The last games of the round of 16 of the Champions League take place this Tuesday (15) and Wednesday (16), and will define the last classified for the quarter-finals of the European tournament.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Manchester United welcomes Atletico Madrid this Tuesday at Old Trafford, at 15:30. The broadcast will be from HBO Max, on streaming, SBT on open TV and TNT on closed TV.
Another duel that attracts attention at the conclusion of the round of 16 this Tuesday is Ajax x Benfica. The Dutch team welcomes the Benfica fans at Johann Cruyff Arena, at 5 pm, also broadcast by HBO Max, on streaming, and Space on pay TV. In the first leg, at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, the teams drew 2-2.
Defending champions of the Champions League and the Club World Cup, Chelsea visit Lille on Wednesday, in France, to try to confirm their classification with a 2-0 victory in England, in the first leg. The definition of the duel will take place at 15:30. HBO Max broadcasts on streaming, and TNT on pay TV.
The last match of this phase will be between Juventus and Villarreal, also on Wednesday, at 17:00, broadcast by HBO Max and the Space channel. The Italians took the lead in the first leg with less than a minute to go, but ended up in a 1-1 draw in Spain. The return will be in Turin.
Last week, the Champions League defined four qualified for the quarterfinals.
In the most anticipated confrontation of the tournament, Real Madrid saw Frenchman Benzema score three goals in 17 minutes to turn the game around and eliminate Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar, Messi and Mbappé 3-2 on aggregate – the Parisians had won in the first leg. by 1 to 0.
Bayern Munich ran over Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg 7-1 in the second leg, three of them from the current best in the world, Robert Lewandowski.
Liverpool, on the other hand, eliminated Inter Milan despite a 1-0 defeat in the return leg at Anfield, because they had built up an advantage with a 2-0 victory at San Siro.
Leader of the English league and current runner-up in the Champions, Manchester City qualified after a goalless draw with Sporting, in England. That’s because, on the first leg, in Portugal, the English won by a comfortable score of 5-0.
The draw for the quarter-final duels is scheduled for March 18. The first matches must take place on the 5th and 6th of April, and the return games on the 12th and 13th of the same month.
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