Atletico Madrid is through to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals after winning a penalty shootout against Inter Milan on Wednesday night. Atletico joined Borussia Dortmund, who took down PSV, as the last two teams to secure places in the next round of the competition.

Atletico entered the game against Inter needing to overcome a one-goal deficit after suffering a 1-0 away loss in the first leg of the Round of 16 matchup between the two teams. However, it was the Seria A side who struck first after Federico Dimarco turned a beautiful Nicolo Barella pass into a goal in the 33rd minute.

Luckily for Atletico, they managed to score a goal of their own just a couple of minutes later through Antoine Griezman. Striker Memphis Depay then added another goal in the 87th minute to force extra time.

Neither team seemed ready to take major risks in extra time, which led to penalties where Atletico players were better at keeping their cool. Jan Oblak saved penalties from Alexis Sanchez and Davy Klaassen before Lautaro Martínez missed the entire goal to end Inter’s UCL journey.

Earlier on Wednesday night, Borussia got a 2-0 win over PSV after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus each scored a goal to send their team through.

Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will join Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, PSG, and Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

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The UEFA Champions League draw for the Round of 16 brought us fewer marquee matchups than expected. The most interesting clash is expected to be between Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid, while Napoli and Barcelona duel also promises to deliver a lot of excitement.

The rest of the draw mostly features matchups with clear favorites. The defending UCL champions, Manchester City, face FC Copenhagen, the lowest-ranked club left in the competition. Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain play La Liga’s Real Sociedad, while Champions League powerhouse Real Madrid will meet Bundesliga’s RB Leipzig.

The Round of 16 for the UEFA Champions League 2023-24 season will also feature duels between Bayern Munich and Lazio, Porto and Arsenal, and PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund. The latter duel is particularly intriguing because it will see a clash of USMNT stars. Ricardo Pepi and Sergiño Dest, who play for PSV, will face Giovanni Reyna, who is a member of Borussia.

The UEFA Champions League resumes in early February with the first leg of Round of 16 games being scheduled for February 13th, 14th, 20th, and 21st. The second leg will be played on March 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th.

UCL Finals are scheduled for June 1st, with the game set to be played at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium.

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The UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the 2021-22 season are set. The draw took place on Friday and brought us several exciting matchups, including the duel between the reigning champs Chelsea and 13-time winners Real Madrid.

This year’s favorites Manchester City have been handed a tough challenge as well and will have to face the gritty Atletico Madrid team. Atletico already faced one Manchester team in the knockout stage, eliminating City’s rivals Manchester United in the Round of 16.

The two remaining trophy contenders, Bayern Munich and Liverpool, will have an easier task, at least on paper. Bayern will play Villareal while Liverpool faces the Portuguese side Benfica.

The remainder of the UEFA Champions League tournament for the 2021-22 season will play out in the form of a bracket, meaning that we already know the potential semifinals pairs. On one side of the bracket, the winner of the Liverpool/Benfica matchup will play the winner of the Villareal/Bayern Munich matchup. The other side will see the Chelsea/Real Madrid winner facing the winner between Man City and Atletico.

The first-leg quarter-finals matches will be played on April 5 and April 6. Second-leg games are scheduled for April 12 and April 13. After two weeks break, the UEFA Champions League will resume with the first leg of the semifinals on April 26 and April 27. The second leg of the semifinals is scheduled for May 3 and May 4.

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The 2021 Champions League draw for the Round of 16 took place on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland, and produced a set of matchups that will provide plenty of intrigue when the competition picks back up in March.

The matchups for the upcoming games are as follows:

• Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Manchester City
• Lazio vs. Bayern Munich
• Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea
• RB Leipzig vs. Liverpool
• Porto vs. Juventus
• Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain
• Sevilla vs. Borussia Dortmund
• Atalanta vs. Real Madrid

All eight matchups will take place over two ties, with the second-place group stage teams (listed first) hosting the first match, and the first-place teams (listed second) hosting the second and decisive match.

There is plenty of intrigue to be found in the matchups which have been drawn, including a blockbuster matchup pitting FC Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain.

Other fascinating matchups include upstarts RB Leipzig vs. the 2019 champions of Liverpool, Atletico Madrid taking on Chelsea, and last year’s Cinderella in Atalanta facing the best team in the competition’s history, Real Madrid.

