The draw was made at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday morning |
Pep
Guardiola will be reunited with Barcelona after his Bayern Munich were
paired with the Catalan giants in the Champions League semi-finals.
The
manager is to return to the Nou Camp for the first time since leaving
in 2012. Real Madrid face Juventus in the other semi-final.
The first legs will take place on May 5/6 with the returns the following week.
But it is the match-up between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, Coach Pep Guardiola returns to the club where he made his name and that throws up the most exciting prospect.
The Bayern side swept Porto aside this week, hammering them 6-1 after suffering a surprise defeat in the first leg.
Barcelona,
meanwhile, were relentless in their pursuit of a last-four place,
beating Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Paris Saint-Germain comfortably.
Pep Guardiola is to return to the Nou Camp as Bayern Munich face Barcelona in the Champions League |
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique will be going up against their former boss Guardiola in the last four |
Carlo
Ancelotti's Real Madrid side secured their place in the last four by
sneaking past city rivals Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, thanks to Javier
Hernandez's last-gasp winner.
That saw
Real through to the semi-finals for a fifth year in a row, although
Juventus will look to halt their quest to become the first side to
retain the Champions League.
The
'Old Lady' have the best record of all the semi-finalists, having
progressed to the final on seven of their 10 appearances at this
juncture.
This
is the first time Juventus have made the last-four of UEFA's flagship
club competition since 2003, when a Pavel Nedved-inspired side won the
second leg against Real 3-1 - 4-3 on aggregate - overturning a 2-1
first-leg deficit.
Javier Hernandez scored a last-gasp winner for Real Madrid against Atletico to put them into the semi-final |
JUVENTUS vs REAL MADRID -
HEAD TO HEAD
Champions League only:
Juventus wins - 5
Draws - 1
Real Madrid wins - 5
BARCELONA vs BAYERN MUNICH -
HEAD TO HEAD
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