There is Champions League quarter-final action to look forward to this week. Italy has three teams in the quarter-finals, and should one of them win the tournament this season, they will become the first Serie A side to win it since Inter Milan did so in 2010.
Straight Wins
Chelsea are in the doldrums. They are struggling in the Premier League and unless they win the Champions League this season, will probably not be playing in it next season. Frank Lampard has been tasked to perform damage control at the club. The Chelsea club legend has been appointed as it’s manager on an interim basis until the end of the season. While his team will try, they should be overcome by the much more experienced Madrid side.
Playabets have Madrid to win at 1.71. 1xbet have this at 1.72.
Reigning English Champions Manchester City take on reigning German Champions Bayern Munich in what has the makings to amount to a thriller. In the end, the Cityzens should make the most out of their home advantage in the home leg and go on to win this game. Erling Haaland will know the Munich side in an out having played against them a lot while he played for Borussia Dortmund.
Playabets have this bet at 1.77. 1xbet have it at 1.78.
Over 2.5
Benfica have done well to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament and have been one of the tournament’s surprise packages so far. Should the side from Portugal reach the semi-finals, it will be an even bigger surprise, akin to Ajax Amsterdam reaching the semi-final stage in 2019. For Inter, this is a golden chance for them to reach the semi final stage and I expect them to overpower Benfica in this game.
1xbet have this bet at 2.27. Playabets have it at 2.22.
Napoli are dominating in the Serie A this season and set to claim the league title away from last season’s Champions AC Milan. The team from Naples are a force this season, not only in Italy but also in Europe and this could be their season to do well in the Champions League. They will be the favourites against Milan.
Playabets have this bet at 2.09. 1xbet have it at 2.12.
Anytime Goal Scorers
Napoli-Victor Osimhen- The Napoli striker is one of the most in-form strikers in world football and likely to attract interest from the biggest clubs in world football at the end of the season. He has scored 21 goals this season and can be expected to cause problems for the Milan defence.
Manchester City-Erling Haaland- The Norwegian is breaking record after record this season. He has already scored 30 goals in the Premier League this season and there is every chance he will score against Bayern.
Inter Milan-Romelu Lukaku- This may not be the Belgian’s most prolific season but his experience will be important. He has the potential to cause problems for the Benfica defence through his acute sense of positional awareness.
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Eshlin Vedan is a professional sports Journalist from South Africa. He has a degree in Journalism from Rhodes University and has vast experience writing articles for national media and viral websites.
