Should Juventus reach the final of the Europa League on 14 May they will be will be forced to use the away team dressing room at their own stadium in Turin after the winners of Sevilla v Valencia were drawn as the 'home' team for the final.

Benfica and Juventus have met each other twice before in European competition. Benfica won 3-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the 1967-68 European Cup, but lost out 4-2 over two legs in the quarter-finals of the 1992-93 Uefa Cup.

The semi-final meeting between Valencia and Sevilla will be the first time the Spanish rivals have met in European competition. Valencia have won their last two domestic home games against Sevilla, but have not won in 11 games away since a 2-0 La Liga win in May 2004.

Real Madrid CF goalkeeper Iker Casillas says his team-mates will not fear anyone in the Champions League draw. He told Uefa: "I'm looking forward to the draw. It will be a difficult task for us in the semi-finals whatever happens, but we are Real Madrid and we don't need to fear any team."

Europa League semi-finals:

Sevilla v Valencia

Benfica v Juventus

The semi-finals will take place on 24 April and 1 May.

Juventus have only ever lost one Europa League fixture - a 4-1 defeat by Fulham in the 2009-10 round of 16. Their undefeated run now stands at 12 matches, and if they can prolong it through the semi-finals and final, they will match Atletico Madrid's competition record.

Benfica are the only one of the semi-finalists who have never won the Europa League or the Uefa Cup. They are, however, unbeaten in this year's competition.

The pre-draw explanation is well underway in Nyon and we are ready for the semi-final draw of the Europa League with Sevilla, Valencia, Benfica and Juventus teams left in the competition which comes up before the Champions League draw.

Atletico Madrid captain Gabi does not mind who his team will be paired up with. He told Uefa: "We don't want to choose a rival. The three other sides are all very powerful and we hope to be able to continue to compete as we have been doing up until now. As always, we are full of hope."

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Will Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti be returning to Stamford Bridge in the Champions League semi-final? The 54-year-old Italian won the Premier League and FA Cup double in 2009-10 while in charge of Chelsea.

Real Madrid are in their fourth straight Champions League semi-final, but reaching the final has proved more difficult exiting at this stage to Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona in their last three.

Can Ancelotti, who has won the European Cup twice as a player and manager with AC Milan, help the 10-time European champions to their first Champions League final since 2002?

Uefa say that Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is on loan from Chelsea, will be eligible to face his parent club if they meet in the Champions League semi-finals or final.

Under the terms of the deal that took Courtois to Spain, Atletico would have had to hand over a sizable fee for the Belgium star to play against the Blues but Uefa have rejected that idea., external

Chelsea Dave:, external Chelsea may be the outsiders in the betting but I think the other 3 will be secretly hoping to avoid us.

Lincoln Hull:, external #cfc versus BM in the semi for the battle of pep v #Mourinho. Then grand final of #Mourinho versus his old club #RealMadrid

Tom Westgate: , externalAtletico Madrid have had a fantastic season. Sad thing is their team will most likely be gutted by richer clubs come summer

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Jose Mourinho went sprinting down the touchline to celebrate Demba Ba's crucial second goal in Chelsea's 2-0 win over Paris St-Germain in the second leg of their quarter-final at Stamford Bridge. It brought back memories of a decade ago when Mourinho did a similar thing as Porto manager when his side knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Mourinho's Porto side went on to lift the European Cup with a 3-0 win over Monaco in the final. An omen for Chelsea fans perhaps? BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty certainly remembers the day when Mourinho announced himself to English football.

Former Portugal winger Luis Figo will be assisting Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino in conducting the draw in Nyon. Figo won the competition with Real Madrid in 2002 when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the final held at Hampden Park in Glasgow, remembered for a brilliant goal by Zinedine Zidane. That was the last occasion the Spanish giants reached the final.

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Holders Bayern Munich are bidding to become the first team to win the European Cup back-to-back since it was rebranded as the Champions League. AC Milan were the last team to achieve the feat in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Bayern beat fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the final of last year's competition at Wembley.

Shushil Patel:, external Best draw for Chelsea will be Bayern. They lack penetration and Chelsea will take advantage of that with their defence.

Tom Pain:, external Best draw for Chelsea would be Bayern they've had good results against them before. They can let the Madrids battle each other.

Sebulime Musa:, external Chelsea vs Real Madrid would be the best!! Mourinho will this time shed tears on the touchline

Atletico Madrid are the only one of the semi-finalists in today's draw to to have never lifted the European Cup. They beat Celtic in the semi-finals of the 1973-74 competition en route to the final with Bayern Munich in Brussels. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and went to a replay - the only one in the history of the tournament - two days later which Bayern won 4-0 thanks to braces from Uli Hoeness and Gerd Muller.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho may claim he is not concerned who his side draw in the Champions League semi-finals [see 10:14 entry]. But the 51-year-old's managerial record against Pep Guardiola suggests he could do with avoiding Bayern Munich in the last four draw. Mourinho has won just three out of 16 duals with ex-Barcelona boss Guardiola, and has already lost once to Bayern this season - in the Uefa Super Cup.

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Chelsea are in the last semi-finals of the Champions League for the seventh time in 11 seasons and they boast a respectable European record against all of the teams they can draw in the last four in previous meetings.

They are unbeaten in three meetings with Real Madrid with two victories and a draw, and have won one, drawn one and lost one against both Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. Of course their most memorable game against the German club came in the 2012 final when they won 4-3 on penalties at the Allianz Arena.

Shane Sutton will take over as technical director of the British Cycling team after Sir Dave Brailsford's decision to leave to concentrate full-time on his role as Team Sky principal.

Sutton has worked alongside Brailsford for the last decade as programme manager while Andy Harrison will continue as programmes director and a new role of head of performance support will be created.

As well as Brailsford, Professor Steve Peters will leave British Cycling, stepping down as the team's psychiatrist.