The action continues unabated in its quarterfinals Champions League on Wednesday (10/04), as well as after the mats Real-City and Arsenal-Bayernthe remaining 4 teams are thrown into battle.
Initially, the Atletico MADRID hosts at “Wanda Metropolitano” the Borussia Dortmund (22:00, COSMOTE SPORT 3, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), in perhaps less shiny but certainly a fiercely competitive pair from those in the quarter-finals.
The “Rojiblancos” are going through a… strange season, having been off target in championship and Cup from early. Nevertheless, they managed to achieve a great qualification, after reaching the “8” flying outside the Inter on penalties!
On the other hand, Westphalia are arguably the team with the least “talent” of those left. Indeed, the Dortmund it has not fared well in Germany, where it is not even in the top four, while it reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League overcoming its… passable barrier Eindhoven.
Possible lineups:
Atletico Madrid (Simeone): Oblak, Lino, Jimenez, Witzel, Athpilicueta, Molina – Koke, De Paul, Llorente – Griezmann, Morata.
Borussia Dortmund (Terzic): Kobel, Rierson, Hummels, Sloterbeck, Maachen – Chan, Zabitcher, Brad – Sancho, Antegemi, Philkrug.
The next couple is also terrible, since the Paris Saint Germain welcomes her to the “Parc de Prince”. Barcelona (22:00, COSMOTE SPORT 2, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), in a match that we have seen… several times in recent years in the knockouts Champions League.
We remind you that the two teams faced each other in the round of 16 in the 2016-17 season, with Paris to win the first match 4-0 and the “Blaugrana” to achieve the biggest overthrow in the history of the competition, with this unforgettable 6-1. The Parisians, however, took their revenge 2020-21 seasonin the same phase, with “four” at “Camp Nou” and a draw in France (1-1).
This pairing finds her Paris to go through one of the best periods in recent years. Even though he lost Messi and Neymar, the French team was… supplanted by him Luis Enrique. They are currently top of the league with +10, have qualified for the final of the French Cup, and made it through the very difficult group Champions League with Dortmund, Milan and Newcastle, also overcoming its obstacle Real Sociedad in the quarterfinals.
On the other hand, her season is definitely not as… dreamlike Barcelona. The “Blaugrana” have essentially lost all goals beyond Champions League, they face the well-known financial problems and know that it is coming… a broom, since Xavi has announced that he will leave in the summer. Nevertheless, the cup with the “big ears” is the only realistic goal for the Catalans, and the path to the final is only… not prohibitive. In any situation, Barcelona is always predictable…
Possible lineups:
Paris Saint-Germain (Enrique): Donnarumma, Mendes, Hernandez, Marquinhos, Mukiele – Ruith, Ugarte, Vitinia – Barcola, Dembele, Mbappe.
Barcelona (Xavi): Ter Stegen, Kute, Christensen, Araujo, Cancelo – Guidogan, Lopes, De Jong – Yamal, Rafinha, Lewandowski.
Source: Sport Fm
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