At 19:00 Beijing time on March 18, the draw for the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Champions League season was announced. Compared with the top four teams in The First Half of Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, the four strongest teams in La Liga, any team that breaks through will lose its skin. The other two title-winning favourites in the second half, Bayern and Liverpool, are undoubtedly much better off.
Bayern have won Villarreal and Emery's side are currently only 7th in La Liga. Liverpool drew the weakest of the quarter-finals, Benfica, who was even only 3rd in the Portuguese Premier League, 12 points behind the leader Porto.
In addition to the weak paper strength of the opponent, from the perspective of historical confrontation, Bayern Liverpool is also a favored side. Under Klopp, the Reds have won six consecutive victories over the Portuguese Super League. However, it is the Portuguese Super League hegemon Porto who has been cut down by Liverpool, and benfica, who is now no longer in the Portuguese Premier League table, wants to change his life for the Portuguese Super League, which is undoubtedly quite difficult.
As for Bayern, the record against La Liga is even more one-sided. Bayern have an unbeaten record of 5 wins and 2 draws in their last seven Champions League games against Spain, and they have scored 23 goals in these 7 games, and the firepower is very fierce. In addition to this, Bayern are still holding the longest unbeaten run against a Spanish team in their history in European competitions.
Not surprisingly, Bayern and Liverpool will meet in the semi-finals. In the season when Liverpool won the title, Klopp had cut Down Bayern Kovac in the round of 16. If the two sides succeed in meeting in the semi-finals, the reunion of the two champions is undoubtedly quite exciting.