After the football players from Sporting Lisbon, the defending champions Paris St. Germain and London’s Arsenal and Madrid’s Real.
After the victory at his Santiago Bernabeu of 3-0 players Real they also won in return Manchester Cityaway with 2-1, in a match where the hosts had fewer players for almost the entire game.
In the quarter-finals, Real will play two new big games. The next rival is better than the match between Bayern and Atalanta, and it is almost certainly the Bavarians who won the first match in Bergamo by as much as 6-1.
Very quickly Manchester City started attacking even though Real had the first big chancebut Valverde did not react at the end of the action. On the other side, they responded twice to Cherka and once to Rodri, but from the very start it was clear that Courtois would again be an extremely high obstacle for the players of the English club.
In the 17th minute, Real’s action shone, in which Vinicius Junior hit the post. In the continuation of the action, on the other side, on the right, the Brazilian shot again, and Bernardo Silva stopped the ball’s path into the net with his hand on the goal line.
He was sentenced penalty kick for Realbut also red card for Bernardo Silva which greatly dampened the hopes of the local fans. Especially after Vinicius Junior scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-0.
After that, there were chances on both sides, although the score did not change. At the end of the first half, the situation calmed down until the 41st minute when Haaland met a ball in front of the visiting goal and scored to make it 1-1.
At halftime, the injured Courtois remained in Real’s dressing room, and he was replaced by Lunin at the Madrid gate.
Despite the player less Manchester City was better and more engaged in the continuation of the duel. Haaland immediately had two chances, and in the 63rd minute Manchester City scored a goal for 2-1. The scorer was Doku, but he had previously been in the backfield, so the joy quickly died down at the Etihad Stadium.
Until the end, Manchester City was still better, so Cherki shot well, but a little inaccurately, in the 73rd minute. The home team scored a new goal in the 78th minute. The scorer was Ait-Nouri, but even then it was the backfield. The net shook on the other side as well when Valverde scored, but even then it was awarded to the backfield. Nevertheless, a goal was scored until the end, in the 93rd minute Vinicius Junior scored the second time for the final 2-1 Real.
For the third season in a row, they are like that Madrid knocked out Manchester City in the elite competition.
Croatian football player Mateo Kovačić he remained on the domestic bench for the reserves, while Josko Guardiol still out of City’s squad due to injury.
PSG beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Current Champions League winner PSG easily reached the quarter-finals, where they await the winner of the match between Liverpool and Galatasaray.
After the domestic 5-2 in Paris PSG won the second time Chelseathis time it was 3-0 in London.
If Chelsea was hoping for something, it could be forgotten after only 14 minutes of the return. That’s all the guests needed for two goals and a big 2-0, and the scorers were Kvaratškelia in the sixth and Barcola in the 14th minute.
The London team did not even manage to score an honorable goal, but the net shook on the other side. The scorer for the final 3-0 was Mayulu in the 62nd minute.
Arsenal kicked out with a total of 3-1 Bayer and will play against Lisbon’s Sporting in the quarter-finals.
The first leg in Leverkusen was 1-1, with Arsenal scoring their only goal after a dubious penalty kick. In front of their fans, the Gunners celebrated 2-0 and passed among the top eight teams.
In return, Bayer somehow held on until the 36th minute when great, from the half volley from 18 meterspulled Eze and broke through the defense of the German team.
The leading team of the English Premier League took a new big step towards the quarter-finals in the 63rd minute when Rice increased the lead to 2-0. With that, the guests from Leverkusen were crushed, and the host calmly kept the advantage until the end of the competition.
On Wednesday, we will find out the last four participants of the quarterfinals of the Champions League. They play earlier at 18.45 Barcelona and Newcastle (first meeting 1:1), and from 21:00 they meet Liverpool – Galatasaray (0:1), Bayern – Atalanta (6:1) and Tottenham – Atletico Madrid (2:5).
In the broadcast on the Second Program of HTV, our portal and the HRTi platform, you will be able to follow the match from Anfield, where Liverpool will try to make up for the gap against the Turkish giants.
(Hina | Photo: Real Madrid)
