Juventus were given a chance to avenge last year’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid when the two sides were drawn together for the quarter-finals of this year’s competition on Friday.
The last eight additionally created an all English blending as Premier League pioneers Manchester City were drawn against Liverpool, the main group to have beaten Pep Guardiola's side in the alliance this season.
In alternate ties, Barcelona will look AS Roma, bringing back troubled recollections for the Italian side who lost 6-1 on their last visit to Nou Camp in November 2015, and Sevilla, who beat Manchester United in the keep going around, will go up against Bayern Munich.
Juventus, who will have the principal leg, were pounded 4-1 by Real in last season's last in Cardiff, in spite of the fact that the Turin side proved to be the best when they last met more than two legs, in the semi-finals in 2015.
Generally speaking, the groups have confronted each other 19 times with eight wins for Juve, nine for Real — including 1998 last — and two draws.
Liverpool's tie against Manchester City will be the principal meeting between English sides in the quarter-finals since 2010/11 when Chelsea confronted Manchester United.
The city has won just a single of their last eight gatherings with Liverpool in all rivalries, in the event that you bar their punishment shootout triumph in the 2016 League Cup last.
Previous Roma stalwart Francesco Totti said his previous group, who are viewed as the outcasts close by Sevilla, ought not to be stressed over confronting Barca.
"Football is wonderful in light of the fact that anything can happen, particularly in this kind of recreations," he said. "We've just progressed significantly, competing in front of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid in the gathering stage and thumping out Shakhtar Donetsk."
Bayern, the runaway Bundesliga pioneers, guaranteed they would not think little of Sevilla.
"Sevilla is not a simple group. They dispensed with Manchester United," said Bayern sports chief Hasan Salihamidzic.
"It positively is no simple draw, they didn't come through to this phase coincidentally," included midfielder David Alaba.
The main legs will be played on April 3/4 with the arrival matches one week later.
The last eight additionally created an all English blending as Premier League pioneers Manchester City were drawn against Liverpool, the main group to have beaten Pep Guardiola's side in the alliance this season.
In alternate ties, Barcelona will look AS Roma, bringing back troubled recollections for the Italian side who lost 6-1 on their last visit to Nou Camp in November 2015, and Sevilla, who beat Manchester United in the keep going around, will go up against Bayern Munich.
Juventus, who will have the principal leg, were pounded 4-1 by Real in last season's last in Cardiff, in spite of the fact that the Turin side proved to be the best when they last met more than two legs, in the semi-finals in 2015.
Generally speaking, the groups have confronted each other 19 times with eight wins for Juve, nine for Real — including 1998 last — and two draws.
Liverpool's tie against Manchester City will be the principal meeting between English sides in the quarter-finals since 2010/11 when Chelsea confronted Manchester United.
The city has won just a single of their last eight gatherings with Liverpool in all rivalries, in the event that you bar their punishment shootout triumph in the 2016 League Cup last.
Previous Roma stalwart Francesco Totti said his previous group, who are viewed as the outcasts close by Sevilla, ought not to be stressed over confronting Barca.
"Football is wonderful in light of the fact that anything can happen, particularly in this kind of recreations," he said. "We've just progressed significantly, competing in front of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid in the gathering stage and thumping out Shakhtar Donetsk."
Bayern, the runaway Bundesliga pioneers, guaranteed they would not think little of Sevilla.
"Sevilla is not a simple group. They dispensed with Manchester United," said Bayern sports chief Hasan Salihamidzic.
"It positively is no simple draw, they didn't come through to this phase coincidentally," included midfielder David Alaba.
The main legs will be played on April 3/4 with the arrival matches one week later.
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