The matches for the quarterfinals of the Champions League were known and in front of that we present you some curiosities regarding the next duels
The UEFA Champions League drew the quarter-finals with attractive duels that will arouse the excitement of fans around the world. The current champions, Bayern Munich, will have the difficult task of competing against PSG in the next round and thus be able to strengthen their path to Istanbul.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will clash with Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund. In the other key, the Port of Jesus Manuel Corona will clash against Chelsea and Real Madrid will do the same against Liverpool.
With well-defined duels and all aiming for the final on May 29, we present the 10 curiosities of the final phase of the most important cube tournament in the world.
1. Reunion of the previous final
Bayern Munich and PSG will once again clash in the fight for the ‘Orejona’. While not the same instance as last season, the prize is to leave the other team on the road and get closer and closer to the most coveted tournament in the Old Continent. Both know the weaknesses and strengths of the other, so that individuals can enhance the game as a whole.
2. Rams against Salah
In the final of the 2017-18 season, Real Madrid and Liverpool competed for the title. Just in the first half and minutes before the start of the game, Sergio Ramos and Mohamed Salah had a controversial play, and the Spaniard held the Egyptian and in a kind of key brought him to the ground. The result, the Reds striker injured and out of the game. In the end, the meringues won 3-1 with key errors by Loris Karius, the English substitute goalkeeper.
3.Chelsea and her strange coincidence
The last time Chelsea won the Champions League was in the 2011–12 campaign. That occasion he beat, 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 may be similar for Thomas Tuchel’s pupils, as they will clash first against Porto, then they could face Real Madrid as long as the meringues beat Liverpool and the final play against Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund, of course, if both German teams overcome their qualifiers.
4. Key week
Real Madrid will have a busy week between the return match against Liverpool, and in the middle of both duels, they will have the Classic of Spanish football against Barcelona, a duel that means a lot due to the way the two squads chase Atletico Madrid in Laliga, so Zinedine Zidane can’t afford to leave players from his starting line-up out to give them a break. It will be on April 10 when the most important rivalry in Spain takes place, just the weekend that divides the round-trip duels of the quarterfinals.
5. Marqui duels
Erling Haaland enters this phase as the top scorer in the competition with 10 goals, although he is followed in wax by Olivier Giroud of Chelsea, Kylian Mbappçé and Neymar Jr. of the PSG, all with six goals, as well as by Robert Lewandowski, who accumulates five goals. The young Norwegian, forward of Borussia Dortmund, has shown his potential and is already the target of teams with more power in Europe
6. From father to son
Now that Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund are going to face each other, until the day of the draw, Erling Haaland has played in 35 Bundesliga matches with Dortmund, in addition to scoring 37 times. Interestingly, his father added 35 games in the Premier League with the Manchester City shirt.
7.Hijo prodigal
Jadon Sancho will return to the Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City, as the prodigal son, and is that the English footballer was a planter of the Citizens and was among the most prized 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 Real Madrid’s attack, and the French striker, who has scored more than 70 goals in the 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 in first place.
9. Casinos talked
The clear favorite to win the 2020-21 edition of the Champions League is Manchester City, and is that Pep Guardiola’s box was placed as a favorite in casinos to raise the ‘Orejona’. While he has a positive mummy, his +200 does not match the + 333 of Bayern Munich, current champions, or let alone the + 4000 of Porto, who is the least favorite to be champions.
10. Good past French
Bayern Munich have won their last four matches against a French rival in the Champions League final. The Germans overcame in the 2009-10 campaign in Lyon in the semifinals, in 2011-12 in Marseille in the quarterfinals, in 2019-20 in Lyon in the semifinals and this same campaign in the PSG in the end.