On Tuesday evening, Sporting Lisbon put an end to the Bodo/Glimt miracle, which had eliminated Inter Milan, the European vice-champion – taken over by Cristian Chivu in the summer, in the play-off.
After 3-0 in Novergia, Bodo collapsed in Portugal. In the 78th minute, the “lions” from Sporting had already equalized the overall score. In extra time, the northern team collapsed and conceded two more goals.
Sporting, the 2nd place in the domestic championship, 7 points behind the leader Porto with a game in hand, will beat Arsenal London, who eliminated Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 on aggregate, in the quarter-finals.
In the most anticipated duel of the evening, Real Madrid did not tremble for the qualification. He also won in England, in the shelter of that 3-0 tour. It was 2-1 in Manchester, with the “citizens” having a man sent off in the 20th minute. Real will continue their duel with Bayern Munich, most likely.
And the champion PSG is in the quarter-finals, after demolishing Chelsea, 8-2 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals it will face Liverpool or Galatasaray Istanbul.
The program of the final eight
Tuesday
Sporting – Bodo/Glimt 5-0 (in the round, 0-3)
Inacio (34), P. Goncalves (61), L. Suarez (78 – penalty), M. Araujo (92), Nel (120+1)
Arsenal – Leverkusen 2-0 (in the round, 1-1)
E. Eze (36), Rice (63)
Chelsea – PSG 0-3 (in round, 2-5)
Kvaratskhelia (6), Barcola (14), Mayulu (62)
Manchester City – Real Madrid 1-2 (in the round, 0-3)
Haaland (41) / Vinicius (22 and 90+4 – the first from the penalty)
In the 20th minute, Bernardo Silva (City) was sent off.
Wednesday
Barcelona – Newcastle 19:45 (1-1)
Bayern Munich – Atalanta 22:00 (6-1)
Liverpool – Galatasaray 22:00 (0-1)
Tottenham – Atletico Madrid 22:00 (2-5)
