{"id":3238,"date":"2025-02-21T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:57:39","slug":"uefa-champions-league-draw-and-the-road-to-the-final-madrid-derby-and-a-fiery-clash-for-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=3238","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League Draw and the Road to the Final \u2013 Madrid Derby and a Fiery Clash for Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Al-Wadi \/ Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UEFA Champions League draw has resulted in thrilling matchups in the Round of 16, as well as an intense path to the final featuring major clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid will face their city rivals Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Madrid Derby, while a German showdown awaits between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 16.<br>Liverpool, on the other hand, is set to take on Paris Saint-Germain in an early fiery encounter for the Reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, and Arsenal are all on the same side of the bracket, competing for a spot in the final.<br>On the other side, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and Bayer Leverkusen are in contention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams mentioned first will host the first leg if they advanced from the playoffs, while the directly qualified teams for the Round of 16 will play the second leg at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Round of 16 matches will take place on the following dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First leg: March 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second leg: March 11 and 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The quarter-finals will be played on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First leg: April 8 and 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second leg: April 15 and 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The semi-finals are scheduled for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First leg: April 29 and 30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second leg: May 6 and 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The final will be held at Allianz Arena on May 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Wadi \/ Agencies The UEFA Champions League draw has resulted in thrilling matchups in the Round of 16, as well as an intense path to the final featuring major clashes.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions\/3240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}