2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-final Draw

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good afternoon ladies and gentlemen as

always it's my pleasure my privilege to

welcome everyone to the house of

European football here in yon

Switzerland for the UEFA Champions

League quarterfinal and semi-final draws

after an exciting and dramatic round of

16 we now have eight teams standing in

the world's top club competition the

drama this week was on full display in

Madrid and North London as the first

Champions League penalty shoots out

since 2016 saw the Gunners overcome FC

Porto and Atletico Madrid Edge past last

year's finalists International Milano

atleti are joined by two other Spanish

sides in this round cross toown Rivals

Real Madrid who eliminated leig and

Barcelona who outlasted Napoli two of

the competition's top scorers so far

kilam mbappe and Harry Kane helped Paris

gerain and Bayern Munich qualify to this

stage as they beat real sad and Lazio

respectively the bavarians are joined by

Bundesliga counterparts Borussia

Dortmund who overcame PSV so it would be

fair to say ladies and gentlemen that we

have a star studded lineup of clubs in

this stage their Road To London will be

unveiled momentarily but before we get

to the draw let's take a closer look at

the eight clubs and this year's host

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City

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some Fantastic action there I'm sure

you'll agree there'll be much more to

come but who will play who that's what

we'll find out very shortly in I would

now like to ask on stage the man who

will oversee the draw proceedings and

that is of course UFA Deputy General

Secretary georgo maretti welcome georgo

thank you

Pedro good afternoon ladies and

gentlemen this draw ceremony has always

been special as it reveals the most

exciting part of the road to the final

but today we are celebrating the last

throw ever for the current format of the

UEFA Champions League

for more than 20 years the group stage

and the subsequent knockout stages have

given us Unforgettable football moments

what magical moments will be written in

the history books next and who will join

the pantheon of football Giants we are

eager to find out as of the end of next

summer but let's not look too far ahead

as emotions are at our doorstep with the

UEFA Champions League 2024 winner to

Crown in what has been so so far a

fantastic season of action

congratulations to the E quarter

finalists who will all had to give their

best to emerge from the tough challenges

brought by their opponents in the round

of 16 we wish you all the best on your

Journeys to the Mythic Wembley Stadium

which is looking forward to welcoming

the two most successful European sides

on the 1 of June and to help us with

today's draw is a very special guest he

had a stellar career and most notably

helped his London Club win their first

Champions League title in

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2012

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ladies and Gentlemen please welcome John

