CL quarterfinal draw: Barca to face Juve, Bayern up against Real Madrid

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says he is looking forward to facing his former mentor in the looming Champions League quarterfinal against Carlo Ancelotti’s Bayern Munich, admitting that there will be a “master versus pupil” feel to the occasion.

Ancelotti and Zidane teamed up as Real thrashed Bayern 4-0 to round off a 5-0 aggregate victory the last time the two giants of European football clashed in the 2013/14 semi-finals.

Juventus will be out for revenge against the team who beat them in the 2015 Champions League final, and with Barcelona stuttering this season despite an awesome win over PSG, would your money be with the Bianconeri? Besides Madrid, he also coached AC Milan to two Champions League titles.

The only tie to not involve Spanish sides sees Borussia Dortmund paired with Monaco.

A first, here – these two sides have never played one another.

They have met 10 times in two-legged European ties with each progressing five times.

Sevilla, which lost to English champion Leicester on Tuesday, had already been held to 1-1 draws against Alaves and relegation-threatened Leganes in the league. Historically speaking, Real have won their last three matches against Bayern.

Atletico’s place in today’s last-eight draw was rarely in doubt following a comfortable win in the first leg in Germany but Oblak was repeatedly called on to preserve his side’s unbeaten run at home in the competition this season.

“I think we have the ability to beat Real Madrid”. We will face a great team with many good players.

There is a repeat of the 2015 decider as Barcelona take on Juventus, with Dani Alves up against his former club.

Dortmund chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke was relieved not to draw Bundesliga rivals Bayern.

“We’ve played Barca pre-season so it would be nice to play them again”.

After dumping Manchester City out of the Champions League, Monaco’s young guns have become Europe’s darlings. It’s a hard match.

Elsewhere there’s an exciting meeting of Ajax and Schalke, Celta Vigo will play Genk – who knocked Cork City out in the qualifying rounds – while Lyon are against Turkey’s Besiktas.

Who is left in the competition? Who isn’t going to love watching this all unfold in what has been one of the most fun Champions League season’s to watch in years? “I hope Atletico will continue like this, keep growing like in the last few years and I am sure we can achieve great things”.

Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick on his last visit to Anderlecht in October, 2013.

As good as champions with win? “The budgets are incomparable but the fact we are here means something”.