Liverpool and Manchester City have qualified for the semi-finals facing Atlético Madrid and Benfica. The two English clubs will face Villareal and Real Madrid in a last 100% Anglo-Spanish square.
Le Monde and AFP
Liverpool qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Wednesday, April 13, simply with a draw against Benfica (3-3) after a 3-1 victory in the first match, while Manchester City qualified on a draw against Atlético Madrid (0-0), sufficient after a 1-0 win to go.
The last 100% Anglo-Spanish square – the third since 2008 – will therefore oppose Liverpool in Villareal, who has successfully eliminated the Bayern Tuesday (10-1 draw after a 1-0 victory at the Go), and Manchester City at Real Madrid.
Already obvious in the game Going during the 3-1 victory in Lisbon, the superiority of the Reds has been flagrant again, despite the final equality and a very redesigned eleven. With a hinge Joel Matip-Ibrahima Konaté, flanked by Kostas Tsimikas and Joe Gomez, and Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio running on the bench at kickoff, the priority of the week given to the Premier League was visible. The three goals cashed, however, encourage that this choice has not been very advised.
If the goal of Gonçalo Ramos (1-1, 32 e ) is due to an unintentional withdrawal of James Milner, the other two, from the Ukrainian Roman Yaremchuk (3-2 , 73 e ) and Darwin Nunez (3-3, 82 e ), are due to alignment errors.
However, with a line of attack composed of Roberto Firmino, surrounded by Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota, the offensive power of the premises remained very consistent and was sufficient to ensure the qualification. As if to go, konaté had opened the score of the head and on Corner (1-0, 21 e ). In the second half, firmino converted, to the second post, two offerings of Diogo Jota (2-1, 55 e ) and tsimikas (3-1, 65 e ) for Put the Reds in a very comfortable position.
City eliminates the atstretico to find Real
In the other quarter-finals return of the evening, Manchester City was kept in check 0-0 by Atlético Madrid, but qualified thanks to his 1-0 win at the game. After a first period rather dominated by the English club at the Madrid Metropolitano Wanda, the Colchcheeros showed a little more dangerous in the second act.
5 minutes from the end of the match, they even created several big occasions, but neither Matheus Cunha (87 e ), nor Luis Suarez (89 e ), or Yannick Carrasco (90 + 4 e ), Nor Angel Correa (90 + 9 e ) have only managed to find the frame.
The spirits heated to the entry in the additional time and Felipe was excluded for a second yellow cardboard (90 + 1 e ). Thanks to this draw outside, Manchester City thus eliminates the Atlético Madrid and will find another club from Madrid, the Real, in the semifinal, after the qualification of the Merengue against Chelsea Tuesday, on a defeat (2- 3) Nevertheless enough after the 3-0 victory of the go.