Tonight after 23pm, the four participants in the Champions League quarter-finals will be known, and two already have one foot in the next phase - Inter after defeating Feyenoord 2-0 in Rotterdam, and Bayern, who punished Bayer's mistakes on home soil six days ago for a 3-0 victory.
The Italian and German giants should just do the job in the second legs, while Barcelona and Liverpool have the advantage after games in which they went through hell before coming to triumph.
The Catalans were better than Benfica by a goal in Lisbon. Rafinje even though they were down for more than 70 minutes, and the Reds probably don't even realize how they celebrated at the Parc des Princes against Paris Saint-Germain after the home team's unreal dominance. In the end, the result is remembered, and it speaks for itself - it was 0:1 with a goal Harvija Eliota in the 87rd minute.
Next comes the 90 (or 120) minutes of decision - the Barcelona - Benfica duel starts at 18.45:21 p.m., the remaining three are scheduled from XNUMX p.m.
Barca must think about football after tragedy
Barcelona did not play their league match against Osasuna on Saturday because news arrived just before kick-off that a member of the club's medical team had died in the club's camp. Carlos Minjaro Garcia.
"It's not easy for anyone after everything that happened, but we have to get back to normal life and we have to think about football," said the Catalan coach. Hansi Flick.
Benfica, by all accounts, did not deserve to lose in the first game, but the "blaugrana" were rewarded for their offensive football despite having one less player on the field.
- Benfica is a great team, you can see the coach's hand. Bruno Laza "And we have to act as if the first match wasn't even played. We haven't done anything, we still have to confirm the victory from Lisbon and I expect the reaction of the opponent who will try to disrupt us with high pressing, which he plays very well," added the German.
Benfica comes to Montjuic to turn the tables and reach the quarterfinals where they would meet either Lille or Borussia Dortmund.
"We haven't said the last word and I'm sure we can make up for everything we missed in Lisbon," said the Greek striker. Vangelis Pavlidis.
Slot: We played as much as they allowed us to.
Liverpool have a goal advantage from Paris, but so does the manager Arne Slott aware that everything could have easily been different if he hadn't had an invincible player in goal Alison BeckerThe Brazilian made nine saves, three of which were masterful...
- We felt the strength of PSG, but I'm not at all surprised by what I saw. I wouldn't say we were bad, we simply played the way our opponent, who will try to impose themselves in the second leg, made us do. That's what we want too - said the Dutchman, whose team would play the better of the Aston Villa and Club Brugge duel in the quarter-finals.
Luis Enrique said after the first game that "football is often unfair."
- If we repeat the performance from the first match, we can reach the quarter-finals. We are going to a stadium where it is not easy to play, but we believe we can be real - we just need to take advantage of the chances this time that we did not have in Paris - said the Spaniard.
Inter vs Bayern, quarter-finals already seen
It smells like a clash of old rivals in the fight for the semi-finals - all that is needed is for Inter and Bayern to finish the job as expected of them in their duels with Feyenoord and Bayer, respectively.
The Milan giants celebrated with goals in the first match at "De Kijp" Markus Tiram i Lautaro Martinez, and the media from the Apennines are announcing for tonight that Simone Inzaghi to field a combined team because Inter is facing a derby with Atalanta on Sunday that could steer the Serie A championship race.
- The 2-0 win makes the job easier, but it's far from over. We like to play these kinds of games - said Inzaghi.
Feyenoord doesn't want to give up:
- Inter is too strong, they showed it in Rotterdam, but we can come back in this doubleheader - said the Feyenoord coach Robin van Persie.
Bayern used everything the Bayern defense gave them at the Allianz Arena, so a miracle would have to happen for the current German champion to make it into the top eight. Especially since they can't count on an injured player in the derby. Florian Virac.
- The 3:0 result is not a realistic indicator of what happened on the pitch. The details were decisive - the Bayern coach stressed Vincent Company.
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