The clashes for the quarter finals of the Champions League were known and before that we present you some curiosities regarding the following duels
The UEFA Champions League held the draw for the quarter-finals with attractive duels that will arouse the excitement of fans around the world. The current champion, Bayern Munich, will have the hard work meeting PSG in the next round to consolidate their way to Istanbul.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will collide with Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund. In the other key, the Porto de Jesús Manuel Corona will collide with Chelsea and Real Madrid will do the same against Liverpool.
With the well-defined duels and all pointing to the final on May 29, we present the 10 curiosities of the final stage of the most important cube tournament in the world.
1. Return to the previous final
Bayern Munich and PSG collide again in the battle for the ‘Orejona’. While not the same as last season, the prize is to leave the other team on the way and get closer and closer to the most coveted tournament on the old continent. Both know the weaknesses and strengths of the other so that the individuals can improve the game together.
2. Ramos vs Salah
Real Madrid and Liverpool met for the title in the final of the 2017-18 season. Just in the first half and minutes into the game, Sergio Ramos and Mohamed Salah had a controversial move, and the Spaniard held the Egyptian and knocked him to the ground with some sort of key. The result: the Reds injured forward and out of the game. In the end, the meringues won 3-1 with key mistakes from Loris Karius, a substitute for the English.
3. Chelsea and her strange coincidence
The last time Chelsea won the Champions League was in the 2011-12 season. That time, from the quarter-finals, he beat a Portuguese rival, then a Spaniard in the semi-finals and finally a German in the grand final. Interestingly, nearly 10 years into that season, the path may be similar for Thomas Tuchel’s pupils as they will collide with Porto first, then they can face Real Madrid as long as the meringues beat Liverpool and in the last game against Bayern Munich or Borussia. Dortmund, of course, if both German teams pass their qualifying rounds.
4.Key week
Real Madrid will have a busy week between the round against Liverpool, and it is that in the middle of both duels they will have the Spanish Football Classic against Barcelona, a duel that means a lot because of the way both duels chase Squads in Atlético de Madrid. LaLiga, so Zinedine Zidane cannot afford to leave players from his starting team behind to give them a rest. It’s on April 10 when the main rivalry in Spain takes place, just the weekend that divides the quarter-finals round-trip duels.
5. Goleo duels
Erling Haaland enters this stage as the league’s top scorer with 10 goals, although he is closely followed by Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappçé and Neymar Jr. from PSG, all with six goals, and also by Robert Lewandowski, who accumulates. five goals. The young Norwegian, attacker Borussia Dortmund, has shown his potential and is already the target of stronger teams in Europe
6. father to son
With Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund facing each other, Erling Haaland has played in 35 Bundesliga matches with Dortmund to the day of the draw, in addition to scoring 37 goals. Interestingly, his dad added 35 Premier League appearances with the Manchester City shirt.
7. prodigal son
Jadon Sancho will return to the Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City, as the prodigal son, and the England footballer was a youth team for the Citizens and one of the group’s most precious jewels; However, a contractual difference in 2017 ended when the forward’s contract was not renewed and he left for Dortmund.
8. Benzema and his power
Karim Benzema is the main weapon in Real Madrid’s attack and the French forward, who has scored more than 70 goals in the UEFA Champions League, is also the player who has scored the most for Liverpool in this competition. The Algeria-born striker has scored four goals against the Reds and is level with Didier Drogba for first place.
9 casinos spoke
The clear favorite to win the 2020-21 edition of the UEFA Champions League is Manchester City, and it is that Pep Guardiola’s team was placed as a favorite in the casinos to raise the ‘Orejona’. Although he has positive odds, his +200 does not match Bayern Munich’s +333, the current champion, or let alone Porto’s +4000, which is the least favored champion.
10 good past against French
Bayern Munich have won the last four times they faced a French rival in the UEFA Champions League Final. The Germans defeated Lyon in the semi-finals in 2009-10, Marseille in the quarter-finals in 2011-12, Lyon in the semi-finals in 2019-20 and PSG in the final in the same season.