The first legs of the matchups are set to be held in mid to late February, while the second legs will be held in early to mid March.

The world’s best competition looks to be set to provide fans with a buffet of matchups that should be fascinating once again.

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Champions League 2017-18 season is all set to start, with the group phase draw in Nyon held yesterday. The draw saw some teams getting handed tough group, while others were lucky and avoided tough opponents. So let us take a look.

Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, FC Basel, CSKA Moscow

One of the teams that had it easy is certainly Man Utd. Mourinho’s boys shouldn’t have thought time nabbing the first place, while Benfica and CSKA will eye for the second. Although Basel has a quality team, their fans shouldn’t get high hopes.

Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic

Bayern and PSG are clear favorites in this group, while Celtic proved last year that it can provide major problems for the bigger teams holding Man City to a draw in both of the clashes.

Group C: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, FK Qarabag

This is the group you want to follow closely. Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, and Roma all have high ambitions, but there are only two places that lead out of the group stage. One of these teams will have to be content with Europa League. Quarabag, on the other hand, will look to make the life tougher for all of them and try to go down fighting.

Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting CP

This group will offer us once again a duel between Juventus and Barcelona after they clashed in the last season’s semi finals. These two teams will most certainly nab the first 2 positions while Olympiacos and Sporting will have their eyes on the 3rd place which would lead them to Europa League.

Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, NK Maribor

Liverpool was handed an easy group in which their only true contender will be Sevilla.

Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord

Although Manchester City and Napoli will want nothing short of advancing to the next stage, Shakhtar proved many times it can be a hard nut to crack.

Group G: Monaco, FC Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig

Although Monaco and Porto could be viewed as slight favorites, this group could see any of the 4 teams claiming the top spot.

Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, APOEL Nicosia

Another tough group sees Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham as challengers for the top spot in Group H. After destroying Barcelona in Spanish Super Cup, we are sure these teams will not provide a challenge enough for the reigning champions. Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham matchups will provide the second passenger for the next phase, while APOEL will be a bystander this season.

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Atletico Madrid is through to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals after winning a penalty shootout against Inter Milan on Wednesday night. Atletico joined Borussia Dortmund, who took down PSV, as the last two teams to secure places in the next round of the competition.

Atletico entered the game against Inter needing to overcome a one-goal deficit after suffering a 1-0 away loss in the first leg of the Round of 16 matchup between the two teams. However, it was the Seria A side who struck first after Federico Dimarco turned a beautiful Nicolo Barella pass into a goal in the 33rd minute.

Luckily for Atletico, they managed to score a goal of their own just a couple of minutes later through Antoine Griezman. Striker Memphis Depay then added another goal in the 87th minute to force extra time.

Neither team seemed ready to take major risks in extra time, which led to penalties where Atletico players were better at keeping their cool. Jan Oblak saved penalties from Alexis Sanchez and Davy Klaassen before Lautaro Martínez missed the entire goal to end Inter’s UCL journey.

Earlier on Wednesday night, Borussia got a 2-0 win over PSV after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus each scored a goal to send their team through.

Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will join Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, PSG, and Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

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The UEFA Champions League draw for the Round of 16 brought us fewer marquee matchups than expected. The most interesting clash is expected to be between Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid, while Napoli and Barcelona duel also promises to deliver a lot of excitement.

The rest of the draw mostly features matchups with clear favorites. The defending UCL champions, Manchester City, face FC Copenhagen, the lowest-ranked club left in the competition. Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain play La Liga’s Real Sociedad, while Champions League powerhouse Real Madrid will meet Bundesliga’s RB Leipzig.

The Round of 16 for the UEFA Champions League 2023-24 season will also feature duels between Bayern Munich and Lazio, Porto and Arsenal, and PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund. The latter duel is particularly intriguing because it will see a clash of USMNT stars. Ricardo Pepi and Sergiño Dest, who play for PSV, will face Giovanni Reyna, who is a member of Borussia.

The UEFA Champions League resumes in early February with the first leg of Round of 16 games being scheduled for February 13th, 14th, 20th, and 21st. The second leg will be played on March 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th.

