The last bite: 2nd Leg-R-16(17/03/21)

Who goes through? A clean sheet, and the job is done for Chelsea; Momentum Building for Bayern Munich. 

The round of 16 concludes this night. The London Blues gets perked up in Europe when they host the Rojiblancos; and a golden opportunity for Bayern as Lazio could neither fathom nor catch Bayern’s cruise. 

Hold the door!

A backward clearance provided a moment of magic when Giroud hit a beautiful overhead kick in the previous encounter to bring to bear the disparity coming on to the second leg. Atletico cannot seem to get a hold on their season. The grip on the La Liga is not lost yet but a series of contrasting results will get Barcelona and Real Madrid bucked up. 

Diego Simeone says he comes to the Stamford Bridge with one aim and that is to win. A win is the expectation; any other result and things turn sour for the Rojiblancos. Suarez has not scored an away goal in the UCL since 2015. Coming to win at the Stamford Bridge will require going all out and not playing the all-defensive approach we are used to seeing. They did good but failing to create many chances gave the edge to Chelsea who took the half chance that came.

Thomas Lemar and Joao Felix were their only threat at taking something from that game, but Carrasco and Marcos Llorente can provide the needed impetus to help Luis Suarez upfront in this tie as Lemar is a doubt for tonight. 

Chelsea edge this narrowly and no Ls for Thomas Tuchel yet. The defense has stood out on many fronts and the start to life in West London has been impressive. Mount and Jorginho will be absent for this but Kovacic and Kante can be relied on to hold the door. Repeating the same performance in Bucharest will enable the Blues go through. Giroud gets the nod up top and will be supported by Werner and Kai Havertz. A clean sheet, and the job is done for Chelsea. 

Herculean but enjoy it. 

With the 4-1 aggregate score, Bayern is already laying cones to prepare for their quarter final encounter. Hansi Flick made certain their qualification after Lewandowski, Leroy Sane and teenage sensation, Jamal Musiala banged in the goals in the first half. An own goal from Acerbi was only cancelled out by Joaquin Correa who could only give a snippet of hope to Lazio. 

Hansi Flick is looking to build his team’s confidence by putting the icing on the cake – a win seals that deal. Leroy Sane dazzled with speed and skill to help Bayern in the first leg. 

Simone Inzaghi states that, their aim was to reach the KOs – that was successful after not being in the CL for twenty years. He may have thrown in the towel after happenings in the previous encounter but will like his charges to enjoy the game tonight. 

Italian sides have lost their last four visits to Bayern and since Hansi Flick took over he has won all his six home matches played in the Champions league. This task is herculean for Lazio, but they can only come and enjoy it. 

It all comes to an end tonight. 

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