Monday, April 10, 2023 – 9:52 PM
ABU DHABI, 10th April, 2020 (WAM) — The confrontation between English football and its German counterpart is renewed on the European scene, when Manchester City, England, will meet its guest, Bayern Munich, tomorrow, Tuesday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Football Champions League.
There have been many confrontations between the clubs of the two countries and also between their teams over the past years.
The confrontation between Manchester City and Bayern Munich is attracting great interest as it is between two of the most favorite teams for the European title this season, in addition to the fact that both teams hold the domestic league title in their country, although each of them performed better in their career in the Champions League this season than they did in the previous season. Journey to defend the local title.
Since the 2011/2012 season, the European Champions League has witnessed 3 confrontations between the two teams in 3 different seasons, but they were all in the group stage of the tournament, while the confrontation between them tomorrow will be the first in the knockout stages of the tournament, which doubles the size of the challenge and excitement in this match.
During 6 previous matches between the two teams in the three group stage matches, the two teams were equal; Where Manchester City won 3 matches and Bayern won the same, and the English team scored 9 goals compared to 10 goals for its German competitor, which shows the extent of parity between the two teams through previous confrontations.
Both teams prepared for the upcoming confrontation tomorrow in the best way possible, as Manchester City defeated Southampton 4-1 in the English Premier League, in a match that witnessed the return of young Norwegian striker Erling Haaland to the ranks of Manchester City after recovering from injury, to score two goals and raise his tally to 30 goals at the top of the scorer list. tournament.
Manchester City relied a lot on the goals of Haaland, who also tops the Champions League scorer list this season with 10 goals, including 5 goals during the 7-0 victory over Leipzig, Germany, in the second leg of the second round (round of 16).
The last confrontation between the two teams ended with Manchester City winning with a clean goal scored by Haaland as part of the two teams’ preparations before the start of the current season.
On the other hand, Bayern prepared for tomorrow’s meeting with a precious 1-0 victory at its host Freiburg in the German League, a few days after its defeat against the same team in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.
Bayern thus maintained its lead in the German League, by two points against Borussia Dortmund, and this victory also boosted the team’s morale before facing Manchester City, which won the last 8 matches it played in various tournaments, and scored 31 goals during these matches, with an average of close to 4 goals per match.
Bayern relied a lot on the experience of its new coach, Thomas Tuchel, in the Champions League, as he previously competed in the final twice, in 2020 with Paris Saint-Germain and 2021 with Chelsea, and won the title the second time.
In the second match tomorrow, Inter Milan will be a guest on Benfica in a largely equal match, noting that the two teams missed success in their matches in the local league earlier this week, as Benfica lost 1-2 to its neighbor and traditional rival Porto at the top of the Portuguese league, although Benfica remained at the top. Competition schedule, Inter Milan tied with Salerentana 1-1 in the Italian League.
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