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2019/20 UEFA Champions League: Who do you fancy?


The Champions League is scheduled to return tonight and in this article, NRTC’s Oladipupo Mojeed analyse the chances of the remaining big clubs left in the competition.

The UEFA Champions League was suspended indefinitely in March, because of the Coronavirus outbreak, and with four of the eight rounds of 16 ties concluded.

UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws

The draw for the last eight, semifinals and finals was completed on the 10th of July. At the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The Uefa Executive Committee decided that all the remaining second-leg fixtures will be played at the home team’s stadium.

This applies where clubs are currently playing the remaining matches of their domestic leagues in their own stadiums; and that travelling is possible without restrictions for the visiting clubs.

Champions League draw in full

Quarter-finals:

Real Madrid or Manchester City vs Lyon or Juventus

RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid

Barcelona or Napoli vs Chelsea or Bayern Munich

Atalanta vs PSG

*Ties are one-leg only and will take place in Lisbon from August 12-15.

Semi-finals:

Real Madrid, Manchester City, Lyon or Juventus vs Napoli, Barcelona, Chelsea or Bayern Munich

RB Leipzig or Atletico Madrid vs Atalanta or PSG

*Ties are one-leg only and will take place in Lisbon from August 18-19.

Bayern Munich

Newly crowned Bundesliga champions; Bayern Munich have a 3-0 lead over Chelsea from the first leg played at Stamford Bridge, before the coronavirus outbreak.

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 01: Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern Munich celebrates after scoring his team’s sixth goal during the UEFA Champions League group B match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Muenchen at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 01, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Bayern look in cruise control as they go into the second leg. The newly crowned Bundesliga champions are bookmakers favourite to go through in the second leg.

Barcelona

Barcelona are the favourites to go through against Napoli. After the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw in Italy. Quique Setien’s men are capable of finishing the job at the Camp Nou.

PSG

PSG qualified for the last eight of the Champions League. After beating Borussia Dortmund 3 – 2 in the first leg of the Champions League second round.

PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 31: Neymar of PSG celebrates after his free kick leads to the goal scored by Layvin Kurzawa of PSG during the UEFA Champions League group B match between Paris Saint-Germain and RSC Anderlecht at Parc des Princes on October 31, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Iago Gaperini’s men are having the season of their lives. After almost securing a dramatic win against Serie A leaders, Juventus in a league clash.

The return fixture against Atalanta is expected to be a tough one for the Paris club; who over the years has invested a lot of money to enable them win the Champions League.

Juventus

Five times world footballer of the year. Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to face his former club; Real Madrid in the last eight of the competition.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus FC) during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Juventus FC at Allianz Stadium on March 12, 2019 in Turin, Italy. Juventus won 3-0. (Photo by Massimiliano Ferraro/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The faith of the Bianconerri is still hanging on a thread, after suffering a 1-0 loss in the first leg in France.

Juventus who just won the Serie A title, will hope to use the momentum gained in the fight to win Serie A as motivation to overturn the second leg result in their favour.

Real Madrid

Real Madrid on the other hand are scheduled to travel to the Etihad Stadium for the second leg of their clash with City. After losing to Pep Guardiola’s men at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Karim Benzema (Photo Source: Angel Martinez Getty Images)

Trailing 2-1 from the first leg. Real Madrid would have to score two unreplied goals, to even have a chance of progressing to the next round.

Manchester City

City has been boosted after successfully appealing a two-year UEFA European ban. And will be hoping for a successful campaign in the Champions League after losing to Arsenal in the English FA Cup by 2 – 0. In their quest to win a double this season.

Raheem Sterling of Manchester City (Photo: Getty images)
Athletico Madrid players celebrating a goal in the Champions League (Source: getty images)

Atletico Madrid

After sending the defending champions, Liverpool packing from the tournament, Atletico Madrid has been drawn against Bundesliga side, RB Leipzig.

The trophy has been eluding Diego Simone’s men after being in the final on two occasions. Having sent the defending champions packing, they will be aiming to try one more time.

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