The semi-finals of the Champions League were determined and Manchester City Real Madrid Chelsea Y PSG will be the teams that will try to conquer the ‘Orejona’
MADRID VS. CHELSEA
The first semifinal to be played is that of Real Madrid v Chelsea with the first leg planned Tuesday, April 27 and according to Futbol Index from FiveThirtyEight, Meringues are somewhat favored by having to win the draw 53% chance to advance to the final. For their part, the ‘Blues’ 47% chance to eliminate the team from the Spanish capital.
Madrid Atalanta and Liverpool knocked out en route to the semi-finals and are currently in second place in LaLiga one point behind the leader, Atletico de MadridWhich led by Zinedine Zidane They dream of ending the season with the doubles, so the French coach is hoping to get key players such as Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane and Dani Carvajal back for the final games of the season.
For his part, Chelsea has managed to increase his level out of control Thomas Tuchel, which came to replace Frank LampardSince the arrival of the German quarterback, the London team have lost only two of their last 18 games in all competitions and after eliminating the Atlético de Madrid Y postage On the way to the semi-finals of the Champions, the ‘Blues’ hope to continue to surprise and take out the ‘White House’.
The return match between Chelsea vs. Real Madrid is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5.
CITY VS. PSG
The other semifinal is between Manchester City v PSGThe team led by Pep Guardiola he is by far the favorite to win the tie. According to him Futbol index the FiveThirtyEight City has an 81% chance of progressing to the final, while the Parisian ensemble has only one 19% chance to contest his second consecutive final of the most important club competition in Europe.
The city march in the first place of the Eredivisie with a comfortable 11-point lead over the runner-up, so it seems inevitable that he will be crowned the champion of England. The true purpose of Guardiola and the company must have the Champions League, a match that the Catalan quarterback has been denied since 2011.
On the other hand, PSG fired at the end of December last year Thomas Tuchel and his place was taken by the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, who succeeded in 23 games, has won 16 games and lost only five times. The Ligue 1 squad’s path to reach the semi-finals was probably the most difficult of the four seeded in this case as they faced Barcelona in the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals to Bayern Munich, a team that won the ‘Orejona’ last season and beat PSG in the Final.
Manchester City vs. PSG will be played on Wednesday April 28 and the return is scheduled for Tuesday May 4.
FAVORITES FOR CHAMPION
According to the Soccer Power Index, Manchester City will be the champions of the 2020/21 Champions League with a 54% chance of winning the title. Below City is Real Madrid with a 20% chance and if Madrid manage to win the highest European award it would be Zidane’s fourth champion as a coach.
For his part, Chelsea and PSG have a 17% and 8% chance of winning the title respectively.