WoW! Football is just amazing. Never write any team off – the sheer will of some teams can overcome even the toughest and biggest names in the sport.
Just to give you the news in nutshell of what happened in the last coupe of days in the Champions League::
First Day:
Ajax beat Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Real Madrid’s Home Ground) 4-1 to come from behind and eliminate the Champions League Champion from the competition. (Ajax win 3-5 on aggregate)
Tottenham beat Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund’s Home Graound) 1-0 with a Harry Kane strike to eliminate Dortmund from the Champions League.
Next Day :
Manchester United beat Paris Saint-Germain F.C. at Le Parc des Princes (PSG’s Home Ground) 3-1 with a last minute penalty to come from behind and eliminate PSG from the competition. (3-3 on aggregate – Man United win on Away Goals)
Also :
Porto beat Roma 3-1 at Estádio do Dragão (Porto’s Home Ground) with a 117 minute penalty (Extra Time Goal) eliminating Roma. (4-3 on aggregate)
What a week for football lovers. The underdogs outperforming the Big teams in their home grounds. It is sad to get eliminated from Champions league for any team but it is humiliating if you had the advantage in first leg wins and lose it big at your own home ground infront of your home fans.
Real Madrid and PSG fans must be furious with their teams because of the results.
On the other hand – fans of Ajax, Manchester United & Porto must be overjoyed with the performance their team has shown in the second leg of this Champions league last 16 round.
For now Ajax, Tottenham, Manchester United & Porto have qualified for the Quarter Finals of Champions League.
Next week we will get the other 4 teams that will make it to the Quarter Finals of the Champions League.
The remaining 4 mouth-watering matches of the Last 16 round are :
13th March at 1:30am (Indian Standard Time)
Manchester City v Schalke 04 (3-2 Aggregate – Game to be played at Etihad Stadium – Man City Home Ground)
Man City leads with a goal difference.
13th March at 1:30am (Indian Standard Time)
Juventus v Atlético Madrid (0-2 Aggregate – Game to be played at Allianz Stadium – Juventus Home Ground)
Juventus needs a miracle to come back from a two-goal deficit but they have Cristiano Ronaldo – so you cannot write them off yet. This will be a mouth-watering match to watch.
14th March at 1:30am (Indian Standard Time)
Barcelona v Lyon (0-0 Aggregate – Game to be played at Camp Nou – Barcelona’s Home Ground)
Barcelona should learn from their last year’s elimination(Roma eliminated Barcelona with 4-4 aggregate on away goals) and even the results from this week’s Champions League matches. Barcelona have to win the match to progress in the Champions League.
14th March at 1:30am (Indian Standard Time)
Bayern München v Liverpool (0-0 Aggregate – Game to be played at Allianz Arena – Bayern München’s Home Ground)
This is going to be so amazing to watch. Jurgen Klopp going back to Allianz Arena in Germany – this time with Liverpool. Expecting a very intense match with lot of goals. Excited!
Can’t wait for next. Super excited!
