This Wednesday, 9 matches will be played, completing the 7th and penultimate day of the Champions League. Among them are the Real Madrid-Salzburg and the Milan-Gironabut more than attractive PSG-Manchester City and six other meetings that promise intense emotions.
R. Madrid-Salzburg
A typical trap match tonight at the Santiago Bernabéu between Real Madrid and RB Salzburg. The whites, with nine points obtained in a very irregular Champions League, have the obligation to beat the mediocre Austrian team that arrived in the capital on the brink of elimination. Above all, it is a trap because Ancelotti’s men are huge favorites and, if they win, they will continue to need as many points to qualify as possible, but if they lose, they can left on the edge of the cliff.
Milan-Girona
Girona plays for its future in the Champions League and at the San Siro, facing AC Milan for the first time in its history. With only three points and placed in the thirtieth position in the standings, Míchel’s team needed a victory to continue dreaming of progressing to the next round. The task will not be easy, as they rely on other results to reach the final day against Arteta’s Arsenal who have options. The Catalan team faces a very important rivalry after losing in LaLiga against Sevilla.
PSG-Manchester City
Tonight is the night. The Parc des Princes will open its doors for an exciting PSG-Manchester City, exciting and on the limit, corresponding to the penultimate stage of the Champions League. The continuation of both teams in the competition is at stake. This is a reunion of Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola, friends and companions from a thousand matches as players at Barcelona between 1996 and 2001. As coaches, they have met 4 times, 2 wins for each.
Today was an almost dramatic match for the two. The city occupies 22nd place in the Champions League table, it is in the playoff zone, with 8 points, at least 5 away from direct access to the round of 16. PSG has worse yet, 25th, with one point less, even outside of said playoff zone. On the last day, City-Brujas and Stuttgart-PSG.
Feyenoord-Bayern
Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich, launched in a Bundesliga it rules with an iron fist, visit De Kuip tonight (9:00 pm) with the aim of achieving a victory that will allow it to reach the final round with a chance to be in the ‘Top8’ ‘ of this stage of the Champions League and therefore qualify for the round of 16 without having to go through the playoffs. In the Dutch bathtub awaits a Feyenoord who, with 10 points (2 less than Bayern), is good to get a place for the playoffs but is in a delicate moment in terms of results, having won only 1 of the last 4 games he played.
Arsenal-Dinamo Zagreb
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were given a golden opportunity to take a crucial step ahead of their direct qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League. If they beat Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates Stadium, the English will be on their own on the final day, where they visit Girona.
The same thing happens with Croatians. If they manage to attack the Gunners’ hometown, they will have everything in their favor to make the playoffs on the final day, where they will host Milan.
It will be difficult for the team coached by Fabio Cannavaro, but not impossible. Although Arsenal are unbeaten in this league at home, Dinamo have managed their only two away wins, against Red Bull Salzburg and Slovan Bratislava.
Sparta Prague-Inter
Inter Milan, who come into this penultimate matchday with 13 points despite suffering their only defeat on the penultimate matchday (1-0 at Leverkusen), visit Prague (9:00 pm) to face Sparta who knowing that a win is theirs to do. reach the final day depending on himself to ensure his presence in the ‘Top8’. The team led by Simone Inzaghi starts as clear favorites to win against a Sparta Prague that with only 4 points has been thinking for weeks that it will not continue in this Champions League.
Leipzig-Sporting
Leipzig, which has no options to continue in this Champions League that reached this penultimate matchday without opening its points after suffering six defeats, receives this afternoon (6:45 pm) Sporting de Portigal, which falling into the fight to earn a playoff spot. It will be an interesting duel between the scorers, mainly because of the presence of Viktor Gyökeres in the visitors but also because of the local Benjamin Sesko
Celtic-Young Boys
Glasgow Celtic, who have lost just one game in the Champions League (7-1 against Dortmund), will host last-placed Young Boys tonight (9:00 pm) with the aim of achieving a victory which, if he cannot be classified in mathematics. , at least it will bring him very close to the playoffs. The Scottish team has 9 points and depends on itself to achieve the desired place while the Swiss do not want to say goodbye to this Champions League without scoring.
Shakhtar-Brest
Brest, the great revelation of the Champions League so far, depends on itself to prove its qualification for the round of 16. They will continue to do so if they beat Shakhtar at home in a duel that will take place in German Gelsenkirchen because the The Ukrainian team cannot play in their field because of the war in which the country is involved.
Source: La Verdad
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