We have the BL quarterfinals: big games are coming

Defending champion Bayern Munich could confidently look forward to a rematch against Lazio as they also won 4-1 away from home, leaving virtually few questions open. The other game promised to be much more exciting, with Atlético de Madrid trailing 1-0 as Chelsea’s guests.

The two teams met on February 23 in Bucharest as a result of travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus epidemic, where Chivea won with Olivier Giroud’s beauty award goal.

Thomas Tuchel’s head coach and Hungarian assistant Zsolt Lőw couldn’t count on Thiago Silva and Tammy Abraham, while Jorginho and Mason Mount couldn’t play due to the ban.

Chelsea finally started in the lineups of Mendy – Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rüdiger, James – Kante, Kovacic, Alonso – Ziyech, Werner, Havertz. Diego Simeone sent eleven Oblak – Trippier, Savic, Giménez, Lodi – Llorente, Koke, Saúl – Carrasco, Suárez, Félix to the field.

It says a lot about the image of the match that Chelsea had 76 percent of the ball in the first 15 minutes, but a serious situation did not develop on either side for a long time. In the middle of time, Rüdiger overwhelmed Suárez, who wanted a penalty but complained to no avail.

A few minutes later, Azpilicueta pulled Carrasco back, but no verdict was received, even though the incident was very close to his sixteenth line, perhaps it was inside.

Chelsea advanced to a mature goal in the 34th minute when Timo Werner started down the left after a ball and then passed well to the center for Ziyech, who no longer had a bad time.

Lodi was replaced by Hermoso at halftime, moving Atletico to a three-goal system, but Chelsea could have increased their lead in the opening minutes, but Oblak’s shot was defended by Oblak, and then Ziyech’s shot had to go back to being the Slovenian goalkeeper.

Atlético attacked, while Chelsea defended well and Werners were happy to launch quick counterattacks, but with the last passes there were many problems on both sides.

In the last twenty minutes Joao Félix’s shot was defended by Mendy, then a bounced shot passed by him from Portugal, in the next corner everything was decided when Savic elbowed Rüdiger in the chest and took out his legitimate red card .

In the hair of the match, Fendix was still being beaten by Mendy, but there was an answer left for Chelsea, who scored another goal in the 94th minute through Emerson, who replaced him almost then.

Atlético also had a disappointing match in the rematch, so Chelsea finished in the top eight with 3-0 overall.

Bayern Munich could not wait for Manuel Neuer due to illness, so Aleksander Nübel defended, who played his third game at Bayern. Alphonso Davies had a chance to turn things around, however Hansi Flick had a disastrous performance.

Bayern to Nübel-Pavard, Boateng, Alaba, Hernandez-Kimmich, Goretzka; Sané – Müller, Gnabry – Lewandowski started with eleven, while on the other side Reina – Marusic, Acerbi, Radu – Lazzari, Escalante, Milinkovic-Savic, Alberto, Fares – Correa, Muriqi started with eleven.

At the start of the match, Bayern Munich set the pace, but rather slowly handed the area over to the Italians.

The duel was even decided in the 32nd minute when Goretzka fought a penalty after a corner kick. The penalty was confidently scored by Robert Lewandowski, with Bayern already leading 5-1 overall.

In the second half, the Italians had to replace Lazzari, who seemed to have a broken finger, and Bayern came for Davies, who immediately put Lewandowski in position, but the Pole failed to score another goal, and in the 70th minute Flick knocked it down.

His replacement was Choupo-Moting, who also scored from his first touch of the ball in the 73rd minute.

In the 82nd minute, Lolo was embellished by Parolo, but in this duel the Italians had much more.

Bayern eventually won 2-1 and finished in the top eight with 6-2 overall.

So the top eight finishers are: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Real Madrid. Lottery on March 19.