Champions League semifinal draw 2015: Barça face Bayern, Juve take on Real Madrid

This season’s version of Barcelona is significantly more direct than stereotype would insist, and are perfectly happy to play long, quick passes into the spaces behind their opponents’ defence. Bayern’s goalkeeper, meanwhile, is perfectly happy to charge out and revolutionise the art of goaltending play as an exceptionally aggressive sweeper-keeper. If he gets his charges right, and cuts out the quick balls to the front three, he could end up frustrating Barcelona’s attack. If he gets one wrong, then given the identity of the players skipping past him, things could get very messy indeed.

Goals. Lots and lots of lovely goals. Barcelona to progress by a couple.

However, the risk of looking to control the game is that it leaves them exposed on the counter-attack -- and in Ronaldo, Madrid boast the most devastating counter-attacker in the game. Juve will either have to adapt their gameplan and sit deep, or be very organised with their pressing if they’re to stop Madrid rapidly switching from defence to attack.

Allegri’s Juventus are looking much better prepared for the European stage than Conte’s Juventus, but they still lack the individual quality of Real Madrid. Because of that, we’d put our money on the Spaniards reaching a second consecutive final.

So who will be drawn together? Will it be Real Madrid and Barcelona, giving us another El Clasico matchup to enjoy this season? The Spanish giants have faced off in eight European matches, with Real Madrid winning three of them and Barcelona two. With the way this season has gone, would Barcelona surpass their arch-rivals in that record with a two-legged tie at hand?

That would give us another tilt between Bayern Munich and Juventus, two titans in their countries who have butted heads several times over the last decade. This would be their second straight knockout round battle, with the pair facing off in the quarterfinals two years ago, when Bayern won handily by a 4-0 aggregate scoreline. Both teams are much improved since then, though, and it would be a very different tie this time around.