The entire football world was waiting for this moment from Wednesday. On Friday at noon, quarter-final pairs and a bracket were drawn up to the final on May 28 at the Stade de France in Saint Denis.
Big hits in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Pairs and a ladder were drawn
Already at the stage of the quarter-finals, two great hits await us. Speech duels against Chelsea and Atletico Madrid against Manchester City. All four teams are also on the same side of the bracket, so the winners from these pairs will play against each other in the semi-finals.
In the second half of the bracket, Villarreal will face and Liverpool will face Benfica. Here, too, it promises to be a very interesting semi-final if the favorites are equal to the task. Then, in the decisive game for the promotion to the finals, we would see Robert Lewandowski meeting his former coach Juergen Klopp again. Experts on Twitter have already spoken about possible solutions and all curiosities.
The one provided by the well-known WhoScored.com portal about and his duels with Real Madrid seems to be particularly interesting. “Thomas Tuchel has faced Real Madrid like a coach six times and never lost,” we read.
“If it seemed to us that all possible matches between the giants in the Champions League had already taken place, yes – it only seemed. He will play with Atletico Madrid for the first time” – noted in turn the journalist of Interia portal Bartosz Nosal.
“What will Man City do this time to avoid winning the Champions League?” – Karol Wojnarowski, the journalist of the Onet portal, wonders, referring to the huge bad luck in this competition in recent years.
“Liverpool – Bayern in the semi-finals? I would love to see the duels of van Dijk vs.” – Maciej Łuczak, the journalist of the Meczyki.pl portal, admitted.
“, Diaz and Jota versus Otamendi and Verthongen. There will be no shortage of goals” – wrote the journalist of Onet portal Dariusz Kosiński, pointing to the favorite of this match.
“The last time in the Champions League he faced Benfica in 2006 and … lost in the 1/8 finals. 0: 1 at Estadio da Luz and 0: 2 at Anfield. As a warning …” – noted the journalist of Kanał Sportowy Wojciech Hell.
The quarter-finals are scheduled for April 5-6 and 12-13, and the semi-finals are scheduled for April 26-27 and May 3-4. Final on May 28 at the Stade de France in Saint Denis.
Source: Sport
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