The draw for EUFA Champion League quarter final is set to be held on Friday at 12.00 CET IN Nyon Switzerland at the EUFA Headquarters.
Manchester United and Dortmund yesterday joined eight other teams that had qualified in the next stage, the list consists reigning Champions Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
For the second season running, Spain provides three teams in the last eight, with Germany and England each supplying two quarter-finalists and Paris Saint-Germain being France’s sole representatives.
United and Dortmund’s successes also mean that, for the first time in the UEFA Champions League era, all eight group winners have made it into the quarter-finals.
Before last term, PSG had not reached the last eight in 18 years but they are now in the draw for the second campaign in a row.
Atlético de Madrid makes a long-awaited return to the quarter-finals, where they last figured in 1996/97 season.
At the other end of the scale holders FC Bayern München, Dortmund, Madrid, Paris and FC Barcelona all contested the 2012/13 last eight.
The semi-final draw follows in Nyon on 11 April, and those games will take place on 22/23 April and 29/30 April. The 2013/14 UEFA Champions League final will be held on Saturday 24 May in, Lisbon.
AUTHOR:Paul Ojenge (Polosa)/ UEFA