2022-04-05
The two giants of English football, Liverpool and Manchester Cityopen today the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League with a duel once morest Benfica for the Reds, and above all an opposition of styles between the Citizens and the Atletico Madrid.
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*Both games are at 1:00 pm (Honduran time) and will be broadcast by ESPN*
-Probable alignments
City: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Laporte, Aké, Rodri, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez and Sterling.
Athletic: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Reinildo, Lodi, Kondogbia, Llorente, Koke, Joao Félix y Griezmann
Benfica: Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Weigl, Taarabt, Rafa Silva, Everton; Gonçalo Ramos and Darwin Núñez.
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago, Keita; Mané, Salah, Luis Diaz.
The players of Pep Guardiolain resolutely offensive football, they will have to face Diego Simeone’s Colchoneros, adept at defensive rigor and pragmatism.
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Atlético’s last European game was precisely a victory in Manchester, once morest the neighbor United (1-0, following a draw in the first leg), when the Citizens did not have to force their talent to have the Sporting Portugal in the round of 16 (5-0 and 0-0).
At the same time, Liverpoolwhich disputes hand in hand with Manchester City the title of Premier League and the Cup from England, will go to Lisbon to challenge the Benficaaccustomed to the great European events.
Jürgen Klopp’s team is in good form in the championship (ten wins in a row), but their last game in Champions it was a frustrating but inconsequential loss at home to Inter Milan in the previous round (1-0, following a 2-0 win in Milan).