The Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draws will take place on Friday as the top teams left in the competition discover their next opponents.
The drama is sure to reach greater levels after some mixed round of 16 ties, with few of those games providing the chaos fans of Europe’s elite club competition have become so accustomed to.
Champions Real Madrid remain the team to beat after they saw off Liverpool but Manchester City, Napoli and Bayern Munich among others have designs on lifting the trophy in the final in Turkey.
Stay tuned here to keep up to date with the developments from UEFA’s draw.
11:16 – Here come Manchester City, who will play Bayern Munich.
11:15 – Next up is Inter vs Benfica.
11:14 – Here we go! The first tie is Real Madrid vs Chelsea.
11:12 – We’re almost there…
11:09 – Patrick Kluivert is the second legend who will help pick the ties once the preamble concludes.
11:07 – Former Real Madrid, Galatasaray, Bayern Munich and Turkey star Hamit Altintop is here to help conduct the draw.
11:05 – UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti is here. He’s just going through some more waffle before we get started.
11:00 – Proceedings have started, but first UEFA are taking us through the teams that won in the last 16 and giving some information on Istanbul, where the final will take place.
The 2022/23 Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws will take place on Friday 17 March. It will start at 11:00 GMT at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
The four quarter-final draws are made and then the semi-final draw begins, where those four QF ties will be paired together for matches in the final four. The two winners then face off in the final at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
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The following teams will be included in the draws after winning their last 16 ties.
Italy are the most heavily represented team with three sides reaching the last eight, with the Premier League providing two teams in Chelsea and Manchester City.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are Spain and Germany’s sole representatives respectively, while Portuguese outfit Benfica are enjoying a memorable run and will pray for a winnable tie.
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