UEFA Champions League Quarter-final draw: Reactions

UEFA Champions league quarter final draw announced

With the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals just being announced, here are the latest reactions from Twitter and the clubs involved.

First up, ITV’s take on the reaction of the managers of the two remaining English sides.

Chief Sports Writer of the Daily Telegraph has his say on the draw for the English sides.

Here is the official Twitter account of the Champions League, stating the bleeding obvious.

With Evra suspended for the first leg, what are Alexander Buttner’s chances, here is Andrew Thomas with the answer.

German Journalist Raphael Honigstein has a positive look at the draw for Manchester United.

What do the Parisians think about their draw with Chelsea.

Renowned Spanish Journalist Guillem Balague on his thoughts about the draw

Rory Smith on his pick of the clashes in the quarter-final.

Barcelona’s sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta happy about meeting a team they’ve yet to beat in three meetings this season:

“Considering the teams that were in the draw I don’t know if we would swap for anyone else as they would all be very tough ties. We are seeing in La Liga this season that Atletico are one of the strongest teams in Europe right now.”

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke isn’t too happy about how the day went down for his side.

“We would have liked to get someone else. Real is the world’s biggest football club. But there is no easy draw here at this stage. We just have to be as best prepared as possible. It will take an enormous effort from everyone to do well. Obviously we had a great team last year; whether or not we can raise the level of our game we will see.”

Final word from Bayern captain Philipp Lahm, who isn’t planning on taking the reigning English champions.

“We should not be blinded by their current position in the league because they have outstanding players. We have to perform according to what we can and if we do that we have good chances of reaching the semi-finals.”

This year’s final is to be held at Benfica’s Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on 24 May.

Quarter-final draw:

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund

Paris St-Germain v Chelsea

Manchester United v Bayern Munich

The first leg of the ties will be played on 1 & 2 April, with the second leg on 8 & 9 April.