Semi-finals fixtures confirmed and how they match up

The road to Kyiv has been a riveting journey and with the excitement of the quarter finals behind us fans can now look forward to what is in store for the semi-finals. Real Madrid, Liverpool, AS Roma and Bayern Munich emerged as the would be challengers harbouring hopes to win the most coveted prize in European football.

Friday's draw confirmed the fixtures for the semi-finals and fans will be glad to know that that the prospect of a dream Champions League final could still be on the cards matching two of most exciting teams in this season's tournament if Real Madrid and Liverpool advance to the grandest stage of them all, and not to mention the illustrious history behind two clubs in the competition.

With that let's see how each of the teams will match up ahead of the semi-finals.

Liverpool vs AS Roma 
Probably the most interesting tie of the two as its been some time since either side has made an appearance at this stage. Liverpool make their first appearance at this stage for the first time in 10 years while for Roma its only the second time in their history they play in the semi-finals. 

More intriguing thing though will be in seeing how the contrasting styles will match up over the two legs. Roma like most Italian team are defence first side and have only conceded only six goals throughout the tournament and even shut out Lionel Messi and co on their way to stunning the Catalans in a 3-0 win. The Giallorossi, however, are more than just defensive side as displayed a robustness and physicality in dispatching Barcelona and having already tasted victory against English opposition, against Chelsea, they should prove a handful being this season's surprise package.


Liverpool entered into the knockout stages as dark horses and emerged from the quarter finals rightfully  along with Madrid as favourites to make their way to the final. The Reds are on the positive in terms of goals scored and conceded this season having scored 33 and only 7 going the other way. There's also the small matter of Mo Salah facing his old side and his reception when he returns to Rome for the return leg.

Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid 
In the battle of experience former winners and regulars at this stage Bayern Munich take on defending champions Real Madrid face off in yet another classic between the giants of the competition in recent years. Bayern last won the Champions League five years ago where they blew away all opposition under Juup Heynkes. Heynkes returned to take the reigns this season taking over from Carlo Ancellotti and will be hoping their German mentor can mastermind them to the trophy yet again.

But to do that though they'll have to negotiate their past a side they've found hard to beat, and obviously have to stop talisman Cristiano Ronaldo from scoring against them yet again. Ronaldo has scored more goals against Bayern than any other player in Champions League history and he may yet again prove the catalyst for the Spaniards as they look to win a third successive European title.