Despite being touted as 'the strongest eight in the Champions League in recent years' however, we all know that wealthy families are also divided into three, six and nine tiers. The no-longer-avoidable top eight were always supposed to be rated as two strong and weak groups and compete after the strange draw was announced.
Real Madrid and Manchester City met in a strong clash for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Arsenal, who returned to the quarterfinals for many years, suffered the demise of their nemesis Bayern Munich. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona are once again in the path of enemies. Meanwhile, the league can guarantee the weakest of the four. However, Atletico Madrid, who beat the distant league leaders in the last round, confronted Borussia Dortmund, confirming that there is a gift bag to move on.
After having their 50th birthday party screwed up 0-1 by Stuttgart, Westfalenstadion (today sponsored as Iduna Signal Park) Borussia Dortmund made up a belated present for the warm yellow and black hive. After falling 2-1 on the road, the Hornets backed up their 4-2 home win to knock off the Monarchs 5-4 on aggregate.
The last time the Hornets reached the Champions League final, it was also at the new Wembley Stadium, and now that they're eight ahead of Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, CEO Hans-Joachim smiled after the game and Watzke said, "It's certainly a proud day for all the Borussia Dortmund players!"
Atletico Madrid won't be on a collision course with Borussia Dortmund with their red and white striped pants in their home jersey, but they've opted to wear retro-style blue and white jerseys for this away game. I joke that these Hornets who see the miners as their enemy missed the Ruhr derby this season and Schalke 04 will certainly not be back. Only Germany might encounter this next season. If they were to encounter this in their immediate future, wouldn't they take the opportunity to get revenge and practice their fists?
Jokes belong in jokes, but in contrast to the first round of road slumps, Dortmund's defensive hosts in the second round did play desperately high from the start and immediately led the charge, although there was no escaping the cost of coping.
Less than three minutes into the game. Last summer, the Red Bulls from Bayern Munich produced Austrian midfielder Marcel. after stopping the ball at the front of the penalty area, Sabitzer was left unguarded to be shot at by the defender C-back. ésar Azpilicueta fell to the ground at the last moment (if the shot had been taken first, the Hornets would probably have equalized the aggregate score much sooner)
Less than two minutes after the escape, Atlético de Madrid interrupted the ball with a second attack from a defensive corner to crack their opponents on the spot and counterattack. Dortmund veteran Axel Witsel's big kick from the right side of the box to the right side of midfield was met by the head of Antoine Griezmann, who scuffed his head back and had yet to pass the center line. Álvaro Morata was easily able to reverse the offside position, accelerating Marcele's pursuit. Although Sabitzer formed a one-two, Gregorr inserted himself into the center of the box to attack. A left-footed friction kobel went slightly wide of the right post.
Atletico Madrid scored two goals against Borussia Dortmund in two rounds in the first eight of the Champions League this season, but it also squandered a number of other good chances, including three one-timers, and basically, it couldn't get away from Anteater, and apart from relying on the gift of the opponent Griezmann, this Atletico's offense was really ineffective and completely exposed.
In the first round, S Ivory Coast winger Sébastien Shortly after Dortmund pulled one back in the city, Haller substitute departed for Spanish striker Ángel Corea on the edge of the penalty area to rob Mats Later on, Hummels formed a one-two, but a hasty start inserted into the center of the penalty area went softly before the returning chaser shoveled in a tackle on the attacking Gregor Kobel.
Second half at the Mats, second round. After an own goal, Hummels, Ángel Correa had another one-two chance, this time calmly carrying Nico Schlotterbeck, Gregorr faced an attack Kobel chose to stab the near corner with his right foot, which went wide of the right post, although later on later on, Ángel Correa equalized to make it 2-2 and help his team to go beyond the total points.
The offense is nowhere near as efficient as it was a decade ago, and Atletico Madrid's defense has long since ceased to be as airtight as it was when it smothered Melon Bayern Munich.
Therefore, in those 180 minutes, as long as Dortmund themselves didn't chicken out and dared to press their opponents, the chances were endless. After more than half an hour of consecutive siege in the first half, the Hornets were able to instantly turn the total back to 3-2 in five minutes thanks to consecutive low left-footed shots from the penalty area by Juliann Brandt and Ethan Matsen.
And when Ángel equalized 2-2 at Correa and put the score over 3-4, Dortmund once again summoned up the courage to lay siege in the opponent's half, and it was immediately followed by Marcel. Sabitzer's decisive performance.
Perhaps he learned from his experience and lessons from the second half opener. Dortmund didn't back down after putting the total over 5-4. Instead, he kept enough troops in midfield and up front to harry Madrid's back game, curbing his attacking convention of craving to put all his eggs in one basket, but he relied too heavily on André Griezmann's opponents to manage to survive the last 20 minutes.Marcel Sabitzer even had a chance to open the scoring with two goals in two games.
