The European club champion Real Madrid will play again with its fellow citizens from Atletico at decisive stages in the Champions League, decided the draw today. The two teams will meet in the semi-finals, and the other pair is Monaco-Juventus.
Real Madrid and Monaco are the hosts in the first match on 2 and 3 May. The winner of the Franco-Italian clash is a symbolic host the final in Cardiff. Real has twice stopped the dreams of Atletico beating it in the finals in 2014 and 2016.
`Now is the perfect time to get even!`, wrote Filipe Luis on his Twitter account.
Monaco, who since he was in the group stage, has scored 24 goals, will have the challenge of solid protection of Juventus, which has had just two hits in the campaign.
`Monaco! A strong team with a lot of talented players and some impressive results this season. But our aim is clear and I have nothing more to say.`, said Sami Khedira, back on Twitter.
The team from the Mediterranean country has never won the Champions League but lost the final in 2004. With Juventus, they met at the semifinals in 1997/1998, but Juventus qualified for the decisive battle.
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