The Champions League is back for a second night that promises to be rich in emotions, especially for Moroccans Sevilla FC, El Haddadi, En-Nesyri and Bounou who will face the Bundesliga giants, Borussia Dortmund.
Action resumed on Tuesday in the Champions League, with a pair of appetizing matches on the schedule. Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé (author of a hat-trick) scored four goals to defeat FC Barcelona in the first leg (4-1).
Liverpool, meanwhile, overcame recent difficulties and won their first leg against RB Leipzig (2-0) thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané.
Tonight, attention turns to Sevilla FC of Munir El Haddadi, Youssef En-Nesyri and Yassine Bounou, Borussia Dortmund, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus and FC Porto.
Borussia and Sevilla FC will meet in Andalusia on Wednesday February 17 at 9 p.m. The home side easily boasted of the best form ahead of the match, notably thanks to Youssef En-Nesyri, their top scorer of the season.
Sevilla, who have won nine consecutive matches in all competitions (five in a row in La Liga) and just eliminating Barcelona from the Copa del Rey counting on the agility of their goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, are looking to add another victory of high level to his record.
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Dortmund, meanwhile, have slipped to sixth place in the Bundesliga after a mediocre five-game league streak that includes losses to Leverkusen, Moenchengladbach and Freiburg (as well as a draw against Hoffenheim). The domestic struggles came at a time when Dortmund’s main rivals for the league title found their way, making this midweek European encounter a potentially pleasant respite from the squad’s woes in the Bundesliga.
On the other hand, FC Porto will be looking for their first-ever win against Juventus when the clubs meet on Wednesday in the first leg of the 2020-21 Champions League round of 16.
Indeed, Juventus is heading towards the shock of Wednesday without a win in two games (in all competitions) and clearly not at its best.
However, Pirlo’s men will always be the favorites and can count on their lethal weapon, Cristiano Ronaldo who will return to the country to face Porto and get a good result.
Although Juventus are not having their best season, they have improved their game and results in recent weeks, despite losing in Serie A to Napoli last time around.
Juventus took first place in Group G after a 3-0 win over Barcelona at Camp Nou in their last Champions League outing, advancing to the knockout stages for the seventh consecutive year.
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