Thibaut Courtois has hinted {that a} Champions League last-16 showdown between Actual Madrid and is all however inevitable.
Talking after Madrid’s 2-1 (3-1 combination) play-off victory over Benfica on Wednesday evening, the Belgian goalkeeper addressed the prospect of his facet going through Man Metropolis as soon as once more.
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“Everyone knows it will likely be Man Metropolis on Friday on the draw! Everybody is aware of that.” Courtois .
Ought to Courtois’s prediction show appropriate, it could be the fifth consecutive season that the Spanish giants and English champions have confronted off within the knockout phases—and a second assembly this marketing campaign, following a 2-1 win for Pep Guardiola’s males in the course of the league section.
Whereas Courtois seems assured about Madrid’s subsequent Champions League opponents, Alvaro Arbeloa’s males is also drawn in opposition to one other Portuguese facet in Sporting CP, having simply dispatched Benfica.
At the moment sitting second within the Premier League and La Liga respectively, Metropolis and Madrid are each chasing home and European honours, with two league fixtures apiece earlier than their return to continental motion.
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Friday’s attract Nyon will map out the potential path to Champions League glory for each remaining group because the competitors reaches its tipping level.
The last-16 first legs will likely be performed on March 10 and 11, with the return legs going down one week in a while March 17 and 18.
