Champions League: Games with clear favorites for qualification

Otherwise, one would also expect… definitely Bayern Munich the rematch with her Manchester City and otherwise the second match between the two teams will be played tonight at 10:00 PM at the “Allianz Arena”. The reason, of course, is none other than the 3-0 in the first match, in England…

Which means that if the Bavarians want to qualify, they will have to pull off an… epic – and probably unprecedented – upset! Do these things happen nowadays?

Hardly, while in any case, to have any hopes of achieving the ‘miracle’, Thomas Tuchel’s players will need to increase their efficiency, possibly emulating their current opponents and the way they were hurt at the Etihad.

Suffice it to say, however, that in their last four official matches, Bayern have never scored more than one goal, while the last time they won by three goals was… two months ago.

The “citizens”, for their part, must be prepared for the home team’s strong start and the pressure of the stands. If they avoid conceding a quick goal, they will undoubtedly put extra pressure on their opponent and, in the end, it will be easy or hard for them to “check” the ticket to the semi-finals of the competition.

Bayern does not count on the long-term injured and absent Hernandez, Neuer and Wanerwhile City are happy to be out of trouble.

Bayern Munich (Thomas Tuchel): Sommer, Pavar, Upamecano, De Ligt, Davies, Goretzka, Kimmich, Coman, Musiala, Sane, Miller.

Manchester City (Pep Guardiola): Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Diaz, Ake, Rodry, De Bruyne, Guidogan, Bernardo Silva, Haaland, Grealish.

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With the… confidence that gives a lead of the order of 2-0, let alone when it is called upon to defend it by an Italian teamInter descends on the “Giuseppe Meazza” pitch, to face Benfica, also at 22:00.

A combination which, in itself, is strong enough for the “nerazzurri”, who are called to remember that they are the ones who defeated at home teams like Barcelona, ​​Porto and Napoli, leaving aside “gels” like the one with Monza recently or against Eboli and Spezia.

And if Inter has to balance between “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation” he experiencesthe Lusitanians have their own, equally important “issues” to solve…

First and foremost, the fact that in order to qualify, they need to win -and even with a score of 3-0- on a pitch they haven’t won… ever! Add to that the fact that they are coming off a three-game losing streak in all competitions and you understand that things are… pretty tough.

The hosts are not counting on Skriniar, while Benfica will undoubtedly get a big boost from the return of the suspended Otamendi while not counting on the long-term absentees Ba and Draxler.

Inter Milan (Simone Inzaghi): Onana, Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni, Dumfries, Dimarco, Barela, Tsalhanoglou, Mkhitaryan, Lautaro, Dzeko.

Benfica (Roger Schmidt): Vlahodemos, Gilberto, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo, Florentino, Ciquinho, Joao Mario, Rafa, Oursnes, Gonzalo Ramos.

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