Champions League quarter-finals: Who has progressed and the potential semi-final matchups

Barcelona crushed Newcastle 7-2 in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie at Camp Nou on Wednesday to progress to the quarter-finals with an 8-3 aggregate win. Liverpool also progressed with a 4-0 win over Galatasaray as they reversed the 1-0 away defeat from the first leg, while Tottenham secured a 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid at home but lost 7-5 on aggregate.

Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals, while Liverpool have been drawn against defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Barca, Liverpool, Bayen reach UCL quarter-finals

Bayern Munich won 4-1 against Atalanta and progressed 10-2 on aggregate. They will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals. Madrid defeated Manchester City 5-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.

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Newcastle, who had secured a 1-1 draw in the first leg, started the second tie spiritedly, scoring twice in the first half through Anthony Elanga, who helped cancel goals from Raphinha and Marc Bernal, but a Lamine Yamal penalty at the stroke of half-time gave Barca a 3-2 lead.

Barcelona killed the game in the second half with a brace from Robert Lewandowski and goals from Raphinha and Fermin Lopez.

"The first half was really tough and the third for us helped us a lot. At half-time, we said that the solution was to play on the front foot and play our game. We did that in the second half and I am very happy," Barca coach Hansi Flick said after the match.

On Barcelona's chances of winning the Champions League, Flick said: "This is the Champions League and there are no easy games. We have to take it one step at a time."

For Liverpool, Dominik Szoboszlai, Hugo Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah scored a goal each as they made Galatasaray pay a price for failing to score more than one goal in the first leg. Liverpool progressed to the quarter-finals with a 4-1 aggregate win.

For Spurs, Xavi Simons struck twice, while Randal Kolo Muani scored one in their 3-2 win over Atleti. Julian Alvarez and David Hancko were goal-scorers for the Spanish team. Atletico progressed as a result of their 5-2 win in the first leg.

Champions League quarter-finals and potential semi-finals

Paris Saint-Germain vs Liverpool

Real Madrid vs Bayern München

Barcelona vs Atlético de Madrid

Sporting CP vs Arsenal

Champions League quarter-finals will be played on 7/8 and 14/15 April 2026.

Potential semi-finals

The winner of the Barcelona vs Atlético de Madrid match will face the winner of the Sporting CP vs Arsenal match in the semi-finals

The winner of Paris Saint-Germain vs Liverpool will take on the winner of Real Madrid vs Bayern München.