Reactions to the Champions League quarter-final draw, which was drawn on Friday, resulted in two strong confrontations between Real Madrid and Chelsea, and Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.
In the quarter-finals, there are 3 English teams and 3 Spanish teams, but the draw did not result in any direct confrontation between the teams of the same country.
Chelsea, the defending champion, faces Real Madrid, the Spanish club that has the record number of titles crowned with 13 titles. Manchester City, champions of England, will meet Atletico Madrid, champions of Spain, while Liverpool are drawn against Benfica. Bayern Munich will meet Spain's Villarreal.
Thomas Tuchel described the match against Real Madrid as "difficult". According to the current situation, Chelsea will not be accompanied by any fans in the home and away matches due to the sanctions imposed on the owner of the Russian club, Roman Abramovich, as a result of his country's war on Ukraine.
"I think the conditions of this match will change a lot with the spectators, so I hope we find a solution and I'm absolutely sure that everyone in the club, the board of directors, will fight for a chance. Hopefully that will happen somehow," Tuchel said.
Liverpool would be happy to play Benfica, but coach Jurgen Klopp said it would be a "mistake" to underestimate the Portuguese team. "I know people will say we are favourites and things like that, but that's really the first mistake you can make. We've been working for a long time in this business." We will not make these mistakes."
Klopp expressed his happiness not to face an English opponent, and said, "I am happy that we will not face an English team, not only because of the quality but also for the competition. We meet them a lot during the season, and it is good if you face another team in the European Championship."
There is a chance that Liverpool will meet in the final in Paris with its local rival, Manchester City. For a start, City will have to overcome the obstacle of the strong Atletico Madrid led by Argentine Diego Simeone in the first confrontation between the two teams.
"We have to play smart," said City coach Pep Guardiola. "We know they will have chances to score. We will go to a beautiful stadium, a great stadium. We will try to reach the semi-finals, and hopefully they will be worried about playing against us."
For his part, Bayern Munich refuses to underestimate the Villarreal team that knocked out Juventus in the final price, and CEO Oliver Kahn said, "In the previous round they showed what they can do. That's why we must be ready and approach the task with complete focus. Nobody He thinks it will be easy."
The first-leg matches of the quarter-finals will be held on the 5th and 6th of next April, while the return matches will be held the following week.
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