After a long interruption due to the coronavirus, it's a funny draw that will take place on Friday noon in the Swiss city of Nyon: at UEFA headquarters, only half of the teams qualified for the quarterfinals Champions League finals are known. Among them, we find Paris Saint-Germain, qualified in March against Borussia Dortmund, but also RB Leipzig, Atalanta Bergamo and Atlético de Madrid, one of the favorites of the competition after eliminating Liverpool, team sacred during the last edition.
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The other clubs must play their return knockout round in a month. Olympique Lyonnais are on favorable ballot after their victory in the first leg in March against Juventus Turin (1-0). The players of Rudi Garcia will try to validate their qualification in Turin, against a team experienced at major European events.
Knockout matches
In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo's Juve, several European cadors knock on the quarter doors, such as Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid or Manchester City. It is therefore a hole drawing which will take place, but it will already allow to know if PSG has finally a chance to conquer the European Grail.
In this new format, the matches will be knockout. In other words, with a favorable quarter-final, Paris would almost already have a foot in the semi-final. All of these matches are scheduled to take place between August 12 and 23. The quarter-finals will be played in Lisbon, a city which has partly been reconfigured due to a rebound in contamination in this region of Portugal.
What situation before the quarterfinals?
The teams already qualified: PSG, RB Leipzig, Atalanta Bergamo, Atlético de Madrid
The 8th finals that remain to be played:
Juventus Turin - Lyon (0-1 in the first leg)
Manchester City - Real Madrid (2-1)
Bayern Munich - Chelsea (3-0)
Barcelona - Naples (1-1)
Cadors to avoid for French teams: Atlético de Madrid (already qualified team), Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona (if qualified)