Manchester City to face Juventus or Lyon if they beat Real Madrid
Manchester City will play Juventus or Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals, should they progress against Real Madrid. Their path to the final would then be blocked by Napoli, Barcelona, Chelsea or Bayern Munich.
City hold a 2-1 advantage over Real going into their last-16 second leg at the Etihad Stadium early next month. Juventus take on Lyon in Turin trailing 1-0.
The draw opens up the possibility of Pep Guardiola facing one of his former clubs in the semi-finals. City’s manager was a highly decorated player and coach at Barcelona, who drew 1-1 at Napoli in their opening leg, and also had a successful spell in charge of Bayern.
Chelsea, the only other British club remaining in the competition, will face Barcelona or Napoli if they overturn a 3-0 deficit against Bayern in Germany in the last 16.
Four teams reached the quarter-finals before the pandemic forced football to stop and they have been drawn to face each other in the quarter-finals, with RB Leipzig taking on Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain facing Atalanta. The winners will then meet in the semi-final.
City have previously faced Juventus and Lyon in the Champions League. Two years ago they lost a home group game 2-1 to Lyon then drew the return 2-2. In 2015, again in the group stage, City lost 2-1 at home to Juventus, then 1-0 in Turin.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals are to be played as straight knockouts in Lisbon, with the final also in the Portuguese capital. The mini-tournament starts there on 12 August and finishes 11 days later.
