Having secured a spot within the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League with their win over SL Benfica final night time, FC Barcelona have now discovered their opponent for the upcoming stage of the competitors.
In contrast to up to now, the place attracts would happen after every knockout part, the Champions League this season has an outlined path for groups with the bracket being outlined quickly after the knockout playoffs.
As such, Barça had two potential opponents for the quarter-finals in Borussia Dortmund and Lille. And it’s the German membership who will lock horns with the La Liga leaders within the remaining eight.
Set to face-off as soon as once more. (Photograph by Fabio Deinert/Getty Photos for Qatar Airways)
Having performed out a 1-1 draw within the first leg of their Spherical-of-16 tie in Germany final week, Dortmund managed to safe a 2-1 win in tonight’s second leg thus establishing a date with Barcelona within the quarter-finals.
Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund already confronted off this season within the league part, securing a hard-fought 3-2 win at Sign Iduna Park, with Ferran Torres shining with a match-winning brace.
Since then, the Bundesliga membership have had a change of managers, with Niko Kovac taking the reins from Nuri Sahin.
The primary leg of the quarter-finals will likely be performed at residence at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic (8-9 April). The reverse fixture will happen at Sign Iduna Park (15-16 April).
Ought to the Blaugrana prevail and make it to the semi-finals, they are going to face the winners of the tie between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich.