This week the UEFA Champions League continues with the quarter-final matches. On Tuesday evening, intriguing matches will take place in two European stadiums. At "Anfield" stadium, the real evening dessert will be served - "Liverpool" will host Bayern Munich in front of their fans. In France, the Lyon team will try to withstand Barcelona's club challenge. Both matches will start at the same time - 22:00. "Liverpool" - "Bayern" Right after the draw ceremony, there was a huge buzz around this pair. "Liverpool" narrowly made their way to the knockout stages, but even after a tough journey, they did not receive any mercy - they will probably face one of the most difficult opponents. The same could be said about the "Bayern" team, who finished first in their group and was expecting a much easier opponent in the quarter-finals. "Liverpool" has focused almost all of their attention on the English Premier League this season. Jurgen Klopp's team this year has a real chance of fighting for the Premier League gold after a long break. However, due to this goal, results in other tournaments are being sacrificed - "Liverpool" has already been eliminated from both domestic cups. In the Premier League, "Liverpool" has not had an easy time recently. The "Reds" defeated "Bournemouth" in the last round, but played draws with "West Ham" and "Leicester City." After this somewhat unsuccessful series, "Manchester City" has gotten even closer to their rivals. "Barcelona" - "Lyon" Few doubt which team is considered the favorite to reach the quarter-finals. Led by Lionel Messi, "Barcelona" is clearly the favorite in this pair, but their recent Champions League campaigns have not been successful, so "Lyon" believes they can replicate the success of the Roma team. For "Barcelona," the Lyon team should not be underestimated - they have not experienced any failures in the Champions League this season, although five matches ended in draws. However, Lyon was able to teach one of the best teams on the planet in the group stage - Manchester City. The French team initially defeated the "citizens" and played draws in the return leg. "Lyon" has shown impressive results recently - in the last seven games, they have won five and suffered only one defeat against "Nice." During this period, Lyon also managed to defeat Paris Saint-Germain, who fell at the Lion's den. "Lyon" has not created an impressive goal-scoring machine in their team - in the last ten matches, they did not score more than two goals in any duel. In total, during this series, the "Lions" scored 16 goals and conceded nine accurate strikes. At the beginning of the season, the powerful "Barcelona" has recently struggled - before the weekend, they played three consecutive draws. On Saturday, Barcelona fought against the "Real Valladolid" team. The hosts expected much easier matches, but the opponents were defeated by a minimal difference, and L. Messi converted one of the two penalties from 11 meters. Since January, when ten matches have been played so far, "Barcelona" has celebrated victories four times, played three draws, and suffered one defeat to the "Sevilla" team. Ernesto Valverde's team scored 21 goals in these matches and allowed opponents to score seven times. "Barcelona" arrives in Lyon not in the best form, so the hosts, who have not lost to "Barca" in the last two home Champions League matches, have even more confidence in their abilities. "Lyon" will certainly have to cope without their key player, Nabil Fekir, in these matches. Jason Denayer and Tanguy Ndombele are also not guaranteed due to their performances. Among the ranks of the Catalans, Rafinha, Jasper Cillessen, Arthur, and Thomas Vermaelen are absent. "Barca" doesn't have any more absences.
