Manchester City, still seeking its first continental cup, awaits Leipzig in the second leg for the Champions League round of 16. With the world champion Julián Álvarez, Pep Guardiola’s team will receive the Germans from 5:00 p.m. (ESPN/Star +) following the 1-1 of the first leg.
At the same time, and on Fox Sports, Inter, with Lautaro Martínez, will visit Porto with the advantage of the 1-0 win in the first leg in Milan.
The winners will join the quarterfinals of the Champions League that already has Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea and Milan classified.
With Araña Álvarez and probably Máximo Perrone on the substitute bench, City will seek to take another step in the most important tournament in Europe. The ex River did not have minutes in Germany but he is a trustworthy offensive card for Guardiola since in the six games he played he contributed two goals and two assists.
Manchester City starts as favorites since they won 21 of the last 23 home games in the Champions League. Their last defeat was in September 2018 once morest Olympique de Lyon (2-1).
Leipzig is going through its third participation in the Champions League following being the surprise of the 2019/20 edition that had it as a semifinalist.
In the other game, the Nerazzurri, with Lautaro Martínez from the start and Valentín Carboni as an alternative, will defend the minimal advantage they obtained at home in Portugal.
Joaquín Correa from Tucumán is still recovering from a muscle injury and remains out of the squad.
Inter need to advance to the next round of the Champions League as they in Serie A they lost a key match once morest Spezia (2-1) and fell 18 points behind leader Napoli.
The duel is presented as the most open of the round of 16 second legs of the Champions League, which They will be completed this Wednesday with the crosses between Real Madrid – Liverpool and Napoli – Frankfurt.
The draw for the quarterfinals and semis will take place on March 17.
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