Chelsea and Benfica have a lot of work to do to turn around the 1-3 losses against Real Madrid and Liverpool, respectively, but Bayern and Atlético will at least have the advantage of playing at home to try to come back from the 1-0 deficit in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
Presented by Expedia, we review the highlights of the second leg duels will be on April 12/13.
“We have to be honest and say it’s okay to only lose 1-0,” Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich said after the first leg. Der Spiegel wrote that “Bayern’s feared attack surprised Villarreal by being very inoffensive”. Indeed, the first leg was the first time in 32 Champions League games that Bayern had not found the net. Julian Nagelsmann’s side have 90 minutes to put things in order, as Robert Lewandowski and his pals are unlikely to gift Unai Emery’s side an easy night in Munich.
However, Villarreal, who are underdogs, believe they can still make a step forward. Goal scorer Arnaut Danjuma was satisfied: “If you beat Bayern 1-0 and you can still improve, that’s positive.”
Real Madrid don’t want any surprises against Chelsea
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Coach Carlo Ancelotti managed to keep his cool after Real Madrid’s victory in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. Karim Benzema’s hat-trick put the thirteen-time European champions in control of the tie, but the coach limited himself to saying: “It’s been a good night, but it’s just the break in the tie and we have to look ahead.”
Thomas Tuchel will be equally eager to put the game behind him as Chelsea have produced what he called “one of the worst first halves I’ve ever seen from us here at Stamford Bridge”. The ‘Blues’ aren’t much of an away goalscoring team in Europe, but this is no time to despair: after all, Chelsea eliminated Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season.
Liverpool wants to end Benfica’s trip here
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Benfica showed what they are made of in the second half of the first leg against Liverpool, but was shattered by Luis Díaz’s third goal for the ‘Reds’. The Portuguese sports newspaperThe ball he concluded that it was a team “with soul but without much glory”.
Denying Liverpool a place in the semi-finals seems like an arduous task for Nélson Veríssimo and his men, but with Darwin Núñez on the bench, the ‘Eagles’ always have half a chance. They can also take inspiration from the 2005/06 season, when they overcame a 1-0 deficit in their first tie against the ‘Reds’ with a memorable 2-0 win at Anfield.
City defends a minimum income against Atleti
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Phil Foden came on from the bench to give up the ball that Kevin De Bruyne sent into the back of the net to give Manchester City a first-leg lead. The strength of Pep Guardiola’s bench came to the rescue against a very resistant Atlético. “A 1-0 here is not such a bad score,” former Atleti defender Stefan Savić said. “When we play in Madrid it will be very different.”
Challenging words, but Diego Simeone’s side have not always had their best results at the Estadio Metropolitano in recent times; they have not won in their last six Champions League games (D4 L2) and Guardiola insisted that he will not go to Madrid to defend, warning: “We will go there to score and try to win again.”
Key dates
Semifinals, first legs (April 26 and 27) Semifinals, second legs (May 3 and 4) End (May 28)
