Champions League: With the tickets for the “8” in hand

Today’s rematches for the “16” will be held with two big favorites Champions League.

THE Real Madrid hosts Leipzig (22:00, Cosmotesport2, MEGA), having won the 1-0 (with Diath’s goal) from the match in Germany and Manchester City host (22:00, Cosmotesport4) Copenhagen, who are looking for a miracle after 3-1 in favor of “Citizens” in the first match.

It is reminded that the away goal rule does not apply and in case the total score is equal after the two matches, extra time will follow and if necessary the two teams will settle their differences through penalties.

The match at the “Bernabeu” looks more ambiguous, due to the score of the first match, but also the quality of Leipzig. After all, even in the first match, Marco Rose’s team was not only competitive, but also quite dangerous. She proved quite ineffective in relation to the “queen”. In addition, there was much discussion about her disallowed goal in the 2nd minute, scored by Slager, due to Henriques being offside.

Courtois, Militao and Alaba permanently out of the Real Madrid side. An important absence for Leipzig is the suspended Simakan (stopper and right back), while Klostermann (stopper) is also out.

Possible lineups

Real Madrid (Carlo Ancelotti): Lunin – Carvajal, Riedinger, Tswameni, Mendy – Kamavinga, Valverde, Kroos, Bellingham = Vinicius, Rodrigo

Leipzig (Marco Rose): Gulasi – Henriques, Orban, Lukeba, Raum – Haidara, Slager, Simmons, Olmo – Openda, Cesko

Much simpler is the mission of Manchester City, who easily reached their goal in the first leg, having great protagonists Foden and De Bruyne at the “Parken”. Apparently, Pep Guardiola will also make changes to the eleven, in order to freshen up his team ahead of the top derby with Liverpool at “Anfield” for the 28th matchday of the Premier League. The only problem, however, for the European champions is the injured Grillis.

For the visitors, who will try to put on a good face against a superpower, key midfielder Claesson is out through injury, as are Falk (key midfielder), Gonsalves (midfielder) and Lerager (midfielder). Defender Kotsolava has been absent for a long time. Returning from injury Boylesen (defender) Ankersen (defender).

Possible lineups

Manchester City (Pep Guardiola): Ederson – Walker, Diaz, Ake, Guardiol – Kovacic, Rodri – Foden, Alvarez, Doku – Haaland

Copenhagen (Jakob Neestrup): Grabar – Gellert, McKenna, Vavro, Melling – Clem, Maatson, Bardzi – Assouri, Elyounoussi, Cornelius