year ago, when the "rossoneri" were last in it.

Lautaro and his Inter Milan dream of the "Orejona".

Photo: EFE/EPA/JOSE COELHO.

Napoli, for their part, wants to extend their historic season.

From the leadership of the Italian league,

, after knocking out the German Eintracht (0-2 and 3-0), winner of the last Europa League, and finishing first in the phase of groups, ahead of Liverpool, Ajax and Rangers.

The parthenopean painting reaches this point as the great 'covered' for its spectacular performance.

The quarterfinals will be completed with the Benfica-Inter duel, the only one that altered the order of extraction of the balls so that Inter and Milan do not coincide at home.

Nico Otamendi's Benfica is undefeated and dreams.

Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Nunes.

's Italians

had not reached this stage since 2011 and they do so after beating Porto in a tied tie and resolved with the goal that

scored in the first leg at his stadium.

So far they have kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven "Champions" duels.

Benfica led by the German

got rid of Bruges in the round of 16, with a 7-1 (0-2 and 5-1) in the tie, and after a brilliant group stage, in which they beat PSG, Juventus and Maccabi Haifa.

Source: EFE

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