At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 10, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinals will usher in two matches: Manchester City vs Sport portugal, and Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester City vs Sport Portugal: Blue Moon has little chance of another big win
2021-22 Champions League group stage, Manchester City, Greater Paris two major champions of the same group, two rounds of direct dialogue, Paris home 2:0 defeat manchester City, Manchester City home 2:1 small victory over Paris, Manchester City did not bargain anything cheap, and finally with a 1-point advantage to pressure Paris to win the first place in the group, which took advantage of the big advantage.
The opponent drawn in the 1/8 final of the paris, the second largest group in group A, is the first place in group D, the champions league hegemony Real Madrid.
Manchester City, who is first in group A, is second in group C, and the portuguese sports have some luck in qualifying.
Dortmund, led by natural Haaland, the most optimistic in Group C, followed by Dutch giants Ajax, Portugal Sport and Besiktas have no reason to be optimistic. In the first round of the group stage, Portugal Sport lost 1:5 at home to Ajax, and then Ajax rode to the dust, but Dortmund dropped the chain, Portugal Sport seized the opportunity, and finally squeezed Dortmund to the third place in the group with a slight mutual record advantage in the same point situation.
In the first leg of the quarter-finals, Manchester City won 5-0 away to Sport of Portugal, which is basically equivalent to advancing to the quarter-finals in advance, and the second leg is nothing more than a process. In the history of the Champions League, there is a precedent for losing 0:5 at home in the first leg, and can the second leg still go to the away game to turn over? I was impressed, no!
Manchester City have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions, the only one they lost was the 26th round of the Premier League's "upset" home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
Portugal Sport has won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 of its last 10 matches in all competitions.
In this game, Manchester City's victory is not as suspenseful, but it is unlikely to be as big as the first leg. The first leg was on its own turf, and the Portuguese must have had an idea. The second leg goes away, and in the case of hopeless turnover, just ask not to lose too ugly, and you will not venture in. And dead at home like Bayern to a team outside the big five leagues is not Manchester City's football philosophy.
Real Madrid vs Paris: Real Madrid are unbeaten at home and out
In the Champions League, Real Madrid is an old powerhouse, and Paris is a recruit egg. At the beginning of the Champions League, Real Madrid was one of the main champions, and at that time, the Champions League, you can even call it the Real Madrid Cup, because the first five champions were theirs. The rise of Greater Paris, that is, in recent years, before the Middle East oil capital entered the ownership, it was difficult for them to qualify for the Champions League parameters, and it was only in the 2019-20 season that the team reached the Champions League final for the first time in its history.
But time has changed, and it is not what it used to be, and it is now a strong and weak heterogeneous position. After Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, Real Madrid lost its competitiveness in the Champions League. With Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, the three world's top superstars, Paris is invincible in the world. The only thing real madrid can break the wrist with Paris may be the manager. Ancelotti coached a lot of battles and won the championship. Pochettino directed the team to play a weak team at home in Ligue 1, which made the fans look entangled.
Real Madrid have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions, and La Liga has won three consecutive matches in the last 3 rounds.
Paris has won 6 wins, drawn 2 and lost 2 of its last 10 matches in all competitions, and Ligue 1 has won 1 and lost 2 of its last 3 matches.
In the first leg, Paris beat Real Madrid 1:0 at home, and Real Madrid was passively beaten in the whole game, a small loss, and the result was acceptable.
In this game, Real Madrid is expected to be unbeaten, but promotion is a luxury.