Champions League semi-final draw: Real Madrid faces yet another league leader
The Champions League semi-final draw took place Friday in Nyon, Switzerland and revealed a pair of enticing encounters in the penultimate round of the continental competition.
Real Madrid’s path to competing for a third consecutive Champions League title is far from easy after being drawn with Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.
Semi-final 1: Bayern v Real Madrid. #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/8A2vdgijqg
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The clubs, who have won a combined 17 Champions League titles between them, will extend their record for the most common fixture in the competition when they meet for the 25th and 26th time in a European competition.
Bayern Munich will be the third consecutive league leader Real Madrid will face in the knockout round after progressing past Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.
5 – Real Madrid have won the last five #UCL meetings against Bayern München, the best run for a Spanish team against the Bavarians. Classic pic.twitter.com/Vi7eryTnmG
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Meanwhile, after bouncing Manchester City out of the Champions League, Liverpool managed to avoid the only two teams left in the tournament with a richer history in the competition and was drawn with a tricky Roma team that produced an even bigger upset in the quarter-finals by knocking out Barcelona.
Semi-final 2: Liverpool v Roma. #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/GaKSr4OlGW
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The clash will be a reunion of sorts for Mohamed Salah, who spent the last two seasons at Roma before moving to Anfield last summer and evolving into an elite attacker for Liverpool.
Dates for the semi-final fixtures haven’t been announced.
