LIVE UPDATE: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - DRAW

 
Good morning and welcome to WORDSOFT live commentary of the UEFA champions league quarter final draw taking place in Nyon, Switzerland.

The quarter-finals of this year's Champions League now have all eight participants, but Manchester City will not be one of them.

Here comes the Draw
Atletico Madrid v Leicester City
Borussia Dortmund v Monaco
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid

Juventus v Barcelona

Leicester's tie is a repeat of a Uefa Cup tie from the 1997-98 season, which Atletico won.


Rush is asked what it would be like for Gareth Bale to reach a Champions Legaue final with Real Madrid at Cardiff:

"He's one of the best players, if not the best player in the world. For Welsh supporters, it would be a dream come true for lots of Welsh supporters."
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 Champions League draw

Uefa competitions director Giorgio Marchetti (who looks like Claudio Ranieri) has been introduced on the stage.
He's also just mentioned Leicester City... hmm coincidence.
"Your story is beautiful and a lesson to us all," Ranieri said, er Marchetti.
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 Champions League draw

The signature tune has been sung, the suited crowd in Nyon have weakly applauded.
Presenter Pedro Pinto is trying to build up the tension.
There will no doubt now be a mini-review.
Ah yes, on cue.

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Today's runners and riders

A quick reminder of which teams are left – just one from England, France and Italy while Spain have three teams and Germany two…

Atletico Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Mnich
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Leicester City
Monaco
Real Madrid

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Pep Guardiola's men let slip a two-goal advantage on Wednesday, as Monaco battled back to win a pulsating tie on away goals.

The Ligue 1 leaders join Leicester City, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich on the list of teams safely through to the last eight.

With the draw to decide the matchups for the quarter-finals coming up on Friday, here is all you need to know about the next round of Europe's top competition.

The quarter-final draw is open and unseeded, so the teams are unranked and clubs from the same country can face each other. Put simply, it is a totally random draw and anyone can face anyone.

The clubs that come out of the hat first for each tie will play the first leg at home.

When will the matches be played?

The first legs will be on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 April, with the returns on 18 and 19 April.