So, all the return matches of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League were completed. Some teams cheered us, some surprised, and some disappointed. Last week, the tournament left Basel and Porto, which in general was predictable after the first matches. But unlike Porto, who came on the field just to play this match and go home, Basel went out to fight and despite the great difference in the score believed in the victory. As a result, the team won, even if it did not go any further, but left the tournament with her head held high. My respect for Basel!

The other two losers of the first week were French PSG and English Tottenham. The Paris club, which spent a lot of money in the summer to strengthen the team, could not get into the 1/4 finals. This is not surprising, because the team is now imprisoned for one player - Neymar, and it was not exactly that night on the field, but in truth, from him there was no use in the first match. Both matches were virtually one-way, nothing dangerous PSG created neither in Madrid, nor in Paris, even last year the Parisian club looked better and was worthy of the quarter-finals, but now it's not. In another match, the events developed much more dramatically, because after a draw in Turin Tottenham had a good chance of reaching the next stage The team looked great, conducted smart attacks and was able to score a goal already in the first half, it remained to play 45 minutes and the "spurs" would have come out in the quarter finals. But Juventus had his own answer, the team conducted two scoring attacks in three minutes and tipped the scales in their favor. So Juventus did not do anything for the entire match goes on. Yes Tottenham looked much better, but it's football, everything happens here.

The second week of retaliatory confrontations brought another disappointment to the English fans. And disappointment is Manchester United. Bus Mourinho who managed to survive in a match with Liverpool did not help the Portuguese in a match with Seville. For the entire first half, the "devils" did not create anything and this is at the Theater of Dreams. In the second half, all decided to enter the field of Wissam Ben Yedder who in four minutes took a double and that two minutes after his appearance on the field, by the way, United could miss more if not David De Gea. After this turn of events, the Reds threw all their forces into the attack and even managed to win back one goal, but they could not do more. That's the case when you start playing only in the 80th minute of the match. In general, Manchester United absolutely out of the business leaves the Champions League, absolutely not sorry. 
 
Disappointed and Shakhtar Donetsk, who in fact did not create anything dangerous at the Stadio Olimpico. This is very "home", if you can say a team that is able to produce the result mainly at the "home" stadium. Roma enough was one goal to go further, and she could score, but Shakhtar could not even break through. Sadly, the only team from Eastern Europe is leaving the tournament.

I doubt whether Turkish Besiktas could hope for anything in the match against Bayern, all that the players of the Turkish club could do, is to score one goal against Sven Ulreich. And with a difference in the score 1-8 they leave the Champions League.

And the final match of stage 1/8 took place last night, according to the results of which the next English club said goodbye to the Champions League. Only here, unlike the other two, everything was more complicated from the very beginning. The game at Chelsea recently does not go well, the attackers can not justify their acquisition. Goal Messi at the "Stamford Bridge" seriously complicated the task of the team Antonio Conte, well, the Argentine forward's double in the second leg sentenced the English. As in the match with Crystal Palace, Olivier Giroud took the place of the central striker and, just like in the Premier League match, the Frenchman could not score. All hope of England is now connected with Manchester City and Liverpool.

So, here are the participants of the stage of the quarter finals of the Champions League: Manchester City, Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Bayern, Sevilla, Roma, Juventus. After tomorrow's draw, the teams will recognize their opponents in the next stage.

And now, the best moments of the past matches.

https://youtu.be/wmDaItbMqQ0

Enjoy!
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