Real Madrid vs Chelsea

The Champions League has been whittled down to just eight contestants as the remaining teams found out their quarterfinal fate in Friday's draw at UEFA ...

When the pair worked together at Barcelona, the Spanish club twice won the Champions League. Benfica and Inter Milan make up the final two teams in the draw and both will likely be confident of reaching the semifinals. Napoli will also likely be confident of beating an AC Milan team that currently sits 20 points back in Serie A and only scraped past a beleaguered Tottenham with a 1-0 aggregate score in the previous round. Perhaps the most exciting team in Europe this season is Napoli, which is on course to win its first Serie A title since 1990 after opening up an 18-point lead at the top of the table. It was a historic result – Liverpool’s largest home defeat in Europe – with Real going on to comfortably see out the tie with a 1-0 win at the Bernabeu courtesy of Karim Benzema’s goal, taking the Frenchman’s Champions League tally to 89. [Champions League](http://cnn.com/2023/03/16/football/napoli-champions-league-frankfurt-quarterfinals-spt-intl/index.html) has been whittled down to just eight contestants as the remaining teams found out their quarterfinal fate in Friday’s draw at [UEFA](http://cnn.com/2023/03/07/football/liverpool-uefa-refund-champions-league-final-spt-intl/index.html) headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The quarterfinal field is set, with Real Madrid facing Chelsea and Man City vs. Bayern Munich. We break down the keys and predict who moves on.

[Fikayo Tomori](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/236210/Fikayo-Tomori). [Rodri](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231828/Rodri). [Goncalo Ramos](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/288896/Goncalo-Ramos). [Andre Onana](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/215340/Andre-Onana). [RB Leipzig](/soccer/team?id=11420) 7-0 in the second leg, with [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland) scoring five goals, and that display was a warning to all of their Champions League rivals. His partnership with [Kalidou Koulibaly](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150312/Kalidou-Koulibaly) is excellent and whoever is named as the third man in the defense -- [Marc Cucurella](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259910/Marc-Cucurella), [Benoit Badiashile](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/282585/Benoit-Badiashile), [Thiago Silva](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/96254/Thiago-Silva) -- will fit in nicely. And having kept [Harry Kane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/142200/Harry-Kane) quiet during the round-of-16 tie against Tottenham, [England](/soccer/team?id=448) defender Tomori is likely to be tasked with doing the same job here. The [Germany](/soccer/team?id=481) attacker can run at defenders, pick a pass and score goals -- in many ways he fits the profile of a perfect Guardiola player -- so he will be a major problem for City and Bayern's best hope. Guardiola may need to deploy [Ilkay Gundogan](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/131424/Ilkay-Gündogan) alongside Rodri in order to tilt the tie in City's favour. [Wesley Fofana](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/270190/Wesley-Fofana). The way they won at Anfield against [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) (5-2) in the last round reminded everybody of their strength. [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) vs.

Real Madrid face a familiar foe in their battle to defend the Champions League title this season after being paired with Chelsea in the quarterfinals.

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