Tuesday, March 22, 2016

UEFA Concludes Draws For Champions League, Europa League


Champions LeagueEuropean football governing body have concluded the draws for the last eight of the UEFA Champions League.



Defending champions, Barcelona will face fellow Spaniards Atletico Madrid, runners-up two seasons ago.
Barca, bidding to become the first team to win the trophy two seasons in a row, will get the chance to avenge their defeat at the same stage two years ago when Atletico won 1-0 at home after a 1-1 away draw.
Paris St Germain, will face fellow big spenders Manchester City in the other outstanding tie, with the first leg at the Parc Des Princes.
Ten-times champions Real Madrid will face German side Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich will face Portugal’s Benfica.
Europa League
Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will return to Borussia Dortmund for the first time after the sides were drawn together in the Europa League quarter-finals.
It will be the first time Klopp has returned to his former club after deciding to leave Dortmund at the end of 2014-15 season following seven years with the club.
Defending champions, Sevilla, who are looking to win the Europa League for a third year in a row, have been drawn against domestic rivals Athletic Bilbao.
Sporting Braga will take on Shakhtar Donetsk while Villareal will be up against Sparta Pargue.

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