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Champions League semi-finals filled by Real Madrid Vs Chelsea and PSG Vs Manchester City. Duel of friends and opponents is inevitable!
In the round Champions League semifinals, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and Manchester City will fight over two tickets to be able to penetrate the Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey in May.
Launching from the official UEFA website, the first leg will be held on April 27 and the second leg on May 4. Real Madrid first host Chelsea, PSG first host Manchester City.
Summarized by detikSport, the semifinals of the Champions League this time it will feel more full of drama. Because, there is a duel of friends and opponents.
We start from PSG vs Manchester City. The aroma of the Brazilian players was thick there.
In the PSG camp there are Neymar, Marquinhos and Rafinha. In the Manchester City camp there are Ederson Moraes, Gabriel Jesus and Fernandinho. They are all retainer of the main squad for the Brazilian national team – who will be opponents in the Champions League this time.
Gabriel Jesus dan Neymar (Getty Images/Michael Steele)– |
In addition, there are still duels among Argentines. Angel Di Maria from PSG vs Sergio Aguero on Manchester City.
Di Maria and Aguero (Getty Images / Michael Steele)– |
The Real Madrid vs Chelsea duel is no less interesting. In fact, there is a senior vs junior duel!
That refers to Toni Kroos, the midfield general Real Madrid who is a senior player in the German national team. He will face his juniors in the German national team Chelsea, namely Timo Werner and Kai Havertz plus center back Antonio Rudiger.
Kroos has won many titles with Real Madrid, as well as being successful with the German national team in winning the 2014 World Cup title.
Toni Kroos (left) and Timo Werner (right number nine) (Getty Images / Fran Santiago)– |
In addition, there is still a duel from midfield between the masterminds of Real Madrid’s attack, namely Luka Modric facing Chelsea’s midfield machine, namely Mateo Kovacic.
Both of them come from Croatia and are good friends. Both of them both support each other from scratch, from the youth team in the Croatian national team until now they are successful at their respective clubs.
Kovacic dan Modric (Getty Images/Michael Steele)– |
Then there was a duel between fellow Spanish national team players, namely Sergio Ramos, Marco Asensio, Isco, and Lucas from the Real Madrid camp vs Kepa Arrizabalaga with Cesar Azpilicueta from Chelsea.
Finally, the duel with fellow French blood between Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy from Real Madrid vs N’Golo Kante and Oliver Giroud from Chelsea – although between Benzema and Giroud cannot be said to be ‘friends’.
Giroud and Benzema (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)– |
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