THE Manchester City starts the knockout stages of the Champions League with the aim of reaching the θη repulsion of winning the big cup facing tonight Sporting in Lisbon (22:00, COSMOTE Sport 3, sport-fm.gr).
His team Pep Guardiola He is also galloping to win this year’s championship (he is at +9 from the second Liverpool with more matches), but the big goal this year is the top of Europe. The coach of the “citizens” in tonight’s match will not have at his disposal three basic gears, the punished Walker and the injured Grillis and Jesούςs.
Sporting, which is second in Portugal and at -6 from Porto, losing the opportunity to approach the episodic derby on Friday (it was 0-2 in “Dragao”), will try to make another overtaking. Or at least not to repeat the traumatic experience of her previous participation in the “16”, when she was eliminated by Bayern with a total score of 12-1! Her 37-year-old coach, Ruben Amorimdoes not face any racing problems.
The two teams have only one date in their history, in 2012 for the “16” of the Europa League. Then the “lions” had celebrated the qualification having won 1-0 at home despite the 3-2 rematch.
Possible elevens:
Sporting (Amorim): Adan, Inacio, Koates, Fedal, Pedro Poro, Palinia, Nounies, Reyes, Sarabia, Paulinho, Pedro Gonzalves.
Manchester City (Guardiola): Anderson, Stones, Ruben Dias, Laporte, Cancello, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Fontaine, Sterling.
Referee: Serjan Jovanovic (Serbia).
The program of the “16” phase (starting time 22:00)
First races
Tuesday 15 February
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) -Manchester City (England)
Paris Saint-Germain (France) – Real Madrid (Spain)
Wednesday 16 February
Salzburg (Austria) -Bayern Munich (Germany)
Inter (Italy) – Liverpool (England)
Tuesday 22 February
Chelsea (England) -Lille (France)
Villarreal (Spain) – Juventus (Italy)
Wednesday 23 February
Benfica (Portugal) – Ajax (Netherlands)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) -Manchester United (England)
Rematch matches
Tuesday, March 8
Bayern Munich (Germany) -Salzburg (Austria)
Liverpool (England) -Inter (Italy)
Wednesday, March 9
Manchester City (England) – Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Real Madrid (Spain) – Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Tuesday 15 March
Ajax (Netherlands) -Benfica (Portugal)
Manchester United (England) – Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Wednesday 16 March
Lille (France) – Chelsea (England)
Juventus (Italy) – Villarreal (Spain)
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