“Arsenal” – “Bayern”
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Allianz Arena Bayern Munich are struggling, with Thomas Tuchel’s side 16 points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and out of the German Cup.
Instead, “Arsenal” shows a great game in the Premier League. With coach Arteta, he occupies the first place in the tournament table of the championship. However, the Gunners are not so lucky in the European Cups.
They last reached the semi-finals of the tournament in 2008/09, when they lost 1-4 on aggregate to Manchester United.
It is also worth noting that three of the four heaviest defeats to Arsenal in the European Cups were inflicted by Bayern, all with a score of 5:1, the last time in March 2017.
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So this match will be a big test of how ready the Londoners are to break the tradition of crushing defeats by the Germans.
“Atletico Madrid” – “Borussia Dortmund”
Atlético are quite convincing in the Champions League this season. Scoring a lot of goals, making comebacks and fighting to the death, they are much faster and more agile than the other teams in this Champions League draw.
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“Borussia” survived in the “group of death” and defeated PSV in 1/8, but in the Bundesliga it is fifth and does not show an expressive game.
Dortmund love a high-pressing system, while the Spanish team prefers to keep everything under control and use counterattacks to catch the opponent off guard.
Atletico’s chances of victory are much higher as the team is euphoric and on an emotional high after knocking out Serie A leaders and last season’s Champions League silver medalist Inter Milan.
Borussia Dortmund are playing good football, but the absence of Jude Bellingham, who is now at Real Madrid, has greatly affected their attacking qualities.
“Manchester City” – “Real Madrid”
The biggest clash of the Champions League quarter-finals is undoubtedly the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, the 14-time European champions against the reigning champions.
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Jude Bellingham
This is the 11th and 12th meeting of the teams. According to the statistics, “Manchester City” has four victories, “Real Madrid” – three and the same number of draws.
In a game as evenly matched as that between Real Madrid and City in the Champions League, the smallest detail can tip the scales one way or the other. And one such detail is injuries. Courtois and Alaba remain in Carlo Ancelotti’s infirmary. Ake and Walker will not help the “townsmen” in the first quarter-final match.
Ahead of the match, City manager Pep Guardiola complained about his team’s schedule: “We play Aston Villa on Wednesday at 20:15, then Crystal Palace at 12:30 on Saturday! Then we go to Madrid on Tuesday. Madrid have nine days to prepare, nine days! They are playing this weekend (3/31) and won’t be playing until our game. I’d like to think about it and ask for one more day, because the difference is so big.”
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Last season, “Manchester City” defeated the “royal club” in the semi-final match with a score of 4:0. Madrid are much stronger this year and are looking for revenge, but City have also improved their game and can confirm their status as European champions.
PSG – “Barcelona”
The clubs have met in the Champions League 12 times and have four wins and four draws. PSG last beat Barcelona 5:2 on aggregate in the 1/8 of the 2020/21 season.
Both teams have changed a lot since then. “Barcelona” recovered after numerous economic problems. Progressive La Masia graduates such as Marc Guieu, Lamine Yamal, Pau Coubarsi, Fermin López and Hector Fort have greatly strengthened the Catalan side.
PSG abandoned the strategy of overspending on star players and focused on signing young footballers who have huge potential to become stars.
Both teams have given us some brilliant encounters, but their erratic form makes it difficult to predict the match.
We will remind, in the semi-finals, the winner of the PSG-Barcelona pair will meet with Atletico or Borussia Dortmund, and the leader of the Arsenal-Bavaria pair will meet with Real or City.
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According to Favbet experts, in the pair “Arsenal” – “Bavaria” the Londoners are clear favorites.
In the match between Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, the Spaniards will have an advantage.
The chances of “Manchester City” and “Real Madrid” are approximately equal.
And PSG has much better chances than Barcelona.
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