KOMPAS.com – Quarter-final first leg matches Champions League 2020-2021 will take place on Tuesday (6/4/2021) or early Wednesday at 02.00 WIB.
There are two quarter -final matches on Champions League schedule this time, namely a duel Real Madrid vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund.
On the first leg the Champions League quarter-finals in the morning, Real Madrid will host first at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.
Likewise with Manchester City who will host Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium.
Facing Liverpool, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane does not want to be complacent by the absence of injured defenders, such as Virgil van Dijk.
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“I don’t know if it’s a weakness because they have other players,” said Zidane.
“We also have a few players absent, but the strength is in the team,” he said.
“There are always players absent, but the strength is in the team. That’s what it is for us,” he said.
As for Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said his team did not come for revenge.
Previously, in their last match, Liverpool lost to Real Madrid in the 2018 Champions League final.
At that time, Liverpool were defeated with a score of 1-3 and had to accept the fact that they failed to lift the Champions League trophy.
However, ahead of the latest duel, Klopp admitted that he did not carry out a mission of revenge.
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“My motivation is at the highest level because this is the Champions League,” said Klopp, quoted by BBC Sport.
“It has nothing to do with the 2018 final, but when we got the draw, playing against Real Madrid, of course I remember the match (2018 final),” he said.
“We are not on a revenge mission here. I don’t really believe in revenge, but it would be nice to qualify because it means we are moving on to the next round,” said the German.
The following is the schedule for the Champions League quarter-final live broadcast on Wednesday (7/4/2021) in the morning WIB:
02.00 WIB – Real Madrid vs Liverpool (SCTV)
02.00 WIB – Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund
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Real Madrid vs Liverpool click this link.
Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund click this link.
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