{"id":62703,"date":"2025-03-13T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62703"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:45:42","slug":"champions-league-quarter-final-showdowns-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/13\/champions-league-quarter-final-showdowns-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Quarter-Final Showdowns Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UEFA Champions League quarter-final lineup is confirmed, with eight top teams set to battle for European supremacy following a thrilling Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s quarter-finals will feature two teams each from England, Spain, and Germany, along with one representative from France and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Aston Villa will fly the English flag, while Real Madrid and Barcelona represent Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s hopes rest on Bayern M\u00fcnchen and Borussia Dortmund, with Paris Saint-Germain carrying France\u2019s ambitions and Inter Milan standing as Italy\u2019s lone contender.<\/p>\n<p>The Round of 16 delivered high-intensity drama, with Real Madrid edging past Atletico Madrid in a nerve-wracking penalty shootout. Paris Saint-Germain also advanced via penalties after knocking out Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal produced a stunning performance, crushing PSV Eindhoven 9-3 on aggregate, while Aston Villa, Inter Milan, and Borussia Dortmund secured their spots with dominant displays.<\/p>\n<p>The quarter-finals will kick off on April 8, with Arsenal hosting Real Madrid and Bayern M\u00fcnchen facing Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The action continues on April 9 as Paris Saint-Germain take on Aston Villa, while Barcelona battle Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>The return legs are set for April 15 and 16, where the teams will fight for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>With these matchups set to ignite in April, football fans can expect nothing short of drama, passion, and unforgettable moments in the race for Champions League glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The UEFA Champions League quarter-final lineup is confirmed, with eight top teams set to battle for European supremacy following a thrilling Round of 16. This year\u2019s quarter-finals will feature two teams each from England, Spain, and Germany, along with one representative from France and Italy. Arsenal and Aston Villa will fly the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62705,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62703\/revisions\/62705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}