There will be an all-Spanish tie in the quarters, as FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid face off.
There are now just eight teams remaining in the 2025/26 Champions League, and three of them are Spanish. That means LALIGA EA SPORTS is the league with the most representatives in the quarter-finals, while there are also two English clubs, one German, one French and one Portuguese. Click this link https://a.meridianbet.ke/c/C7pYjz to start gaming and stand a chance of winning big with Meridianbet.
FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, the current top three of LALIGA EA SPORTS, have all made it to the final eight, keeping up the run of at least one Spanish club reaching the quarter-finals every season since 2005/06.
This year, they all made it through with convincing victories in their Round of 16 ties, each against English opposition. Real Madrid already did half the job in their first leg against Manchester City, winning 3-0 via a spectacular Fede Valverde hat-trick, before going on to make it a 5-1 aggregate victory. FC Barcelona played away in the first leg, drawing 1-1 at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park, before achieving a huge 7-2 win at the Spotify Camp Nou for an 8-3 aggregate win. And, Atlético de Madrid’s 5-2 first leg win in Spain against Tottenham was a significant enough margin, as they ultimately won their tie 7-5.
The Champions League quarter-final ties
Now, thoughts turn to the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League, where Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich and where there will be an all-Spanish affair as FC Barcelona take on Atlético de Madrid. That means it’s guaranteed that there will be at least one LALIGA EA SPORTS club in the semi-final, just one round away from the final in Budapest.
Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich is a classic fixture of European football, with the German club being the non-Spanish team Los Blancos have faced the most often in their history. There have been 28 total meetings, and the head-to-head record is very tight, with 13 Real Madrid victories, 11 Bayern Munich wins and four draws. However, the Spanish side have had the far better record in recent years, avoiding defeat against the club from Bavaria across their past nine meetings, winning seven and drawing two of them. Not since the famous penalty shootout of the 2011/12 edition have Los Blancos been knocked out by this opponent.
In the case of FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, these clubs have already played a two-legged tie this season, in the Copa del Rey. Then, Atleti thrashed Los Azulgranas 4-0 in the first leg in Madrid, before hanging on to progress to the final despite a 3-0 defeat in Catalonia. It’ll be interesting to see if Diego Simeone’s men can repeat that success, and also the feats of 2014 and 2016 when the club reached the Champions League final by eliminating Barça in the quarters on both occasions.
The Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich first leg will take place at the Bernabéu on April 7th, before the return leg in Germany on the 15th. Meanwhile, FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid will first square off at the Spotify Camp Nou on April 8th, before the second leg at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on the 14th.
There is also a meeting between Diego Simeone’s and Hansi Flick’s sides in LALIGA EA SPORTS on April 4th, so these two clubs will really get to know each other as the business end of the season ramps up.
