Champions League, the quarterfinals begin tonight: Real-City feels like an early final, Bayern seeks redemption in Arsenal’s den. Where to watch the matches on TV and streaming

Orphan of the Italian teams after the triple elimination in the round of 16 of Inter, Napoli and Lazio, the Champions League is back with the quarter-final program that promises a spectacle. What stands out in particular is what for many is the anticipated ending: Real Madrid-Manchester City with Ancelotti’s Blancos thirsty for sporting revenge after the semi-final won by the English last season (the 4-0 in the return match at the Etihad Stadium launched Guardiola’s team into the final in Istanbul against Inter). It also steals the eye Arsenal-Bayern Monaco: the Gunners are back in the quarter-finals after 14 years, while the Bavarians (who have won the last three previous matches in the Champions League all by 5-1) want to redeem a season which at home, between the Cup and the Bundesliga, was well below their expectations expectations. Appointment therefore at 9pm at the Santiago Bernabeu and at the Emirates Stadium, while Wednesday evening are scheduled Atletico Madrid-Borussia Dortmund e PSG-Barcelona.

The words of Ancelotti and Guardiola

”Against City we need the courage and personality that we lacked last year”. Carlo Ancelotti he asks his Real Madrid for a different test compared to that of last season’s semi-final against the defending champions: ”These are fundamental aspects in this type of match and last year we missed him in the return match – recalls the Italian coach -. Obviously we also lacked play in some situations that we didn’t manage well. The mental aspect is very important in the sense of courage and personality on the pitch. We prepared this match very well because we had time and I am confident that we will give our best”. Challenge within the challenge with Guardiola: ”He’s a great coach and strategist, I don’t discover that. It’s true that there will be two expert coaches on the bench, but there will be extraordinary quality on the pitch. And I think this is the best thing about this challenge”.

The Catalan coach seems determined: ”We didn’t come here to control the match but to try to punish them and score goals. Last season we came through, in the first season we narrowly missed out, the coaches are the same, but there are new players. We’ll see, however it could be an advantage to play the second leg at home. But first there will be these 90 minutes in Madrid, in which they will be very dangerous, we know what it means to play in this stadium”.

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”We are enjoying the moment, we are where we would have liked to be both in the Premier League and in the Champions League. In front of us we will find one of the most successful clubs in Europe, but we can’t wait to try to overcome this obstacle. Bayern is a top team, I’m a big admirer of Tuchel. I learned a lot from him. We prepared well and now we will have to play our game, if we succeed we have a chance of winning it”. As Mikel ArtetaArsenal manager, ahead of the match against the Bavarians. Thomas Tuchel, already certain of leaving Bayern at the end of the season, knows that only the Champions League can save a complicated season: ”Arsenal are a point of reference for what they are doing, in the last two years they have done an incredible job. We have to play a match worthy of the quarter-finals, in the Bundesliga we have shown that we are not hungry enough and we deserve the points behind us against Bayer Leverkusen, we cannot lose as happened in the championship”.

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Where to watch the games on TV

The big match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, with kick-off at 9pm, will be broadcast free-to-air on Channel 5 what up Sky on the Sky Sport Calcio (202), Sky Sport 4k (213) and Sky Sport (252) channels. Alternatively, live streaming is available, via app or website, on Mediaset Infinity, SkyGo and NowTv. Arsenal-Bayern Munich, again at 9pm, will be broadcast exclusively by Sky on the Sky Sport Arena (204) and Sky Sport (253) channels. Also in this case the match is available in streaming on SkyGo and NowTv and, for a fee, on Mediaset Inifinity.