UCL Finals are scheduled for June 1st, with the game set to be played at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium.

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The UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the 2021-22 season are set. The draw took place on Friday and brought us several exciting matchups, including the duel between the reigning champs Chelsea and 13-time winners Real Madrid.

This year’s favorites Manchester City have been handed a tough challenge as well and will have to face the gritty Atletico Madrid team. Atletico already faced one Manchester team in the knockout stage, eliminating City’s rivals Manchester United in the Round of 16.

The two remaining trophy contenders, Bayern Munich and Liverpool, will have an easier task, at least on paper. Bayern will play Villareal while Liverpool faces the Portuguese side Benfica.

The remainder of the UEFA Champions League tournament for the 2021-22 season will play out in the form of a bracket, meaning that we already know the potential semifinals pairs. On one side of the bracket, the winner of the Liverpool/Benfica matchup will play the winner of the Villareal/Bayern Munich matchup. The other side will see the Chelsea/Real Madrid winner facing the winner between Man City and Atletico.

The first-leg quarter-finals matches will be played on April 5 and April 6. Second-leg games are scheduled for April 12 and April 13. After two weeks break, the UEFA Champions League will resume with the first leg of the semifinals on April 26 and April 27. The second leg of the semifinals is scheduled for May 3 and May 4.

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The 2021 Champions League draw for the Round of 16 took place on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland, and produced a set of matchups that will provide plenty of intrigue when the competition picks back up in March.

The matchups for the upcoming games are as follows:

• Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Manchester City
• Lazio vs. Bayern Munich
• Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea
• RB Leipzig vs. Liverpool
• Porto vs. Juventus
• Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain
• Sevilla vs. Borussia Dortmund
• Atalanta vs. Real Madrid

All eight matchups will take place over two ties, with the second-place group stage teams (listed first) hosting the first match, and the first-place teams (listed second) hosting the second and decisive match.

There is plenty of intrigue to be found in the matchups which have been drawn, including a blockbuster matchup pitting FC Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain.

Other fascinating matchups include upstarts RB Leipzig vs. the 2019 champions of Liverpool, Atletico Madrid taking on Chelsea, and last year’s Cinderella in Atalanta facing the best team in the competition’s history, Real Madrid.

The first legs of the matchups are set to be held in mid to late February, while the second legs will be held in early to mid March.

The world’s best competition looks to be set to provide fans with a buffet of matchups that should be fascinating once again.

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Champions League 2017-18 season is all set to start, with the group phase draw in Nyon held yesterday. The draw saw some teams getting handed tough group, while others were lucky and avoided tough opponents. So let us take a look.

Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, FC Basel, CSKA Moscow

One of the teams that had it easy is certainly Man Utd. Mourinho’s boys shouldn’t have thought time nabbing the first place, while Benfica and CSKA will eye for the second. Although Basel has a quality team, their fans shouldn’t get high hopes.

Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic

Bayern and PSG are clear favorites in this group, while Celtic proved last year that it can provide major problems for the bigger teams holding Man City to a draw in both of the clashes.

Group C: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, FK Qarabag

This is the group you want to follow closely. Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, and Roma all have high ambitions, but there are only two places that lead out of the group stage. One of these teams will have to be content with Europa League. Quarabag, on the other hand, will look to make the life tougher for all of them and try to go down fighting.

Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting CP

This group will offer us once again a duel between Juventus and Barcelona after they clashed in the last season’s semi finals. These two teams will most certainly nab the first 2 positions while Olympiacos and Sporting will have their eyes on the 3rd place which would lead them to Europa League.

Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, NK Maribor

Liverpool was handed an easy group in which their only true contender will be Sevilla.

Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord

Although Manchester City and Napoli will want nothing short of advancing to the next stage, Shakhtar proved many times it can be a hard nut to crack.

Group G: Monaco, FC Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig

Although Monaco and Porto could be viewed as slight favorites, this group could see any of the 4 teams claiming the top spot.

Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, APOEL Nicosia

Another tough group sees Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham as challengers for the top spot in Group H. After destroying Barcelona in Spanish Super Cup, we are sure these teams will not provide a challenge enough for the reigning champions. Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham matchups will provide the second passenger for the next phase, while APOEL will be a bystander this season.

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