As the last remaining German participants in the Europa League Eintracht Frankfurt encounters Portugal’s record champion. The Champions League, meanwhile, is without German participation, in the round of the best Eight.
The adventure journey through the Europa League leads the DFB-Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt at its next Station after the Portugal giants Benfica. This is the quarter resulted in the final draw on Friday in the Headquarters of the European football Union (UEFA) in Nyon. In the first leg on 11. April is the accord in Lisbon, the return match on 18. April rises in Frankfurt. “Lisbon is a strong Team, a great club and a great city. We are very pleased with this grandiose. In many ways a great thing,” said Frankfurt’s Executive Board member Axel Hellmann.
In the other quarter-final matches of the FC Arsenal FC SSC Napoli, FC Villarreal in the Spanish duel to the FC Valencia, Slavia Prague against Chelsea. In the case of a semi-final Eintracht would be the winner from Chelsea/the city of Prague. The winner of Arsenal/Napoli hits on Villarreal or Valencia. The semi-finals are for the 2. In may, the return games for the 9. May recognized. The final will be on 29. May at the national stadium in Baku/Azerbaijan.
Top game ManUnited against Barcelona
Bayern’s conquerors of Liverpool FC with team Manager Jurgen Klopp has in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, a seemingly impossible task in front of the chest. The year-on-year finalist encounters with the Portuguese Champions FC Porto. The draw is revealed on Friday at the Headquarters of the European football Union (UEFA) in Nyon. In the other quarter-finals, it comes to a clash of Ajax Amsterdam and Juventus, the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Champions Manchester City, as well as the duel between Manchester United and FC Barcelona.
The quarter-final first legs will follow on September 9. and 10. April, the return games on may 16. and 17. April instead. The semi-finals are for the 30. April/1. In may, the return games for the 7./8. May recognized. The final will be played on 1. June, in the Estadio Metropolitano, from Atletico Madrid.
The pairings at a Glance:
Ajax Amsterdam – Juventus Turin
FC Liverpool – FC Porto
Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester City
Manchester United – FC Barcelona
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