Today the UEFA Champions League will start the second leg quarterfinal matches. In the next two days, four teams will continue their journey in Europe. The most-visited football news portal in the country, "Eurofootball.com," interviewed former Lithuanian national team player and now commentator on the "Viasat Sport Baltic" channel, Nerijus Vasiliauskas. The former defender agreed to share his predictions for the Champions League quarterfinals. - Let's start with the Barcelona and PSG pair. What do you think, is everything clear in this pair yet, or can we expect surprises? - Despite the result in the first match, between teams of this level, it is never clear. Without a doubt, Barcelona was clearly better than PSG in Paris in the first match, but the latter will have their key players back, so the Barcelona team should not relax. Of course, in these matches, Barcelona's players are favorites, but the intrigue remains. Usually, in matches of such a high level, everything is decided by details. PSG players will have a chance if they manage to stop Barcelona's attack, but we know that Barca usually scores one or two goals at their stadium. Prediction - 2:2. - Nerijus, how do you evaluate Bayern's chances? Can Porto cause a sensation in Germany? - Porto already caused a sensation in the first match, scoring three goals. Now the question is whether Porto will not concede as many goals at home as they could have scored in both matches. In my opinion, the "German machine" is capable of beating Porto at their stadium, and my prediction is 3:0 in favor of Bayern. - An intriguing duel is expected at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium. Who do you think has better chances among the Madrid teams there? - Looking at the first match, the status of favorites would be given to the Real Madrid players, but knowing the statistics and that this season Atletico Madrid is playing very well away from home against Real, Diego Simeone's players have a chance. Atletico should play in a defensive manner, based on counterattacks. They do it very dangerously and often like to change formations. At one moment, they pressure opponents in their half and thus take Real players out of their comfort zone, where their dangerous attack is forced to be without the ball. It is very difficult to predict the outcome of this match. Real has problems with injured players, so Atletico should have at least slightly higher chances to advance to the next stage. - In the last pair, Juventus and Monaco meet. What do you think, will the Italians maintain their advantage in France? - Juventus won the first match by scoring a penalty kick, but this penalty kick was highly questionable. In my opinion, Monaco should advance to the next stage. The French scored a goal, and we will most likely see extra time or even a penalty shootout.
Aivaras Katutis
