Three CL hits in the ticker
Madrid derby, BVB and Arsenal LIVE from 9pm
First leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League: Real Madrid host Atletico Madrid. Borussia Dortmund also face Lille and Arsenal host PSV Eindhoven. The three games kick off at 9pm and we will be reporting live (ticker below).
Here is the live ticker:
The Champions League round of 16 kicks off with an emotional Madrid city derby, which will be a rematch of the 2014 and 2016 finals, all of which were won by the "royals".
Real recently suffered a setback in the Spanish league - a 2-1 defeat at Betis Sevilla saw the record champions drop to third place behind Atletico, three points behind leaders FC Barcelona. Coach Carlo Ancelotti also has to contend with personnel problems. Jude Bellingham is suspended, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Jesus Vallejo and Dani Ceballos are missing through injury. It remains to be seen whether David Alaba, who was substituted against Betis, will be fit. There is also a question mark over Alaba's fellow central defender Antonio Rüdiger.
Simeone is delighted with "modest players"
Atletico have been in good form in recent months, with coach Diego Simeone's team having conceded just one defeat in their last 26 competitive matches. Most recently, they beat fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao 1:0 at home on Saturday. The "Colchoneros" are just one point behind Barca in the league and are in the semi-finals of the cup - a lot seems possible for Atletico this season. "But the players are very modest, I like that," explained Simeone.
Dortmund on the up
Dortmund are on an upward trend ahead of their first clash with Lille. Since the 0-0 home draw against Sporting Lisbon and the resulting progression to the round of 16, Marcel Sabitzer and Co. have won two Bundesliga matches without conceding a goal. Now they face a team that went down 4-1 at Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday in front of their own fans. "Nevertheless, this is a very serious opponent," warned BVB coach Niko Kovac.
Arsenal are also warned against Eindhoven, as the Dutch side recently knocked Juventus out of the competition.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Willkommen in unserer Community! Eingehende Beiträge werden geprüft und anschließend veröffentlicht. Bitte achten Sie auf Einhaltung unserer Netiquette und AGB. Für ausführliche Diskussionen steht Ihnen ebenso das krone.at-Forum zur Verfügung. Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.