Champions League
German cracker: FC Bayern meets Bayer Leverkusen – feasible lot for BVB
There is a German-German duel in the Champions League: FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen meet in the round of 16. Borussia Dortmund got a grateful lot.
In the Champions League there is a German football summit between record champions FC Bayern Munich and Master Bayer Leverkusen. The two Bundesliga clubs meet in the round of 16 on 4/5. and 11./12. March on each other. They compete against each other for the fourth and fifth time this season after two league duels and a cup game. Borussia Dortmund is dealing with OSC Lille from France in the round of the last 16, as the draw of the European Football Union UEFA showed.
The first leg takes place in Munich because Bayern cut off less in the group phase and had to take the detour via the playoffs. The decision is then made in Leverkusen a week later. The two Bundesliga duels ended. Bayer won 1-0 in Munich in the DFB Cup and has been a big favorite there ever since.
For the two German top clubs, there were only two opponent options for the Reformed Champions League mode. Instead of two Spanish-German duels, the Bundesliga duel now occurs. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid determine a quarter -finalists in the city derby.
FC Bayern: Max Eberl wanted to play against Atlético Madrid
“We will see what is coming. If you say European Cup, you would like to play internationally,” Bayern’s sports director Max Eberl said in advance about the draw and thus expressed a slight preference for Atlético. Leverkusen is dealing with the greatest national rival, but escapes a duel with the defending champion around superstar Kylian Mbappé.
The further tournament tree until the final on May 31 in Munich was also drawn. The winner from Bavaria against Leverkusen will play in the quarter -finals against Inter Milan or Feyenoord Rotterdam. In the semifinals, FC Barcelona or Dortmund would be possible opponents.
Feasible lot in the Champions League for BVB
The BVB has to deal with a opponent after Sporting Lisbon in the playoffs in the round of 16 with an adversary who is not part of the favorite group. “To be honest, I don’t care who we will play against,” said sports director Sebastian Kehl. As an eleventh of the Bundesliga, Dortmund is currently under great pressure nationally. BVB first plays at home against Lille.
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Source: Stern
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