After the matches played in the second round of the quarterfinals, four teams qualified for the semifinals of the Champions League, the Premier League has two representatives with Manchester City and Chelsea, Real Madrid for Spain and Paris Saint Germain for the French league, in this edition there was no draw to define rivals, which is why these teams will face each other in the previously predefined brackets.
The semifinals will be played on April 27-28 (Valdebebas and Parc des Princes) for the first leg and on May 4-5 (Stamford Bridge and Etihad) for the second leg.
PSG vs Manchester City
It is the duel that generates many expectations as the two teams were the best performing so far, each with its own style, the Paris of Neymar and Mbappé proposes a more explosive style of play with a field positioning that determines the counter-offensive positions to surprise the opponent with quick transitions from defense to attack, meanwhile, Guardiola’s City faithful to the style of his coach uses a permanent possession game to dominate the game with ball possession and short play.
Two diametrically opposed styles since both teams are effective at generating scoring options and of course with the quality of players they have they are able to take advantage of the situations that arise in front of the opponent’s goal, we will see who gives the initial blow at the Parc des Princes on April 28.
Real Madrid Vs Chelsea
They are two teams with similar systems of play where the main tactic is the struggle to dominate the midfield, an area where both teams have their best weapons, with tridents of talented and fighting midfielders both Real Madrid with Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Casemiro (figure in the key against Liverpool) and Chelsea with Jorginho, James and Chilwell (figure in the key against Porto) seek to order the game and generate the offensive advances of both sets.
Of course, both teams also have lethal weapons in attack, the Whites of Madrid with their own standard bearer of the country of the musketeers, the Frenchman Karim Benzema, a striker of a thousand battles and tireless who has become the captain of the team, on the other hand, Chelsea has promising young players who want to become at an early age the references of European soccer, we are talking about the German Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, in addition to the Englishman Mason Mount.
The first match will be played on April 27 at the Valdebebas stadium in Madrid.
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