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Champions League draw: Real Madrid, Chelsea paired up in quarterfinals

Some enticing pairings are in place for the last-eight

UEFA has conducted the draw for the rest of the 2022-23 Champions League, charting a course from the quarterfinals onward.

The last two tournament winners, Real Madrid and Chelsea, were paired in one quarterfinal, while Manchester City and Bayern Munich were put together for another titanic clash. An all-Serie A battle between Napoli and AC Milan also came out of the pot, while Benfica will face Inter in the round’s final match-up.

The Champions League will play out over the next three months, with the quarterfinals set for mid-April. The semifinals will take place in mid-May, while the Champions League final is scheduled for June 10 in Turkey.

Here are the quarterfinal pairings:

Champions League group stage draw: Barcelona to face Bayern and Inter in Group C

Robert Lewandowski will get an instant reunion with his former team

The draw for the 2022-23 Champions League group stage has been completed.

The obvious highlight was Group C, where Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski will return to face his former side Bayern Munich. With Inter also in the mix, it appears to be one of the toughest groups in the competition.

There will be another high-profile reunion in Group G, where Manchester City’s newest striker Erling Haaland will face his former club Borussia Dortmund.

Elsewhere, PSG and Juventus were drawn together in Group H, alongside Benfica and Maccabi Haifa.

The group stage will kick off on September 6 and 7.

2022-23 Champions League group stage

Group A

  1. Ajax
  2. Liverpool
  3. Napoli
  4. Rangers

Group B

  1. Porto
  2. Atletico Madrid
  3. Bayer Leverkusen
  4. Club Brugge

Group C

  1. Bayern Munich
  2. Barcelona
  3. Inter
  4. Viktoria Plzen

Group D

  1. Eintracht Frankfurt
  2. Tottenham
  3. Sporting CP
  4. Marseille

Group E

  1. A.C. Milan
  2. Chelsea
  3. Red Bull Salzburg
  4. Dinamo Zagreb

Group F

  1. Real Madrid
  2. RB Leipzig
  3. Shakhtar Donetsk
  4. Celtic

Group G

  1. Manchester City
  2. Sevilla
  3. Borussia Dortmund
  4. FC Copenhagen

Group H

  1. Paris Saint-Germain
  2. Juventus
  3. Benfica
  4. Maccabi Haifa

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