Manchester City will play Juventus or Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals, should they progress against Real Madrid. Their path to the final would then be blocked by Napoli, Barcelona, Chelsea or Bayern Munich.
City hold a 2-1 advantage over Real going into their last-16 second leg at the Etihad Stadium early next month. Pep Guardiola said Sergio Agüero would miss that game because of a knee injury and it is understood the striker has a 50-50 chance of playing in the tournament if City progress. Juventus take on Lyon in Turin trailing 1-0.
The draw opens up the possibility of Guardiola facing one of his former clubs in the semi-final. City’s manager was a highly decorated player and coach at Barcelona, who drew 1-1 at Napoli in their opening leg, and also had a successful spell in charge of Bayern.
Chelsea, the only other British club remaining in the competition, will face Barcelona or Napoli if they overturn a 3-0 deficit against Bayern in Germany in the last 16.
Four teams reached the quarter-finals before the pandemic forced football to stop and they have been drawn to face each other in the quarter-finals, with RB Leipzig taking on Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain facing Atalanta. The winners will then meet in that semi-final.
Route to the final
Last-16 second legs
Manchester City (2) v Real Madrid (1)
Bayern Munich (3) v Chelsea (0)
Juventus (0) v Lyon (1)
Barcelona (1) v Napoli (1)
Quarter-finals
1. Real Madrid/Manchester City v Lyon/Juventus
2. RB Leipzig v Atlético Madrid
3. Napoli/Barcelona v Chelsea/Bayern Munich
4. Atalanta v PSG
Semi-finals
Winner quarter-final 1 v winner quarter-final 3
Winner quarter-final 2 v winner quarter-final 4
Final 23 August, Lisbon
City have previously faced Juventus and Lyon in the Champions League. Two years ago they lost a home group game 2-1 to Lyon then drew the return 2-2. In 2015, again in the group stage, City lost 2-1 at home to Juventus, then 1-0 in Turin.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals are to be played as straight knockouts in Lisbon, with the final also in the Portuguese capital. The mini-tournament starts there on 12 August and finishes 11 days later.
In the Europa League, Manchester United stand to face Copenhagen or Istanbul Basaksehir in the quarter-finals and could then play Wolves in the semi-final. Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side lead Lask 5-0 going into their last-16 second leg at Old Trafford – to be played on 5 or 6 August – and appear certain to progress.
Route to the final
Last 16
Copenhagen (0) v Istanbul Başakşehir (1)
Wolves (1) v Olympiakos (1)
Bayer Leverkusen (3) v Rangers (1)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2) v Wolfsburg (1)
Internazionale v Getafe - one-off game
Sevilla v Roma - one-off game
Basel (3) v Eintracht Frankfurt (0)
Manchester United (5) v Lask Linsk (0)
Quarter-finals
1. Wolfsburg/Shakhtar v Eintracht Frankfurt/Basel
2. Lask/Manchester United v İstanbul Başakşehir/Copenhagen
3. Internazionale/Getafe v Rangers/Leverkusen
4. Olympiakos/Wolves v Sevilla/Roma
Semi-finals
Winner quarter-final 1 v winner quarter-final 3
Winner quarter-final 2 v winner quarter-final 4
Final
Cologne, 21 August
Wolves will play Sevilla or Roma if they overcome Olympiakos, with whom they drew 1-1 in Greece. One of those teams will then face United, Copenhagen or Istanbul Basaksehir.
Rangers face a tough task to overturn a 3-1 first-leg home defeat by Bayer Leverkusen but will face Internazionale or Getafe if they progress. In the other quarter-final Shakhtar Donetsk or Wolfsburg will play Eintracht Frankfurt or Basel.
Sevilla, Roma, Inter and Getafe were not able to play their first legs so those ties will be one-off matches in Germany, where all games from the quarter-finals will be played from 10-21 August.
