The clashes for the quarterfinals of the Champions League were known and before that we present you some curiosities about the following duels
The UEFA Champions League has organized a draw for the quarterfinals with attractive duels that will arouse the enthusiasm of fans around the world. The current champions, Bayern Munich, will have to work hard to face PSG in the next round and thus will be able to consolidate their way to Istanbul.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will clash with Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund. In the other key, Porto de Jesús Manuel Corona will clash with Chelsea, and Real Madrid will do the same against Liverpool.
With the well-defined duels and all aimed at the final on May 29, we present the 10 curiosities of the final phase of the most important cube tournament in the world.
1. Return to the previous final
Bayern Munich and PSG will clash again in the fight for “Orejona”. Although it is not the same case as last season, the prize is to leave the other team on the road and get closer and closer to the most coveted tournament on the Old Continent. Both know each other’s weaknesses and strengths, so that individuals can improve the game together.
2. Rams vs Salah
In the final of the 2017-18 season, Real Madrid and Liverpool met for the title. Even in the first half and minutes of play, Sergio Ramos and Mohamed Salah had a controversial move, and the Spaniard held the Egyptian and knocked him to the ground in a kind of key. The result, the red strikers injured and out of the game. In the end, the meringues won 3-1 with key errors by Loris Karius, the English goalkeeper’s substitute.
3. Chelsea and her strange coincidence
The last time Chelsea won the Champions League was in the 2011-12 campaign. This time he defeated, from the quarterfinals, a Portuguese rival, then a Spaniard in the semifinals and, finally, a German in the grand final. Interestingly, almost 10 years after that season, the path could be similar for Thomas Tuchel’s students, since they will first clash with Porto, then face Real Madrid, as long as the meringues beat Liverpool and in the final game against Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund, of course, if both German teams pass their qualifying round.
4. The key week
Real Madrid will live a busy week between the return trip against Liverpool and is that, in the middle of both duels, will have the classic of Spanish football against Barcelona, a duel that means a lot due to the way both teams watch Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga, so Zinedine Zidane can’t afford to leave the players of his home team to give them rest. It will be on April 10 when the most important rivalry in Spain will take place, just the weekend that divides the round-robin duels of the quarterfinals.
5. Goleo duels
Erling Haaland enters this phase as the top scorer of the competition with 10 goals, although he is closely followed by Olivier Giroud from Chelsea, Kylian Mbappçé and Neymar Jr. from PSG, all with six goals, as well as Robert Lewandowski, who has five goals. . The young Norwegian, Borussia Dortmund striker, has shown his potential and is already the target of stronger teams in Europe
6. Father to son
Now that Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund meet, until the day of the draw, Erling Haaland has played in 35 Bundesliga games with Dortmund, in addition to scoring 37 times. Interestingly, his father added 35 Premier League games with the Manchester City shirt.
7. Be a relative
Jadon Sancho will return to the Etihad Stadium, home to Manchester City, as a prodigal son, and the English footballer was a youth team for the citizens and was one of the most precious jewels of the group; However, a contractual difference in 2017 ended with the striker’s contract not being renewed and he left for Dortmund.
8. Benzema and its power
Karim Benzema is the main weapon in the Real Madrid attack, and the French striker, who has over 70 goals in the UEFA Champions League, is also the player who has scored the most for Liverpool in this competition. The Algerian-born striker has four goals against the Reds and is tied with Didier Drogba for first place.
9 casinos spoke
The clear favorite to win the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League is Manchester City and Pep Guardiola’s team has been placed as a favorite in casinos to pick up “Orejona”. Although he has a positive odds, his +200 does not match the +333 of Bayern Munich, the current champion, or not to mention +4000 of Porto, who is the least favorite to be champion.
10 good past against the French
Bayern Munich have won in the last four times when they faced a French rival in the UEFA Champions League final. The Germans defeated Lyon in the semifinals in 2009-10, Marseille in the quarterfinals in 2011-12, Lyon in the semifinals in 2019-20 and PSG in the final in the same season.