“Champions League 2025/26 Semi-Finals Set: Four Giants, One Dream”
Kathmandu, April 16
The semi-final equation of the ongoing season 2025-26 UEFA Champions League football has been decided. After the last two matches of the quarter-final stage, all 4 teams that will reach the last four have been decided. Now, clubs from 4 different countries will compete for entry into the final. Along with the 15th-time champion Real Madrid, who is considered the main title contender, another Spanish team Barcelona was also eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Which team from which country is in the semi-finals?
1. Arsenal (Premier League, England)
2. Atletico Madrid (La Liga, Spain)
3. Bayern Munich (Bundesliga, Germany)
4. PSG (Ligue 1, France)
Which team won and how?
The most goals in the quarter-finals were scored in the match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. In the first leg of that match, Bayern won 1-2 at Real’s home, while Bayern also won the second leg at home 4-3. Thus, Bayern won 6-4 on aggregate. This is the match with the most goals scored in the last eight.
The match between English club Arsenal and Portuguese club Sporting was also scored only 1 goal in both legs. Arsenal reached the semi-finals with a 1-0 result. No goals were scored in the second leg at Arsenal’s home ground last night. Before that, Arsenal saved a 1-goal lead in the first leg at Sporting’s home and won 1-0 on aggregate. This is also the match with the fewest goals in the last eight.
The next match is the match between Liverpool and PSG. PSG won 4-0 on aggregate against the English team. Defending champions PSG won both the home and away legs 2-0. In the next match, two of Spain’s top teams, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, faced off. Atletico beat Barcelona 0-2 at home in the first leg. Barcelona beat Atletico 1-2 at home in the second leg, but Atletico beat Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate to enter the semi-finals.
Which team has won the most titles in the semi-finals?
Of the four teams that have reached the semi-finals this season, Bayern Munich has won the title the most times, six times. This team won the title by defeating PSG in the 2019-20 season. Now these two teams have met in the semi-finals this time. Bayern has won the title six times so far, while PSG has won it only once. PSG won the Champions League for the first time last season. But Atletico Madrid and Arsenal have won the Champions League so far. In this way, two of the 4 teams that have reached the semi-finals want to win this title for the first time this year.
When will the semi-finals start?
Now the semi-finals will start on April 29. There will be two-leg matches in the semi-finals, home and away. Now in one match, former champion teams PSG and Bayern Munich will face each other, while in the other match, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, who have not won this competition so far, will face each other. Let’s see the match times below –
First leg –
PSG vs. Bayern: April 29, 12:45 AM
Atlético Madrid vs. Arsenal: April 30, 12:45 AM
Second leg –
Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid: May 6, 12:45 AM
Bayern Munich vs. PSG: May 7, 12:45 AM
