Chelsea are on monitor to fulfill reigning champions Barcelona within the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League semifinals, which may mark a matchup of two outgoing managers hoping to go away a mark earlier than they transfer to the USA.
The potential high-profile semifinal assembly is poised to be a significant second for each Chelsea’s Emma Hayes and Barcelona’s Jonatan Giraldez, who will start their respective new jobs on the U.S. ladies’s nationwide crew and the NWSL’s Washington Spirit upon the conclusion of the season. For Hayes specifically, this season is her final likelihood to win the one trophy that has eluded her throughout her illustrious profession with Chelsea however Barcelona is taken into account the most important hurdle for any crew eyeing the prize.
Each side must get via the quarterfinals first, although, when Chelsea are scheduled to play Ajax and Barcelona will tackle Brann.
This 12 months’s final eight discovered their paths to the ultimate via the quarterfinal and semifinal draw on Tuesday, which noticed the favorites e-book favorable paths to the penultimate stage of the match. Eight-time Champions League winners Lyon will tackle Benfica within the quarterfinals, which may arrange a battle with fellow French aspect Paris Saint-Germain within the semifinals in the event that they beat Hacken.
The 2-legged quarterfinals are scheduled for March 19 and March 27, with the semifinals set to happen a month later. The ultimate is on the calendar for Might 25 at San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.
See beneath for the Champions League knockout stage bracket.
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UEFA Ladies’s Champions League knockout stage bracket
Quarterfinals
March 19
- Ajax vs. Chelsea
- Brann vs. Barcelona
- Benfica vs. Lyon
- Hacken vs. PSG
March 27
- Chelsea vs. Ajax
- Barcelona vs. Brann
- Lyon vs. Benfica
- PSG vs. Hacken
Semifinals
April 20
- Barcelona or Brann vs. Chelsea or Ajax
- Lyon or Benfica vs. PSG or Hacken
April 27
- Chelsea or Ajax vs. Barcelona or Brann
- PSG or Hacken vs. Lyon or Benfica
Closing
Might 25
- Winner of semifinal one vs. Winner of semifinal two
