UEFA Champions/Europa League Quarter-Final Draw [17th March 2017]

Cosimo · 15 Mar 2017 at 12:03

Champions League, 11:00

The quarter-final pairings are determined by an open draw in which no teams are seeded and clubs from the same national association can be drawn against each other. The side drawn first will play the first leg at home.

Dortmund v Monaco
Juventus v Barcelona
Atlético v Leicester
Bayern v Real Madrid

Road to Cardiff

The first legs will be on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 April, with the returns on 18 and 19 April.
Quarter-finals: 11/12 & 18/19 April
Semi-final draw: 21 April
Semi-finals: 2/3 & 9/10 May
Final: Saturday 3 June, National Stadium of Wales

Europa League, 12:00

There is no seeding or country protection so all eight balls will be placed in the same bowl. The side drawn first will play the first leg at home.

Anderlecht v Manchester United
Celta Vigo v Genk
Ajax v Schalke
Lyon v Besiktas

Road to Solna

13 April: Quarter-finals, first leg
20 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
21 April: Semi-final draw, Nyon
4 May: Semi-finals, first leg
11 May: Semi-finals, second leg
24 May: Final (Friends Arena, Solna)

Coverage

Sky Sports News, BBC Football, BT Sport, UEFA.com
http://www.uefa.com/

MooMoo444 · 17 Mar 2017 at 09:44

All of those games are scary for Leicester to be honest, but they do keep surprising people

planty · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:08

I think Monaco would be a really bad draw for Leicester - their pace and power would expose Morgan and Huth and nullify Leicester's main attacking threats. I don't think they'll beat any of the remaining teams, but would like to draw Juventus or Barca.

BaZ87 · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:21

Leicester's only chance is Monaco and catching them on a bad day. The Europa is there for the taking for Utd - comparing the teams that were in it at this stage last season, there's not a single side there that should cause Utd an issue.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:34

There are definitely sides that could cause us an issue but we're probably favourites.

BaZ87 · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:43

Who? Lyon at a push. The rest of the sides there are walkovers. Compare that to last year - Shahktar, Villarreal, Dortmund, Sevilla & Bilbao.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:03

Ajax are pretty good, Schalke and Anderlecht on a good day could do well. We've always struggled against Besiktas. We've already seen Spurs lose to an unknown club and the clubs remaining are far from unknowns (well with the exception of Genk). Three of the clubs you've listed were in it this year but have been beaten.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:12

What is this weird 'teams won't be looking forward to playing Leicester' narrative that's being pushed on us. First Juventus now Real Madrid saying they're the team to avoid.

planty · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:12

Atletico - Leicester

Kerplunk · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:14

Is it me or is Ian Rush shaking like mad

planty · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:15

Atletico Madrid v Leicester City
Borussia Dortmund v Monaco
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid
Juventus v Barcelona

Some cracking ties there.

nemtizz · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:29

Anything can happen but that's the worst possible draw for Leicester.

BaZ87 · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:31

Shamikebab said:
Ajax are pretty good, Schalke and Anderlecht on a good day could do well. We've always struggled against Besiktas. We've already seen Spurs lose to an unknown club and the clubs remaining are far from unknowns (well with the exception of Genk). Three of the clubs you've listed were in it this year but have been beaten.

Utd would have to play terribly twice to get knocked out against any of those sides, even Lyon they'd need to have a terrible performance in at least 1 leg.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:34

This just appears to be the standard Liverpool fan thing, saying we're 100% nailed on to win a competition. Even going on to state it's not as strong as last year when three of the clubs you've listed weren't good enough to get this far. If Spurs can lose over two legs to an unknown Belgian team and clubs like Roma, Athletic, Shakhtar etc can lose over two legs then it's far from easy. Especially as we're still playing our second choice keeper (who has done well but is no De Gea) and making decisions like playing Jones at left wing back.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:45

nemtizz said:
Anything can happen but that's the worst possible draw for Leicester.

In what possible way is that the worst draw? Atletico are the worst they've been under Simeone this season. They're behind the team that Leicester just beat!

MooMoo444 · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:46

nemtizz said:
Anything can happen but that's the worst possible draw for Leicester.

It'll be hard but they got past Sevilla who are doing better than Atletico in the league this season. Not that La Liga is a great benchmark, but still!

nemtizz · 17 Mar 2017 at 12:04

And they lost to them in the league, too, but football math never tells the whole story. The CL is built for this Atleti side. Far more disciplined and better with the ball than Sevilla, and I just can't see Simeone being as naive as Sampaoli was in the second leg. Not sure that Leicester side have the ability to play through the entire Atleti team when they're behind the ball either.

Shamikebab · 17 Mar 2017 at 12:06

I think Atletico is harder than Sevilla, but saying they're harder than Barca, Madrid, Bayern, Juve etc is....questionable.

nemtizz · 17 Mar 2017 at 12:07

I'm talking matchup wise. Aye, of course those teams have better individual players.

Yas786 · 17 Mar 2017 at 12:07

Some good ties in that draw, Bayern and Real should be a corker.

Leicester and Atletico Madrid should be a decent tie as well. Think Atletico will have more than enough to beat them over the 2 legs. But with Leicester you just don't know, didn't expect them to beat Sevilla but somehow they managed to do that.