Champions League draw: see Harder again

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Pernille Harder, still in the VfL jersey

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The footballers of VfL Wolfsburg got a tough opponent in the draw for the quarter-finals in the Champions League - and will meet their former star player Pernille Harder.

VfL will play against Chelsea, currently leaders in the English Women's Super League.

FC Bayern Munich got an easier lot, it is up against FC Rosengård from Sweden.

That is the result of the draw in Nyon.

Last year's finalist Wolfsburg will initially play away at Chelsea.

There it is not only the reunion with striker Harder, who left VfL in the summer as top scorer for London, but also with the national players Melanie Leupolz and Ann-Katrin Berger.

The Munich women, who have won the Bundesliga with 15 wins from 15 games, are the sovereign leaders and start the round against Rosengård with a home game.

If the two Bundesliga representatives prevail in the quarter-finals, there would be a direct duel in the semifinals.

The top encounter in the quarter-finals should be Paris Saint-Germain's game against Cup defender Olympique Lyon, provided that the Parisians don't lose their 5-0 lead from the first leg in the second leg of the second leg on March 17 at Sparta Prague.

The duel between PSG and OL would also be that of the two national players Sara Däbritz and Dzsenifer Marozsán.

The fourth quarter-finals are contested by FC Barcelona and Manchester City.

The quarter-finals will be on 23./24.

March and March 31/1.

April, the semi-finals on 24./25.

April and 1st / 2nd

May.

The final will take place on May 16 in Gothenburg.

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