{"id":56167,"date":"2022-03-18T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=56167"},"modified":"2022-03-18T18:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:53:43","slug":"uefa-champions-league-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uefa-champions-league-draw","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>English teams that made it into the UEFA Champions League quarter finals were not paired against each other at the draw conducted on Friday 18 March at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>All first legs of the stage will be played on the 6th of April while the second legs will be played on the 13th of the same month.<\/p>\n<p><b>Teams were paired as follows:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1). Benfica v Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>2). Villarreal vs Bayern Munich<\/p>\n<p>3). Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid<\/p>\n<p>4). Chelsea v Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>Teams that would have succeeded will proceed to the semi finals slated for the 27th of April and the 4th of May.<\/p>\n<p>Finals are set to be held on the 28th of May. Speaking after the draw, Koke, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid captain, said he likes facing Manchester City. He said:<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re one of the favourites. Last season, they came very close to winning the Champions League. They have a great coach and players, and play great football, but we like that sort of challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. English teams that made it into the UEFA Champions League quarter finals were not paired against each other at the draw conducted on Friday 18 March at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. 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