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No easy draw this time - Madrid must do it the hard way to retain the Champions League

The defending champions face a tough route to the last four after drawing Bayern Munich and former coach Carlo Ancelotti in the quarter-finals

There is no easy draw this time. Real Madrid met Roma, Wolfsburg and Manchester City en route to the Champions League final last season, but Los Blancos face a tougher test in the quarter-finals this season and, like Barcelona, will have to do it the hard way in 2016-17.

Madrid were paired with Bayern Munich in Friday's draw in Nyon, while Barca are to face Juventus in the quarter-finals of Europe's premier club competition, meaning the four biggest clubs left in the competition will play one another in the last eight.