Quarter-final draw: Bayern v Real Madrid, Juve v Barcelona
Friday, March 17, 2017
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The UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw has been made: Bayern München v Real Madrid, Juventus v Barcelona, Atlético Madrid v Leicester and Borussia Dortmund v Monaco.
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- Real Madrid and Bayern, who have 16 titles between them, pitted together
- Juventus and Barcelona meet in repeat of 2014/15 final
- Debutants Leicester take on last season's runners-up Atlético
- Dortmund and Monaco face each other for the first time
- Applications for tickets for the Cardiff final are now open
UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw
11 & 19 April
Juventus (ITA) v Barcelona (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Monaco (FRA)
12 & 18 April
Bayern München (GER) v Real Madrid (ESP)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) v Leicester City (ENG)
- All 22 of Madrid-Bayern's competitive games have come in the European Cup, Madrid winning nine and Bayern 11
- Madrid have won their last three matches against Bayern, including the 2013/14 semi-finals
- Madrid were then coached by current Bayern trainer Carlo Ancelotti
- Madrid won 4-0 in Munich in the second leg of that tie – Bayern's record home defeat in Europe
- Bayern and Madrid have met in ten knockout ties and won five apiece
- The teams met in a friendly in New Jersey in August, Danilo scoring the only goal
- Toni Kroos and Xabi Alonso will be playing against former clubs
- The teams met in the 2015 final in Berlin, Barça winning 3-1
- Ivan Rakitić (4), Luis Suárez (68) and Neymar (90+7) scored for Barcelona, Álvaro Morata (55) for Juve
- They have had seven competitive meetings, Barcelona winning three to Juve's two
- The teams met in the 2002/03 last eight: it was 1-1 in Turin and 2-1 to the hosts in Barcelona
- This tie will mark a return to the Camp Nou for Juve full-back Dani Alves
- Two of Leicester's three previous European campaigns were ended by Atlético
- The Spanish side won 3-1 on aggregate in the 1961/62 European Cup Winners' Cup first round
- They also prevailed (2-1 at home and 2-0 away) in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup first round
- Atlético have never lost at home to English opposition (W5 D5)
- The teams have never met before in a competitive fixture
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made 23 loan appearances for Monaco in 2010/11, scoring twice
- Dortmund's overall record against French clubs is W6 D5 L5; only one of those defeats was at home
Dates for your diary
11/12 April: Quarter-finals, first leg
18/19 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
21 April: Semi-final draw, Nyon
2/3 May: Semi-finals, first leg
9/10 May: Semi-finals, second leg
3 June: Final (National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff)