The Champions League quarterfinals bracket was set Wednesday, and it sends Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain toward more English teams standing in their path of the title.

Madrid's beat city rival Atlético Madrid in a penalty shootout in the round of 16 on Wednesday -- after Atlético's 1-0 win tied the aggregate score at 2-2 -- having already eliminated Manchester City in the new knockout playoffs round last month.

Defending champion Madrid now faces Arsenal -- which beat PSV Eindhoven -- with the first leg in London on April 8 or 9. The return game is on April 15 or 16.

PSG's reward for eliminating top-seeded Liverpool on Tuesday is playing Aston Villa with the first leg in Paris. The winner over two legs will play Arsenal or Madrid in the semifinals. That could yet be a clash of Kylian Mbappé's past and present clubs.

Borussia Dortmund rallied to beat Lille on Wednesday and will reunite with former star forward Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona in the quarterfinals, starting in Spain.

Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, which both advanced Tuesday, meet in the quarterfinals for a rematch of the 2010 final won by the Italian champion.

The first leg on April 8 or 9 is at Bayern's stadium that also stages the final on May 31.

The expected exits for Brugge and PSV -- after Benfica and Feyenoord were eliminated Tuesday -- leaves only the five wealthiest leagues in Europe are now represented.

No team from outside England, Spain, Germany, Italy or France has reached the Champions League final since Porto coached by Jose Mourinho won in 2004.

UEFA will share almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) total prize money among the 36 Champions League teams this season and the 20% higher payouts this season figure to widen the wealth gap in European soccer. England and Spain also are in line for bonus fifth places in the Champions League next season, sending tens of millions more in prize money there.

Each quarterfinalist will get 12.5 million euros ($13.6 million). A place in the semifinals pays an extra 15 million euros ($16.3 million).

Quarterfinals draw

Arsenal vs Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Aston Villa

Barcelona vs. Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich vs. Inter Milan.

First-leg games are on April 8 or 9 and return games are one week later.