Real draws Atletico, Barcelona gets PSG
Print Edition
ATLETICO Madrid was handed a chance to avenge last season’s Champions League final defeat by city rival and record 10-time winner Real after the two sides were drawn together in the last eight yesterday.
Paris St Germain and Barcelona were paired together having met in the group stage, with the French side winning in Paris and the Catalans coming out on top in Spain. Porto will face 2013 champion Bayern Munich and Juventus takes on Monaco in the other ties. The fixtures will be played on April 14/15 and April 21/22, with PSG, Atletico, Porto and Juventus playing the first legs at home.
Real won last year’s final 4-1 after extra time against its local rival, but Atletico’s superb recent record against its more illustrious neighbor will give it a huge cause for optimism.
The teams have met six times in all competitions this season with Real Madrid yet to register a win, while last year’s final was Real’s only victory in the last eight derbies.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side has drawn three and lost four of those eight games while the last Madrid derby ended in a 4-0 win for Atletico, its biggest victory against its rival since 1987.
Real’s recent form has also been less than impressive having ceded the advantage in La Liga to Barcelona and suffered a surprise wobble in the last 16 against Schalke 04 when it slumped to a 3-4 defeat at the Bernabeu to squeeze through 5-4 on aggregate. “Atletico are a very competitive team,” Real director Emilio Butragueno said. “But we are Real Madrid, we are defending the title and we will try to perform well enough to get through the tie.”
Porto’s clash with Bayern is a repeat of the 1987 final when the Portuguese side came out on top. Bayern will start as overwhelming favorite, however, against an inexperienced Porto side, with the Germans offering a potent reminder of its pedigree in a devastating 7-0 drubbing of Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16.
In Europa League, defending champion Sevilla and Zenit St. Petersburg were matched up in the quarterfinals. Sevilla will host the Russian club in the first leg on April 16, with the return leg on April 23. Bundesliga club Wolfsburg is up against former UEFA Cup winner Italy’s Napoli. Dnipro of Ukraine will take on Belgian club Bruges, while Fiorentina plays Dynamo Kiev.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