Obi

Mikel

welcome thank you so much want to say hi

to Georgio as well good good good I know

you've retired but you're still looking

fit fresh could go out there for another

Champions League game maybe thank you I

wanted to ask you first about that

historic title in 2012 right because

that was such a magical run when you

look back you've had a few years to

think about it what did it mean for you

and for the club as well well I think it

meant a lot for us obviously uh I think

that was the one trophy that the owner

really wanted us to win and also the

fans as well really really wanted us to

win and for us to be able to do it in

2012 for something really special uh I

think uh We've managed to win everything

until then and then Roman was like okay

stop winning the Premier League and the

UFA League just win me the champions

league and to be able to do that uh for

him was something really special the

competition itself is so special to

players right what does it feel and now

maybe you're going to start missing it

right because you played it for so many

years when you hear the anthem when you

walk out when you see the star ball what

what does it mean for players oh it's

special I mean as a football player

growing up uh and being in the dressing

room we always talk about you know

nights like this Champions League uh

nights are so special uh you know once

the sound comes on the the the the

atmosphere you know the energy level

goes up the roof and uh you know it's a

special night I mean as a football

player you want to play in this kind of

uh games Champions League trophy you

want to win it so for us to be able to

finally do it in 2012 knowing that we

have a lot of players who was you know

on their way out of the club was

something really special the lacks of

drug bar JT pet check was their last

chance to win it and for us to be able

to do it then was really special now I'm

not going to let you uh uh uh go without

putting a little bit of pressure on you

who's going to make the final in London

well I mean the final is going to be in

the UK right so uh I hope uh we get

maybe if not one or two you know of the

English teams Man City or

Arsenal so I hope but I mean good luck

to everyone else melot used to be my

boss as well Chelsea fantastic guy so I

mean good luck to all the teams here

it's going to be some fantastic uh games

all right well you're going to have a

lot to do with their Destiny uh in the

next two rounds uh Georgio over to you

thank you thank you Pedro just a quick

reminder that this is a completely open

row we have no country protection no

City teams and no other special

conditions the eight bows containing the

names of the quarterfinalists are all

placed in this bowl from which they will

be picked by Miguel one after the other

the first team drone of course plays the

first match at home against the other

team the same procedure is then repeated

for the other quarterfinal matches and

the fixture list for the quarterfinals

will be available after the draw by the

end of the afternoon we are nearly ready

we just want to take a look at this

Stellar lineup of the quarter finals

starting with Arsenal FC Club Atletico

the Madrid FC Barcelona sa Bayern MH

Borussia Dortmund Manchester City Paris

s and Real Madrid so these are the eight

teams everybody knows all the fans want

to know who will play who and uh Mel

please this responsibility is in your

hands now no stress but uh we want to

see these four great matches no stress

no stress no

stress first team of the quarter finals

2024 v s here you go

finally you made it

yeah Arsenal and uh we start with

Arsenal FC finalist in

2006 and uh uh out of a very challenging

uh round with Porto where they

the the decid the result was decided for

the very first time after the final in

2016 by penalty so yeah first penalty

shoot out in Champions League Arsenal

won and uh Mikel we want to know now who

their opponents

are Arsenal playing at home the first

leg they won all their first four home

games this year scoring 133 goals

conceding

zero

FC Bayern Munich and uh it will be FC

Bayern Munich having to visit the

Gunners six-time winners byan

congratulations to Manuel Neuer who

equaled in the previous round at the

record of erer cilia's 57 clean sheets

in the UFA Champions League we go for

the quarterfinal number

two

and oops difficult to open don't don't

worry don't worry it will open there you

go just a bit of

suspect Club at Atletico de Madrid and

now another club who had to go through

the penalty shoot out uh Wednesday night

uh Club Atletico de Madrid three time

finalists Atletico de Madrid unbeaten

since 1997 in their Stadium it's quite

amazing so it will be a tough challenge

for this club that they are now now

going to

um uh to draw 1997 it was unbeaten in

The Knockout matches of course of the

Champions League last time it happened

with Ajax in

1997 Bia Dortmund and Atletico de Madrid

will face Borussia Dortmund the winners

of 19

1997 Atletico de Madrid versus Borussia

Dortmund Mikel you can uh now tell us

about the quarterfinal number

three four teams are

left Real Madrid and we start with Real

Madrid Real Madrid is the home team in

the first leg of this quarterfinal three

14 time winners Real Madrid please let's

give us and congratulation in this case

to carelot who the first coach to reach

the 200 matches in the UFA Champions

League he did it in the previous

round Manchester City and Real Madrid

will take on the uh title holders of

Manchester City first title for

Manchester City in

2023 seventh successive time in the

quarterfinals the best current streak of

any teams uh so this will be

really a quarterfinal promising

fireworks Real Madrid versus Manchester

City and only one is left that we will

soon discover no surprise of course but

we don't know who will play at home in

the first League

Paris sjain and that will be Paris San

the finalist of

2020 appear the first last time in the

quarterfinals in

2021 and uh with this just please show

us the last paper we need to make sure

that everything has been properly done

so for Paris and in this quarterfinal we

expect to have

now FC Barcelona see Barcelona the five

time winners of Barcelona and since it's

the day of congratulations

congratulations to yam lamin yamal the

youngest player to appear in the UEFA

Champions League knockout stage 16 years

and

23023 days so everything is done there

were four great challenges in the

quarterfinals and that uh and now we

need to move on to draw the semi-finals

as well this will be another integral

draw among the four teams which will

qualify from the quarterfinals and are

indicated as winners of quarterfinal one

to four again the club drawn first will

play the first leg at home I shuffle the

balls and you tell us uh how the

semi-finals will be played starting with

semi-final

one winners of quarterfinals two so

quarterfinals two means Atletico de

Madrid or Borussia dormund will be the

home team in this uh semi-final against

the team that you will draw

next the winners of another

quarterfinal one three or

four

winners of quarterfinals four

four that means Paris s or Barcelona

will play against Atletico Madrid or

Borussia Dortmund now what is left is

the the other semi-final and that will

be hosted for the first leg by the

winners of this

quarterfinal winner of quarterfinal one

so Arsenal or Bayern will be the home

team in the first leg against let's see

the last uh let's open the last

ball obviously only one quarterfinal is

left so the first uh semi quarterfinal

winner is either Arsenal or

Bayern winners of quarterfinals three

versus Real Madrid or Manchester

City now only one small step to take we

need to determine by a draw which team

is to be considered as the home team in

the final that will be played at Wembley

so it will be a newal venue but for

purely operational reasons as both

finalists will be treated equally now

let's see uh Mikel please let's see

which of the two teams of the two

winners of semi-final will be named as

the first team of the

final

winners of semi-finals one so Atletico

de Madrid or Borussia Dortmund or Paris

s or Barcelona will be named first in

the final against we just have to check

the last paper of this draw one ball to

open and uh your job is

over thank you very much

winners of semi-finals two so Arsenal or

Bayern or Real Madrid or Manchester City

will be the named second in the final

this is all for the road to Wembley 2024

it is indeed you could feel the

excitement the tension here in the room

I mean such an amazing lineup we knew we

were going to get fantastic matches and

that's exactly what we have in the

quarters and the semi-finals let's go

through the results starting obviously

in the quarterfinals we'll have Arsenal

taking on Bayern Munich it'll be

Atletico de Madrid versus Borussia

Dortmund Real Madrid against Manchester

City and Paris gerain facing Barcelona

then depending on who makes it through

of course we'll have Atletico or

Borussia Dortmund versus PSG or

Barcelona and Arsenal or Bayern Munich

taking on real or Manchester City that's

the road to Wembley Final on the 1st of

June 2024 and talk about dates it's time

to mark your calendars of course you

don't want to miss those games the first

legs of the quarterfinals will be played

on the 9th and 10th of April with the

return leg scheduled for the following

week so on the 16th and 17th the

semifinals the first leg will take place

on April 30th and May 1st with the

return fixures scheduled for the 7th and

8th of May and of course the two

finalists will then meet on the 1st of

June in London that will do it from all

of us here at the house of European

football in y thank you Mikel I'm sure

your phone will be filled with messages

after this draw thank you Georgio very

well done gentlemen all the best see you

again

soon thank you so much thank you so

much

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