Champions League: Real Madrid faces Man City, Bayern Munich gets Atletico Madrid
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Atletico certainly proved too much for Barcelona. There will be no Messi magic in the Champions League semifinals this year... Who is your favorite for the Champions League trophy?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Spirit of Istanbul – Liverpool
players celebrate victory after the remarkable Europa League
quarterfinal second leg match against Borussia Dortmund at Anfield. The
Reds triumphed 4-3 on the night having trailed by two goals, and will
now play Villarreal in the semifinal.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Yellow Submarine – Villarreal
eased into the semifinals courtesy of a 6-3 aggregate win against
Sparta Prague. Marcelino Garcia Toral's team is currently fourth in the
Spanish La Liga -- can it sink Liverpool?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Contrasting emotions – Four-time
winner Sevilla advanced to the semifinals after an emotional penalty
shootout victory against fellow Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla
will play Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Shakhtar
saw off SC Braga to advance to this stage. The Ukrainian side was the
winner of the competition in the 2008-09 season. Can it replicate that
feat this year?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Real
Madrid will play Manchester City in the first semifinal. The English
club is hoping to reach the Champions League final for the first time.
Madrid, meanwhile, has lifted the trophy more times than any other club.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
"Cheers boss" – Pellegrini
has at most just nine games left of his Manchester City career. While
his City side struggles in the league, it has the possibility of glory
in Europe's premier cup competition.
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Which way to Manchester? – Pep
Guardiola is the man that will replace the departing City boss. Now,
there is a possibility he will face his new team in the biggest game in
club football.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
You haven't won it yet, Thomas! – To set up that intriguing contest, Guardiola's Bayern side will have to reach the final first.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Antoine
Griezmann and Atletico stand in their way. Diego Simeone's team is a
highly-organized, efficient outfit -- an ominous prospect for any
opposition.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Atletico certainly proved too much for Barcelona. There will be no Messi magic in the Champions League semifinals this year... Who is your favorite for the Champions League trophy?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Spirit of Istanbul – Liverpool
players celebrate victory after the remarkable Europa League
quarterfinal second leg match against Borussia Dortmund at Anfield. The
Reds triumphed 4-3 on the night having trailed by two goals, and will
now play Villarreal in the semifinal.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Yellow Submarine – Villarreal
eased into the semifinals courtesy of a 6-3 aggregate win against
Sparta Prague. Marcelino Garcia Toral's team is currently fourth in the
Spanish La Liga -- can it sink Liverpool?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Contrasting emotions – Four-time
winner Sevilla advanced to the semifinals after an emotional penalty
shootout victory against fellow Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla
will play Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Shakhtar
saw off SC Braga to advance to this stage. The Ukrainian side was the
winner of the competition in the 2008-09 season. Can it replicate that
feat this year?
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Real
Madrid will play Manchester City in the first semifinal. The English
club is hoping to reach the Champions League final for the first time.
Madrid, meanwhile, has lifted the trophy more times than any other club.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
"Cheers boss" – Pellegrini
has at most just nine games left of his Manchester City career. While
his City side struggles in the league, it has the possibility of glory
in Europe's premier cup competition.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Which way to Manchester? – Pep
Guardiola is the man that will replace the departing City boss. Now,
there is a possibility he will face his new team in the biggest game in
club football.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
You haven't won it yet, Thomas! – To set up that intriguing contest, Guardiola's Bayern side will have to reach the final first.
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10 photos: Champions & Europa League draws
Antoine
Griezmann and Atletico stand in their way. Diego Simeone's team is a
highly-organized, efficient outfit -- an ominous prospect for any
opposition.
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Story highlights
- Real Madrid to meet Manchester City in Champions League semifinals
- Real after its 11th title, while City has never been this far in the competition
- Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich meet in the other last-four tie
- It's a repeat of the 1974 European Cup final which Bayern won
(CNN)Real
Madrid will need to advance past Manchester City in the Champions
League semifinals if it is to remain on course for a record 11th
European title this season.
Real looked to be staring elimination in the face in the last round, only for Cristiano Ronaldo's second-leg hat-trick to give it a 3-2 aggregate victory over Wolfsburg, having lost the first leg 2-0 in Germany.
And its reward for that stunning comeback is a last-four clash against a City side that is in uncharted territory.
The
English Premier League team has never been in a Champions League
semifinal in its history, and will now face the club that has won the
trophy more times than any other.
City
will take confidence from its elimination of Paris Saint-Germain in the
quarterfinals, and manager Manuel Pellegrini will be eager to take his
team into the final with Pep Guardiola due to replace him at the end of
the season.
City will need to stop
Ronaldo over the two games, with the Portugal captain having been in
inspired form in the competition this season with 16 goals to his name
-- more than any other player.
The
two sides have met twice in the Champions League before, coming up
against each other in the group stages during the 2012-13 season.
Real won the first clash 3-2, while the return game ended in a 1-1 draw.
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