The draw for the Quarter Finals of the Champions league and Europa League took place on Friday, March 15, 2013. There were some very interesting match in both of the European competitions. The Europa league and Champions league will have a new title holder because previous holders Chelsea got knocked by Donetsk in the group stages. Athletico also got knocked out by Rubin Kazan in the group stages of the Europa League. Chelsea became the first London based team to win the Champions league and were the first title holders to be knocked out in the group stages. Chelsea's Champions league run last year involved luck and teamwork. On their way to the final they beat Benfica, came back against Napoli and beat Barcelona. They also beat Bayern in the final on penalties. Athletico Madrid won the competition with ease because of hit-man Falcao. Falcao had an amazing run and scored in almost every game. The draw is:
UEFA Champions League-
The champions league draw was an interesting one. Malaga face Dortmund, Real Madrid face Galatasaray, PSG face Barcelona and Bayer Munich face Juventus. The stand out fixtures for me would be PSG vs. Barcelona and Bayern vs Juventus. There are 3 Spanish sides left in the competition and 2 German sides but no English teams. My predictions for the first leg are:
- Malaga 1-2 Dortmund
- Real Madrid 4-0 Galatasaray
- PSG 1-3 Barcelona
- Bayern 2-0 Juventus.
UEFA Europa League-
The Europa league has 3 English teams in it. Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle. Chelsea face Rubin Kazan who knocked out holders Athletico Madrid. Tottenham face Basel who bravely won against Zenit. Fenerbache face high-flying Lazio and Benfica face the rejuvenated Newcastle. Chelsea came to the competition because they finished 3rd in their Champions League group and so the were demoted to the Europa League. Tottenham had finished 4th last season meaning they qualified for Champions league and because Chelsea won it last year but didn't finish in a Champions League qualification spot last year. So Tottenham play in the Europa League and Chelsea play in the Champions League. My predictions for the first leg are:
- Chelsea 2-0 Rubin Kazan
- Tottenham 4-1 Basel
- Fenerbache 1-3 Lazio
- Benfica 1-1 Newcastle
What do you predict?
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