Make way for the Europa League! A few minutes after the draw for the Champions League, UEFA proceeded with the draw for the quarter-finals of the Europa League! We now know the posters which will take place on April 11 (first legs) and April 18 (return matches).
The only French representative in the competition, Olympique de Marseille will face Benfica. The Marseille club will travel to the first leg and will host the Portuguese team at the Stade Velodrome in the second leg in an atmosphere that promises to be heated.
Here are all the quarter-final matches:
AC Milan – AS Roma
Liverpool – Atalanta
Bayer Leverkusen – West Ham
Benfica Lisbon – Olympique de Marseille
The semi-final table revealed
In addition to the draw for these quarter-finals, we also know the potential matches which will take place in the semi-finals of the tournament. Thus the winner of the match between Liverpool and Atalanta Munich will face the winner of the match between Benfica Lisbon and Olympique de Marseille.
On the other hand, the winner of the double confrontation between Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham will face AC Milan or AS Roma in the last four.