8 teams qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, some of them struggled to cross into this round and others were on their way to the goals brought, but everyone is waiting for the draw for the Big Eight and the confrontations that will result from it.
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The eight teams that qualified were:
- Chelsea
- Benficia
- Milan
- Bayern Munich
- Manchester City
- Inter Milan
- Real
- Naples
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The "Blues" turned the tables on Dutmund at "Stafford Bridge", and qualified for the quarter-finals 2-1 on aggregate, to qualify for the second time in a row for this role, and had lost last season to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
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The Portuguese Benfica was open to this round after overcoming Club Brugge 7-1 on aggregate, and qualified for the quarter-finals for the second consecutive season for the first time in this century.
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And Milan, the seven-time champion, knew where to eat the shoulder in Europe, and qualified with a goal without reply on aggregate to eliminate Tottenham from the price of the final and qualify for the quarter-finals.
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The neighbor and rival Inter copied the experience of the "Rossoneri" and crossed to the quarter-finals with a clean goal on aggregate and took out Benfica Portuguese, to be the second Italian team in the stage of the Big Eight.
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Manchester City, led by Dutch Hurricane Erling Haaland, the tournament's top scorer so far, thrashed Leipzig 8-1 on aggregate, crossed comfortably to the quarter-finals, and hopes to succeed in achieving its first title in the continental competition.
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Domestically powerful Napoli – who are close to winning the Serie A title – became the third Italian team to qualify for the quarter-finals with five clean sheets on aggregate, stopping Eintracht Frankfurt's adventure in the final price of the tournament.
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In turn, Bayern Munich was able to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain armed with stars with a clean treble on aggregate, and postponed his dream of carrying the cup with ears to next season.
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While Real Madrid (last season's champions and record holder of the record for winning this competition with 14 titles) in this continental competition became an invincible team, they eliminated Liverpool 6-2 on aggregate.
Date and timing of the draw
The eight teams will come to UEFA's headquarters in the Swiss city of Nyon, to attend the draw on Friday at 11:00 GMT (14:00 Mecca time).
In this draw there will be no geographical or political limitations, all teams can face each other, fiery confrontations are expected, and the first name drawn in the draw will play the first leg at home and the second leg at the opponent's stadium.
The first leg of the quarter-finals will be played on April 11 and 12, and the second leg matches on April 18 and 19.