After the Italian victory in the first leg (1-0), the Oporto-Inter It is presented as the most open of the round of 16 second legs of the Champions, that will be played this Tuesday, with the Antioquia Matthew Uribe as owner.
Another of the games that generate interest for Colombians is the one that they will play Real Madrid y Liverpooldue to the possible reappearance of Luis Diaz.
In the other parties the Manchester City start as great favorites in their stadium against Leipzig after having drawn 1-1 in Germany three weeks ago, like Napoli, who are expected to continue their dream season at home after winning 2-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt on the way
To reach the quarterfinals for the sixth time in 20 years, Porto, winners in 2004 (3-0 in the final against Monaco), must overcome the short lead that Inter achieved thanks to the Belgian’s late goal Romelu Lukaku.
With Pepe in command in defense and his Iranian striker Mahdi Taremifive goals already in this edition of the Champions League, the club from the north of Portugal hopes to come back against an Inter that has not been in the European ‘Top 8’ since 2011.
The comeback seems more complicated for Liverpool, after falling 5-2 against Real Madrid at Anfield, in the spectacular reissue of the last Champions League final, also won by the white giant (1-0).
The team led by Jurgen Klopp He should be inspired by the 2019 semifinals, the year of his sixth and last ‘Orejona’, when he came back from three goals against Barcelona, from 3-0 at the Camp Nou to 4-0 at Anfield.
Salah top scorer
The Reds will have the form of the best scorer of the 2022-2023 edition, Mohamed Salah (8 goals) to avoid the irregularity that has weighed down their season: Last week they beat Manchester United 7-0 in a historic match and this At the weekend they fell 1-0 to Bournemouth, in the relegation zone in the Premier League.
City, which is still looking for its first trophy in the Champions League, will try to avoid the rebellion of Leipzig, which has its French striker Christopher Nkunku as a doubt due to physical problems.
Finally, Napoli seem too strong for Eintracht, led by their Georgian genius Khvicha ‘Kvaradona’ Kvaratskhelia, again the protagonist on Saturday against Atalanta with a great goal (2-0). If the team led by Luciano Spalletti is not surprised, they will play the quarterfinals of the highest competition for the first time.
Eintracht Frankfurt, reigning Europa League champions, have not played at this level since their final loss in 1960 against Real Madrid (7-3), a match in which Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas scored four goals.
This is how the turn will be played
Eighth of the Champions League
mars
Porto – Inter Milan (3:00 pm) Colombia time
Manchester City – RB Leipzig (3:00 p.m.)
Wednesday
Naples – Eintracht Frankfurt (3:00 pm)
Real Madrid – Liverpool (3:00 p.m.)
