No French club, of course, but beautiful posters. Gathered in Switzerland this afternoon, all the gratin of European football attended the draw of the main competition for the quarter-finals, which will take place for the first legs on April 11 and 12 and a week later, on April 18 and 19. , for the return matches. As a reminder, the final will take place in Istanbul on June 10.
As tradition dictates, starting with the quarter-finals, there are no more seeds or rules preventing one country from facing another. It was therefore a full draw that we were entitled to, and which gave us a superb clash between Manchester City and Bayern. Defending champion, Real Madrid will receive Chelsea before moving to Stamford Bridge for the return match. In a very open duel, Inter will receive Benfica.
Finally, a 100% Italian duel between Napoli and AC Milan will offer the last poster of these quarter-finals.
For the semi-finals, the winner of City-Bayern will face that of Real-Chelsea. In the other tree, the winner of Inter Milan will therefore face that of Milan-Naples.
In addition, the draw for the Europa League and the Europa League conference will take place around 2 p.m. The opportunity to know the fate of the last survivor of French football in Europe, Nice.