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21:47 – Manchester City – Bayern: Mancunians and Munich go to the locker room

Bayern Munich hold the ball but cannot exploit it: after this first act, possession of the ball is certainly in favor of Bayern Munich (53% against 47%), but it is Manchester City FC who managed the most shots on target (3 against zero) and who took the advantage at the mark (1-0). Manchester City – Bayern in live

21:45 – Benfica – Inter: Lisbon and Inter players are in the locker room

Benfica Lisbon lacks realism: at the end of this first round, possession of the ball is to the advantage of Benfica Lisbon (51% against 49% for Inter Milan), which has moreover created the no more serious chances with 1 shot on target against nothing at all (!) for Inter Milan, but the score is tied (0-0). Benfica – Inter in live

21:27 – Manchester City – Bayern: Rodrigo Hernandez unlocks the counters in Manchester (1-0)!

Manchester City FC opened the scoring in the 27th minute of the 1st half. And it was Rodrigo Hernandez who scored the first goal of the match! The scoreboard goes 1-0 in this Manchester City – Bayern at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City – Bayern in live

21:00 – Manchester City – Bayern: Kick-off of the match between Manchester City FC and Bayern Munich!

It’s off to Manchester, where Jesus Gil Manzano has just kicked off Manchester City – Bayern. Manchester City – Bayern in live

21:00 – Benfica – Inter: Kick off of the match between Benfica Lisbon and Inter Milan!

The kickoff of this confrontation between Benfica Lisbon and Inter Milan has just been given by Michael Oliver, in Lisbon. Benfica – Inter in live

20:30 – Haaland remains on a quintuple in the Champions League

In the equation, Thomas Tuchel will necessarily have to take into account Erling Haaland. In the Premier League, the Norwegian has 30 goals and 5 assists. In the Champions League, he is also the top scorer in the competition with a historic quintuple in the round of 16 second leg on March 14 against RB Leipzig. Omnipresent around the penalty area, Manchester City’s number 9, adored by the Mancunian public, represents a real threat. He is perhaps the piece that Pep Guardiola was missing, who still dreams of lifting the “big-eared” cup.

20:00 – Guardiola reviewed his Champions League final against Tuchel

This quarter-final in the Champions League is also a meeting which will oppose two outstanding tacticians: Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel. The two men have met several times on the grounds of the Bundesliga first with Bayern Munich and Dortmund then in the Premier League with Manchester City and Chelsea. If the Spaniard still leads the Skyblues, the German has taken over the reins of the Bavarian club. The Munich have changed coach since the victory over PSG in the round of 16 of the Champions League in March. They parted ways with Julian Naglesmann. In total there have been 10 meetings between Guardiola and Tuchel and it is the first city that leads with 5 wins against 3 losses. There were 2 draws. in the Champions League, on the other hand, it was Thomas Tuchel who won with just one victory, but the most important since it was the final in 2021. The City manager moved on but he rethought to this defeat before the meeting. “I saw the match again a month after the final. It wasn’t as bad as I thought, but not good enough to win, that’s it.”

7:00 p.m. – “The Champions League is my dream”, Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola “still dreams of the Champions League”, a competition that the Spanish technician has not won since FC Barcelona in 2011. “To win it, you have to deserve it and for us, it starts with this first leg against Bayern”, he simply commented at a press conference on Monday April 10. The manager even allowed himself a small comparison with an NBA legend: “Look at Michael Jordan won six NBA titles, and he played 15 seasons”.

6:00 p.m. – The Champions League to console Inter?

If Benfica is in rather good shape, Inter Milan is going through a very difficult period with 3 draws and 3 defeats in its last 6 meetings in all competitions. Simone Inzaghi and his men are going through a difficult period which therefore comes at the worst of times before this quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. The current 5th in Serie A will move more without injured central defender Milan Skriniar and midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu.

17:00 – 114 goals in 46 games for Benfica

At 56, Roger Schmidt has put Benfica back on very good track. The Lisbon club certainly lost 2-1 at home against FC Porto in the Championship on Friday April 7, but the club from the capital is well ahead of the Liga Portugal with 7 points ahead of the “Dragoes”. In this formation, the German coach “changed the mentality of his team which now plans to win all its matches”, according to Nuno Farinha, a CNN journalist. Inter before this quarter-final first leg of the Champions League will really have to be wary of Benfica, who are formidable in their efficiency. Since the arrival of the technician on the bench, Benfica have scored 114 goals in 46 games. “Roger Schmidt assumes the defensive risk but his team keeps the balance”, detailed the former deputy of Thierry Henry in Monaco, Joao Tralhao before the meeting tonight. This former Benfica trainer believes “there is a collective strength which is greater than the strength of individual talents”.

16:00 – Probable compositions of Manchester City-Bayern

For this clash in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, Manchester City should appear without Phil Foden. For its part, Bayern Munich will be deprived of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. Erling Haaland will be present in the starting lineup.

• Manchester City : Ederson – Akanji, Ruben Dias, Aké – Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gündogan, Grealish – Haaland
• Bayern Munich : Sommer – Pavard, de Ligt, Upamecano, Davies – Goretzka, Kimmich, Sané, Musiala, Coman – Müller

15:00 – The probable compositions of Benfica-Inter

The part of the table in which Benfica and Inter are seems to be less raised with a probable semi-final in sight against Naples or AC Milan. The dream of a final has taken shape in the minds of the Italian and Portuguese teams, who will not be able to play Chelsea, the real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Manchester City only in the final. To reach the last four, Roger Schmidt should therefore opt for a 4-2-3-1 with the nugget Gonçalo Ramos at the forefront. Opposite Simone Inzaghi should rely on a 3-5-2 with his attacking duo Dzeko-Martinez.

• Benfica : Vlachodimos – Gilberto, Silva, Verissimo, Grimaldo – Luis, Chiquinho – Mario, Rafa, Aursnes – Ramos
• Inter-Milan : Onana – D’Ambrosio, de Vrij, Bastoni – Darmian, Barella, Brozovic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco – Martinez, Dzeko

2:00 p.m. – Hello everyone!

Welcome to this live. It’s the start of the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League on April 11 and 12. The challenge is simple, the objective is to join the last four of the most beautiful of competitions. The painting was unveiled a few weeks ago. The teams therefore know all their probable future confrontations. Benfica, which easily defeated Brugge (7-1 aggregate score) in the round of 16 of the Champions League, will host Inter, which defeated Porto (1-0). At the same time, there is probably the shock of these quarter-finals with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City who will face Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich, who have just arrived in the Bavarian club.

• Benfica – Inter : 9:00 p.m.
• Manchester City – Bayern Munich : 9:00 p.m.