This is the picture of the eight clubs looking for a ticket to the next phase of the Champions League
The first leg matches of the Quarterfinals of the Champions League with Real Madrid and Chelsea gaining a major advantage, while representatives of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, are forced to bounce back to stay alive in the most important club competition.
ESPN Digital presents what each of the eight teams need to qualify for the semifinals.
Real Madrid against Liverpool
The first match of the series between Spaniards and English, was won with authority by the team led by Zinedine Zidane. The ‘White House’ team achieved an important result by winning 3-1, however, the annotation of the Reds through Mohamed Salah could be central to the Premier League club’s aspirations to advance to the semi-finals.
Thanks to goals scored by Vinicius Jr. (2) and Marc Asensio, the Merengues will arrive at Anfield having the opportunity to control the pace of the match. Real Madrid only have to maintain the advantage they got in Alfredo Di Stefano and they can even afford to lose 1-0.
For its part, the team of Jürgen Klopp is required to get at least two goals to equal the overall score and not allow any of Madrid. This result would qualify the Reds in the next round, but in case the Merengues score a goal, Liverpool he would need a goal to send the game into extra time or two goals to win it.
Should Real Madrid score two goals at Anfield, the Reds would be forced to score five goals.
Manchester City Vs. Borussia Dortmund
With a goal from Phil Fooden in the final moments of the match, Manchester City managed to beat Dortmund 2-1 in the first leg of the Quarterfinals.
However, despite the defeat, Dortmund have a real chance of advancing to the next round of the Champions League thanks to the annotation he got marc Reus six minutes before the end of the match. The Teutonic team has only scored one goal and not allowed any scoring against to eliminate Pep Guardiola’s team.
For their part, Manchester City must look to maintain the advantage they got at the Etihad Stadium and a draw with zero goals would qualify them to the next instance of the competition. In case of receiving a goal from Dortmund, Pep’s team would be enough to score a goal to advance to the semifinals.
In case Dortmund score two goals, City could send the duel overtime with a score. It should be noted that if the overall score ends 4-4, Manchester would qualify.
Porto Vs. Chelsea
The ‘Blues’ get an extraordinary advantage in the first game of the series against I bring and the team led by Thomas Tuchel has half a ticket to the Champions League semi-finals.
Chelsea beat The Dragons 0-2, a score that suggests the Premier League set will be one of the semi-finalists. The London team can lose the round 1-0 and still advance to the next round, so if they get a goal in the round before Porto, the Blues would be practically ruling the tie.
For its part, the Portuguese team needs to equalize at least the overall score to send the series in extra time, and if you want to advance without going through penalties, you must get three goals. A goal from Chelsea would force Porto to look for at least four goals.
Bayern Munich vs. PSG
With a great performance from Kylian Mbappé, PSG got a valuable first leg win over Munich and Mauricio Pochettino’s men are getting closer to playing in their second consecutive Champions League final.
Mbappé shone in the victory of the Parisian team by 2-3 against the Bavarian team with two goals and the French team only needs to maintain its advantage to qualify for the semifinals. With a goal in the Parc des Princes, PSG would force Munich to score three goals.
Those led by Hans-Dieter Flick need to score two goals in Paris and keep their door clean to advance to the Semifinals.