Champions League draw as it happened: Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid, Monaco vs Juventus in the last four
After a dramatic quarter-final round the final four will learn their fate
Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Monaco will make up Friday's Champions League semi-final draw after safely progressing from the last eight.
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Preview
And then there were four.
After a dramatic set of quarter-finals only the best four teams in Europe remain with a place in the showpiece final in Cardiff now only two games away.
Real Madrid survived an epic two-legged to and fro with Bayern Munich thanks to some typical Herculean Cristiano Ronaldo heroics while city rivals Atletico join them after seeing off a stubborn Leicester over two legs.
Juventus produced a defensive masterclass to beat Barcelona and keep Leo Messi and Co scoreless over both legs while Monacobecame the fourth team in the hat with a hugely impressive win over Borussia Dortmund.
All that remains to be decided is who is going to play who for a place in June's final.
When is the draw?
The draw takes place in Nyon on Friday 21 April, following the completion of the quarter final ties on Wednesday.
What time is the draw?
Proceedings will begin at 11.00am BST, with the draw following shortly after.
Where can I watch it?
It will be shown live on BT Sport 2.
If, however, you cannot watch the draw, you can bookmark this article which will turn into The Independent’s live blog.
How does it work?
As per usual at this stage of the competition, the draw is unseeded and there will be no ‘country protection’, meaning teams from the same domestic league can be drawn against each other.
The team drawn first will play the first leg at home, with those drawn second away.
When will the Champions League semi-finals take place?
This year’s semi-final first legs will be played on 2 and 3 May, with the return legs played the following week across 9 and 10 May.
After witnessing Madrid's progression, Miguel went eastwards to Barcelona, where he saw Luis Enrique's side fail to conjure up their second remontada of the season.
Juventus' 'mountain' proved too tough to climb, and the Serie A champions' defence stands them in good stead for the rest of the competition.
There are no British clubs in the final four after Leicester's elimination, but their conquerors, Atletico Madrid, are at least proponents of a certain 'British' style.
Here's Jack Pitt-Brooke's take from watching Diego Simeone's defensively resolute side.
Here we go...
Pedro Pinto is our host with the most, and our first montage takes us round Cardiff, the host city for this year's final.
Carwyn Jones, the first minister of Wales, lets us know that Cardiff is ready to host a football match in over a month's time.
That's good. How about we do the draw now?
Some nice, yet #sponsored, content from the official account moments before the draw...
Our second montage shows clips from each of the semi-finalists' campaigns so far.
Not that my opinion means much, but I may be one of the few who'd like to see another Madrid derby in the final and see Atletico win through this time. It just feels right.
Clemente Villaverde, Pavel Nedved, Emilio Butragueno and Ludovic Giuly are here to say a few empty platitudes on behalf of their former clubs.
Giorgio Marchetti's here, which means we're about to start any minute now...
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