Real Madrid will face Paris FC and Atlético de Madrid will face Manchester United in the Women’s Champions League playoffs, according to the draw carried out this Thursday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), which also led to a possible duel between the white team and Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
The draw will be played on February 11/12 and 18/19 and the winners will join Barcelona, Lyon, Chelsea and Bayern Munich, the first four classified in the championship phase.
Real Madrid, seventh in this phase with three wins, two draws and one defeat, will have home advantage in the return match and Atlético de Madrid, Eleventh after winning two games, drawing one and losing three, they will play the first leg at home.
The white team, which has not yet managed to beat the Parisian team during the various confrontations in recent years, andtied with Paris on the third day (1-1) on the first day, match which was balanced in extra time with a goal from Scotland’s Caroline Weir.
Meanwhile, Atlético de Madrid also met United in the second day at the Alcalá de Henares Sports Center, a match in which the English team won por 0-1 with a goal from Swede Fridolina Rolfo.
This draw meant that the winner of the match between Paris and Real Madrid would face Barcelona, first in the league stage, in the quarter-finals. so there could be another continental “classic”. The Barça team will play the second leg at home.
Likewise, for the same half of the table, if Atlético de Madrid eliminate Manchester United would face Bayern Munich, cin which the red and white team equalized 2-2 on matchday five thanks to a late goal from Spanish international Fiamma Benítez.
Arsenal, current champions of the Champions League after beating Barcelona in the final in Lisbon, will face the Belgian Louvain and if they win, they will meet Chelsea, current champion of the English League, in a big London derby.
Olympique Lyonnais, the most successful club in the tournament and which finished in second position in the championship, They will face the winner of the Wolfsburg-Juventus duel in the quarter-finals.
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