Real and City in the “8” of the Champions League [δείτε τις καλύτερες φάσεις] 2024-03-07 21:01:59

The “queen” of Europe with a home draw once morest Leipzig (1-1) in the second leg of the 1-0 winner on German soil and the holder of the trophy with 3-1 once morest Copenhagen (with the same score she had also won in the capital of Denmark) will find themselves in the draw for the quarter-final stage, with the “tickets” now remaining being four.

Leipzig, however, proved that they deserved something better in tonight’s rematch at the “Bernabeu”. She was superior to the “merengues” throughout the match, missed many chances, had a goal with Olmos in stoppage time and although she “answered” directly to Vinicius’ goal with Orban (the Brazilian should have been sent off before the goal that scored for a violent push on Orban), he failed to find another goal that would send the rematch of the “16” into overtime.

Manchester City played just as much as they needed to reach a comfortable qualification to the quarter-finals of the Champions League tonight in the Etihad’s rematch with Copenhagen.

Having practically secured the “ticket” for the eight from the first match (3-1), the “citizens” defeated the Danish champions for the second time with the same score and, now, they turn their minds to the top derby that follows in the Premier League with Liverpool at “Anfield” (10/03).

With Ake, Bernardo Silva, Stones, De Bruyne, Foden, Walker and White on the bench, Pep Guardiola saw his side seal qualification before the first 10 minutes with goals from Akanji and Alvarez (5 goals in equal number of entries in this year’s event).

Eliunoussi made it 2-1 in the 29th minute, however, in stoppage time Haaland scored with a left-footed shot (7th goal in 8 appearances) to take his tally to 41 Champions League goals, the most of any player in the competition since his debut of September 2019.