The last two quarter-final all-rounds of the Champions League pitted Ajax Amsterdam against Juventus FC and Manchester United FC Barcelona on Wednesday.
The PSG scorer goes back to the fight. And what a fight! Manchester United host FC Barcelona on Wednesday in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. At the same time, the surprise team of these quarterfinals, Ajax Amsterdam, receives Juventus Turin.
Manchester United-FC Barcelona: the fall of PSG again outsider
The last two times Manchester United and FC Barcelona have clashed in the Champions League, it was in the final. In 2009, as in 2011, it was Barça who won. Today, all the lights are green on the Catalan side. Unbeaten since November in the Spanish league, the Blaugrana have qualified for the final of the King's Cup and come out of a rather quiet qualification against Olympique Lyonnais in the round of 16 (0-0, 5-1) . Lionel Messi (33 goals in 29 league games) continues to walk on the water, with already 8 goals in 6 games of C1 this season.
After their surreal qualification against PSG (0-2, 3-1), Manchester United is once again outsider, at the dawn of its double confrontation against FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League . Ole Gunnar Solskjær, with Paul Pogba's return from suspension in the first place, will still be able to count on a more complete squad than in the round of 16 against Paris. On the other hand, the Red Devils seem to be in a less good dynamic than during the previous round. They remain on two losses in their last three league games.
Ajax Amsterdam-Juventus Turin: the double surprise
Ajax Amsterdam is the real sensation of the knockout stages of the Champions League. The young Dutch generation, led by Frenkie De Jong, who will join FC Barcelona next summer, crushed Real Madrid, the defending champion, to claim a place in the quarter-finals (1-2, 4 -1). After the show that they offered against the Madrilenians, Ajax players are very expected for these quarterfinals, facing a Juventus Turin who will take them very seriously.
An Old Lady who was very badly embarked after her eighth-first leg, lost 2-0 on the turf at Atlético Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo pulled out his superhero costume to save the Turin men in the second leg by scoring a hat-trick. The confrontation between these two formations thus promises its share of sparks.