8 talking points as UEFA champions league return on August 7th
The UEFA Champions League will return on Friday night as Juventus take on Lyon and Barcelona face Napoli.



The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League took place on Friday July 10 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland with.

The Champions League will play out as an eight-team knockout tournament taking place in Lisbon between August 12-23.


As the Champions league return here is are top 8 talking points;

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lyon

Juventus will host Lyon in the Round of 16 knockout stage second leg.

The Italian champion lost to Lyon in France, they will need to win their Friday game with at least 2 goals to confirm their qualification for the next round.

Guardiola vs Zidane

Manchester city will host Real Madrid in the second game of Friday night.

Manchester city won 2-1 the last time they visit Barnebeu, now Real Madrid need to win the game with at least 2 goals advantage to advance to the next stage.

Cristiano might face Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo might get the chance to face his former team, Real Madrid.

If Juventus beat Lyon and Real Madrid win Manchester city, then CR7 will be ready to face the team where he had spent most essential part of his career with.

Messi vs Napoli

Barcelona will play against Napoli on a neutral ground in Lisbon.

The Catalan giant held Napoli to a 1-1 draw in their first leg encounter, Barcelona will need the Magical Messi to step up his game in the quarter final as Barcelona face off with Gattuso's Napoli.

Chelsea vs Bayern Munich

Chelsea vs Bayern Munich is a game all football fans are anticipating.

The first leg of the game saw Bayern Munich defeat Chelsea 3-0 in Stamford bridge.

Chelsea football club is battling with players injury as some first 11 team players won't make the trip to Lisbon.

Atalanta vs PSG

Atalanta will play PSG in the UEFA Champions League quarter finals game.

PSG will be facing one of the under dogs in the competition, Atalanta is a team that scored 99 goals in a single Seria A season.

The teams first eleven are all scorers of goals except goal keeper.

Any team that want to stop Atalanta will need to mark all eleven players on the field.

Kylian Mbappe Injury

Kylian Mbappe was injured in PSG cup final game against saint-etienne, his numbers of days on the sideline is not yet known, but the player might not be available for the team game against Atalanta.

Diego Simeone vs Liepzip

This is a very crucial match for new comer RB Liepzip.

Liepzip will face Atletico Madrid in their UEFA champions league quarter final game.

The only thing fascinating in this encounter, is the fact that Diego Simeone has not lost a champions league knockout game against a Club without Cristiano Ronaldo.

The UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE knockout game will kick off on Friday 7th of August.


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nice.....thats bayern vs Chelsea is what everybody is waiting for...cant wait to see Chelsea shock bayern and qualify to the next round..
****passes the weed to Ezekiel***