Champions League Semifinals & El Semis 2016/17 Draw Result- Monaco v Juve & Celta v Man Utd

The draws for the semifinals of the Champions League and Europa League have been conducted today (April 21, 2017). The CL semi draw has pitted both Madrid sides against each other and Juve’s reward for eliminating Barcelona is a semi against the tournament’s surprise packages AS Monaco.

Champions League semifinals 2016/17 (Teams on the left host first leg) May 2/3 and May 9/10, 2017

Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid
Monaco v Juventus

Europa League semifinals 2016/17 (Teams on left host first leg)- May 4/11, 2017

Ajax v Olympique Lyonnais
Celta Vigo v Man Utd

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GIF Video Casemiro tackle on Robben 2017 Champions League- No yellow for challenge vs Robben

This Casemiro tackle on Robben (GIF VIDEO BELOW) was another talking point in Real Madrid’s 4-2 CL win over Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu. Casemiro’s challenge on Robben in the 80th minute went unpunished by referee Viktor Kassai.

The conspiracy theorists on social media pointed that Kassai allegedly went to his pocket on seeing the tackle, but did not take out a card. A yellow for Casemiro would have been his second of the game and would’ve seen him sent off. Minutes later, Arturo Vidal was controversially sent off for this challenge on Asensio.

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GIF Video Arturo Vidal Red Card vs Real Madrid Champions League 2017- Vidal tackle on Asensio & sent off- Yellow or Not?

Here is Arturo Vidal’s red card vs Real Madrid (GIF VIDEO BELOW), a controversial moment in Bayern Munich’s 4-2 loss at the Bernabeu to Zinedine Zidane’s side. Vidal’s tackle on Marco Asensio earned the ire of referee Viktor Kassai, who gave him a yellow (his second of the game), leading to the Chilean being sent off and Bayern having to play the rest of the game with 10 men.

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