CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The decisive phase of the
Champions League, the playoffs is here and there is no truce, so nobody gives a break. The
first leg of the eighths have left the giants against the ropes, just cornered and
with the urgency of going back in the return if they do not want to see the end of this season truncated too soon. Liverpool, Real Madrid, PSG, Juventus, Tottenham ... are on the edge of the abyss. Templates made with collections of stars, millionaire projects that stagger after receiving the first blow ... not the decisive one. There is still the last 'fight'.
Liverpool, the current
champion, will have to defend his throne at Anfield, overcoming the 1-0 score with
which they left the Metropolitan Wanda, in a match in which Atlético was a wall, really a solid team, impenetrable, unbeatable, the Englishman, who walks with a firm
step and iron hand for the Premier: undefeated so far. The trident that attacks, formed by Salah, Firmino and Mané, left the stadium feeling sorry. because of not a single shot to the door.
The same as Liverpool happened
to Juventus. Another set full of stars like Cristiano, Dybala, Pjanic, Higuaín ...
who left Groupama Stadium without a shot. Fourteen
shots off against Olympique Lyon, the seventh in Ligue 1. They took the victory
the Gauls (1-0) with a goal from Tousart.
The PSG, another cornered
giant. The French can miss the Champions League again, the club's big goal, too
soon. Tuchel's lost 2-1 in the first match against Borussia Dortmund, but now
they must react to their hobby. So, Mbappé, Neymar, Icardi, Cavani ... Dynamite look for the coming back.
The runner-up, Tottenham,
is also against the ropes. During
this campaign, the English are not working as in the
previous one; in addition, they will play at home the return to RB Leipzig,
after losing (0-1) in the first leg. This is the most difficult still for those of
Mourinho.
Barcelona, who suffered and
did not leave a good feeling in San Paolo, even started beaten by Mertens,
in the end is one of the best results for the return, also played at home. That
of Naples was not the best match of those of Setién, until Ter Stegen saved a
decisive hand with Callejón, but they reaped a draw (1-1, goal by Griezmann)
that can be worth its weight in gold at the Camp Nou inside of a few weeks.
By Daniel Agudelo, Step 10
