Barcelona and Bayern ... Live date Friday
Messi is creative ... as always
Messi manipulated the defense and celebrated the scoring. A.F.B.
Messi scored a goal that was canceled by the referee. A.F.B.
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Barcelona and Bayern Munich hit a fiery date in the quarter-finals of the European Champions League in football, after the first victory over its Italian guest Napoli 3-1 on Saturday in the second leg of the final (1-1 in the first leg), and the second with a great score over Chelsea, 4-1 (3) Zero to go).
Due to the outbreak of the "Covid-19" virus, the Confederation of the Confederation (Wifa) made a change to the tournament system in its current version, whereby its final rounds will be held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, and the quarter-final and semi-final matches will be from one match instead of home and away.
The quarter-final opens on Wednesday, Atalanta, Italy, with Paris Saint-Germain, France, then Thursday, Leipzig, Germany, plays with Atletico Madrid, Spain, Friday, Barcelona, with Bayern, and Saturday, Manchester City, with Lyon, France.
Argentine Lionel Messi led his Barcelona team to the quarter-finals for the 13th time in a row, after his explicit victory over Italian Napoli 3-1 after they tied the first leg 1-1 in southern Italy about five months ago, when the tournament was suspended due to the new Corona virus, so that the Catalan team qualified 4 -2, on aggregate.
Messi and Barcelona gave a good way, advancing 3-1, before falling into the second and satisfied with the result.
Suarez and Gattuso
At the Camp Nou stadium, French Spanish league runner-up Clément Langley scored with a header after a corner (10), Messi manipulated defense in his usual way (23), Uruguayan Luis Suarez (45 + 1 from a penalty kick), and Napoli returned from an injury to Lorenzo Insigne (45). +5 penalty kick).
"The goal was to qualify," Suarez said. We knew that it was difficult, but we qualified. We have to take these days to rest to face the next opponent. ”
"We certainly knew that Napoli would create some chances, but fortunately we scored first, and that was important," he said. It is difficult to score your opponent on your soil first ».
Barcelona continued its good results at home, as it had not lost in seven years, while Bartinope failed to reach the quarter-finals of the continental competition for the first time in its history.
New coach Gennaro Gattuso (42), who won the Champions League twice with Milan as a player, also failed to pursue the rescue of the blue team.
Gattuso expressed his regret, saying, "We made very big mistakes over half an hour, but except for that we played a match with a great personality." We made it difficult for Barcelona. I have strong players, but in order to be strong players we must show a different personality from the one that we have shown in the past months. ”
"We got double their chances, and we were able to win." Singles made the difference. I have young men who can become very strong. ”
Lewandowski is indomitable
In the second match, Bayern Munich took a new step towards repeating the historic hat-trick that he achieved in 2013, after Polish Robert Lewandowski led him to an easy qualification at the expense of Chelsea.
Lewandowski scored the first and fourth goals in the 10 minutes from a penalty kick and 83, and the second was awarded to his Croatian colleague Ivan Perisic (24), and the third to Frenchman Kornin Tolleso (76) after two decisive passes, while Tami Abraham's goal came through Chelsea (44).
Bayern renewed its victory over its guest, after defeating it by 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in February, before the suspension of football activity due to the spread of the new Corona virus, to qualify 7-1 on aggregate.
"We are really excited," Bayern player David Alaba told Sky about the upcoming meeting with Barcelona in the quarter-finals. Barcelona are amazing, but we want to compete with them. We will go to Portugal with confidence, and after the past few months, we have nothing to hide from. ”
Flick succeeded, but Lampard failed
Bayern coach Hanzi Flick succeeded, as his counterpart Frank Lampard failed, as he led his team in his first season after taking over the technical management last November to win the League and Cup and the quarter-finals of the European mother competition, while the former Chelsea star, who replaced Italian Maurizio Sarri, In July 2019, with the domestic cup and fourth place in the league, which guaranteed him participation in the Champions League next season.
"I am not happy, and we did not want to lose here, but after conceding two quick goals, our reaction allowed us to return to the match," Lampard said. We faced a big, high-level team. When we see the number of matches for players in the Champions League on the field, we understand what happened. ”
Lewandowski strengthened his lead in the competition's scorers' ranking by scoring the 13th goal, three more than the Norwegian Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund's German striker, knowing that the latter departed from the final price round against Paris Saint-Germain, France.
Bayern striker Serge Gnabry said: "We are feeling good physically, we have done really well in the last two weeks. I think we are doing well. We are fortunate to have a striker like Lewandowski. Good to play with him. ”
Lewandowski has also raised his tally in all competitions to 53 goals this season, beating all players in the Big Five.
The Argentine star led Barcelona to the quarter-finals for the 13th time in a row.
Barcelona's hat-trick was scored by Langley, Messi and Suarez.
Match program
■ Wednesday 8-12: Atalanta - Paris Saint-Germain.
Thursday 8-13: Leipzig - Atletico Madrid.
■■ The two winners meet in the 18-8 semifinals
■ Friday 8-14: Barcelona - Bayern Munich.
■ Saturday 8-15: Manchester City - Lyon.
■■ The two winners meet in the semi-finals 8-19.
■■ Final this August 23.