Clash of the blackboards: The Champions League returns with the duel between Guardiola and Simeone

The Champions League is replayed. Ihe European competition is already in the quarter-finals and one of the most anticipated duels will be that between Manchester City and Atlético de Madrid. The citizens of Pep Guardiola receive – this Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. – the mattresses of Diego Simeone and the Basque coach surprised everyone in the previous one by saying that the eleventh from Cholo “is more offensive than you think”.

Phrase that seeks to demolish what the Spanish institution expects rather than its rivals counterattacking them at the right time, because -according to Guardiola- “Atlético don’t lock themselves in. They come and get you, if you sink them and come out well they come back, their forwards come into midfield and wait for the transitions to go, but they don’t lock themselves in because they want to. If they can, they will rush you from the first minute of play”.

Simeone, for his part, returned the courtesy saying that “I have no doubt that City have amazing players, maybe they have better players than us. but there are two games and we have to play them”.

the another match of the day, during the same time slot, is between Benfica and Liverpool. The Portuguese are the big surprise of this edition of the Champions League, as they reached this stage after knocking out Barcelona in the group stage and knocking out Ajax in the round of 16.

Likewise, your technician Nélson Veríssimo is more confident than ever: “We are in a tie in which we can reach the semi-finals, something that has never happened in this format. We have to stick with it and believe that it can happen.

While the English team arrives at this body worried about the renewal of one of its figures, Mohamed Salah, and the professionalism that Jürgen Klopp delivers on each of his challenges. “We all know that with one mistake, with something going wrong, a competition can end. No problem, we are ready for whatever happens, ”said the coach of those who never walk alone.

The first match will be seen on ESPN and the second on Fox Sports 1 and both will be streamed on Star+.

The The most anticipated key to this instance is the one that Chelsea will play against Real Madrid. The competition, which will begin this Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., in England they catch the hosts with doubts as they have just fallen 1-4 to newly promoted Brentford. Something to make a big splash in London, since those led by Thomas Tuchel won by the minimum and the team fighting for its permanence in the Premier League conceded victory in just 40 minutes.

However, the news from the Spanish capital is not so encouraging, since Carlo Ancelotti has been infected with the coronavirus and has not been able to lead his students for several days. In fact, Davide Ancelotti and Abian Perdomo were the technical duo against Celta de Vigo (the meringues won 1-2) and Carlo will wait until the last minute to move.

Finally, there is the face to face among another of the surprises of this contest, Villarreal and Bayern Munich. The match will be played in Spain and the powerhouse German side will be looking to end manager Unai Emery’s streak.

The Hispanic professor is five qualifying rounds and two finals unbeaten, as in head-to-head he knocked out Red Bull Salzburg, Dynamo Kyiv, Dinamo Zagreb and Arsenal, playing in the Europa League, and Juventus in the Champions League. In that adds the tie with Manchester United in the memorable Europa League result, which the Yellow Submarine won on penalties, and the draw against Chelsea, in the European Super Cup who lost in the same case.