UEFA Champions League Draw- Live Updates & Reaction
Draw in full- Barcelona Vs AS Roma, Sevilla Vs Bayern Munich, Juventus Vs Real Madrid & Liverpool Vs Manchester City
Mitch Freeley
Right! That was some draw! Just a reminder the games will take place on the 3/4 of April, with the second legs taking place just a week later on April 10/11. You can watch all the action via beIN SPORTS CONNECT. Quick reminder for the draw again.
Barcelona Vs AS Roma
Sevilla Vs Bayern Munich
Juventus Vs Real Madrid
Liverpool Vs Manchester City
Leo Messi in amazing record against Italian sides shocker! I would confidently wager that he'll be adding to his Champions League century of goals over the two legs against Roma.
Messi has 12 goals in 19 games against Serie A sides 🇮🇹⚽️#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/feiKCpP6iQ — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 16, 2018
More gold from Opta Joe. Defending Champions League winners Real Madrid have been handed a tough draw against Juventus. A team they have struggled against in recent years.
4 - Real Madrid have been eliminated in all their four #UCL ties against Juventus (except. final), three with the second leg in Italy & only one with the second leg in Spain, the last in 2015 (1-1 at Bernabéu). Danger pic.twitter.com/YDkSIk8AbX — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 16, 2018
Nice little stat from Opta Joe. Does that mean Liverpool has the upper hand when they take on City?
5 – Jurgen Klopp has beaten Pep Guardiola on five different occasions in all competitions; more than any other manager. Flattened. pic.twitter.com/IA5UVmza7Z — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 14, 2018
Wow! That is quite the draw! Juventus Vs Real Madrid is the standout tie for me. Whilst Liverpool Vs Man City should be another storming two-legged encounters between the two best footballing sides in England. Bayern will be hoping to ease through to the semi-finals, but will have a challenge against Sevilla who knocked out Manchester United in the last round. Whilst Barcalona will take on Roma.
Fourth- Liverpool Vs Manchester City- An all English tie! A derby even (kinda)
Third up- Juventus Vs Real Madrid- A blockbuster & a rerun of the 2017 final!
Second game- Sevilla Vs Bayern Munich
Right- First match up! Barcelona Vs AS Roma
The final this year is taking place in Kiev, so naturally, former Ukranian striker Andriy Shevchenko is helping the draw today, he will be in charge of pulling out those balls!
The excitement is at fever pitch levels! UEFA draw supremo Giorgio Marchetti is out! He's explaining the ins and out of the draw! Just get it done man! A quick reminder you catch watch this all LIVE! on beIN SPORTS CONNECT!
Right! We are underway! UEFA man Pedro Pinto is in charge of proceedings.
Just under 15 minutes to the start of the draw! As you would expect, social media excitement is building up nicely. Like this tweet from the Champions League, complete with a handy video of the sides in the last eight draw. Which is nice.
The quarter-final line-up is complete! 🙌
What's your dream #UCL final? pic.twitter.com/AQCBxbu3NM — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 14, 2018
Last-16 Highlights
The Last round of action in the Champions League saw plenty of memorable moments. Let's a have quick look at a few ahead of the draw.
Barcelona breezed past Chelsea 4-1 on aggregate. Leo Messi scored the fastest goal of his career in just two minutes. An assist and a second goal, his 100th in the Champions League capped a memorable night for the diminutive playmaker.
GOAL ⚽️ @ChelseaFC will feel #Messi shouldn't be scoring from that angle, but he makes the impossible possible! #BAR 1 (2) #CHL 0 (1) #beINUCL #BarcaChelsea pic.twitter.com/I9ySNml5k2 — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 14, 2018
Sevilla stunned Manchester United to reach the last eight with a 2-1 victory. French striker Wissam Ben Yedder stared for the Spanish side with a quick-fire brace.
GOAL ⚽️ Immediate impact from the substitute Ben Yedder! #MU 0 #SEV 1 #beINUCL #MUNSEV pic.twitter.com/ukCj9Y3aTC — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 13, 2018
Juventus produced a defensive master-class to beat Tottenham 4-3 on aggregate. The Italians struck in the second leg with goals from Dybala & Higuian, and held out defensively with Giorgio Chiellini impressing for the Turin based side.
Incredible block by @chiellini to deny @HKane a certain goal! #beINUCL #TOTJUV pic.twitter.com/h49mIKSXhd — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 7, 2018
Real Madrid got the better of French giants PSG in the tie of the last 16. Los Blancos ran out 5-2 aggregate winners with Ronaldo scoring three times across the two legs. A towering header from the Portuguese star effectively sealed the contest for Zidane's side.
GOAL ⚽️ @Cristiano has just tightened #RealMadrid's grip on a quarter-final place! #PAR 0 (1) #RM 1 (4) #beINUCL #PSGRMA pic.twitter.com/oauEYfn3EX — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 6, 2018
The Sides
So let's have a quick reminder of the sides who are in the pot for the quarter-finals. Liverpool, Manchester City, Juventus, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Barcelona and Roma.
Any restrictions?
There are no restrictions now in the quarter-final draw. Meaning that we could have the prospect of an all English draw between Liverpool & Man City. Or, just imagine it an El Clasico quarter-final between Real Madrid & Barcelona! That would be special!
When will be the Quarter-finals be played?
The first leg will take place on the 3/4 of April, with the second legs taking place just a week later on April 10/11.
Hello! Welcome to the Live blog for the Champions League draw which is set to take place in Nyon, Switzerland at 2 pm Mecca. Eight teams will be awaiting their fate to see who they face in the quarter-finals. As ever you can watch all the action happen live via beIN SPORTS CONNECT.