CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020. This Friday, August 14, FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich will clash in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Summary Table Schedule Results TV coverage
[updated 14 August 2020 at 17h19] New evening of champions League and new poster promising : FC Barcelona to Bayern Munich. A meeting that promises of beautiful football, which will begin at 21 hours, in Lisbon. For the Catalans, the main threat is called Lionel Messi. The German coach explained at a press conference that the argentine player was the main threat of this game. “It is a world-class player and we have looked at how to play against him. But I’m not going to reveal it here. The most important thing is to provide a collective response. We need to play as a team and be so smart. We must try to put pressure on him,” said Hans-Dieter Flick.
A duel of the titans all the more expected that each of the two clubs, which are among the largest on the continent, have already each won five times the competition. “A final,” says the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, as this match will be decisive for the Catalan training, at the end of a season where Messi has often seemed to hold on his shoulders all the hopes blaugranas. “Barça clings to the magic of Messi”, note the newspaper Sport.
But the match FC Barcelona-Bayern Munich is not the only confrontation in the hispano-German expected in this champions League 2020, as PSG will play in the semi-final Atlético-Leipzig, Tuesday, 18 August next after his amazing win against Atalanta Bergamo on Wednesday. Below you will find the complete schedule of the competition :
The table of the champions League, 2019-2020
Quarter-finals :
Wednesday, 12 August : Atalanta Bergamo – PSG ; Thursday, August 13 : Leipzig – Atletico Madrid ; Friday 14 August : Barcelona – Bayern Munich, Saturday, August 15 : Lyon – Manchester City.
Semi-finals :
Tuesday, August 18 : Leipzig – Paris Wednesday, 19 August : the winner of Barcelona/Bayern Munich will face the winner of Lyon-Manchester City, The timing of the resumption of the champions League, 2019-2020
This is the PSG which will open the ball of the quarter-finals of the champions League on 12 August. The dates of the 8th-finals have also been announced after the draw. Here’s the full schedule (kick-off at 21h for all games) :
Friday, August 7 – Eighth-finals : Juventus – Lyon and Manchester City – Real Madrid Saturday 8 August – Eighth-finals : Bayern Munich – Chelsea and FC Barcelona – Naples Wednesday, August 12 – Quarter final : Atalanta Bergamo – PSG Thursday, August 13 – Quarter-final : RB Leipzig – Atletico Madrid Friday, August 14th – Quarter-final : FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich Saturday, 15 August – Quarter-finals : Manchester City – Lyon on 18 and 19 August : Semi-finals 23 August : Final results of the 8th final
Before the parenthesis of the competition in march, four eighth-final had the time to conclude, notably with the surprise elimination of Liverpool, European champion in title, and the qualification of the PSG. The reminder of the results of the 8th final ( in bold the qualified ) :
Borussia Dortmund – PSG , first leg : 2-1 ; second leg : 0-2 Atlético Madrid – Liverpool, first leg : 1-0 ; return match : 3-2 Atalanta Bergamo – CF Valencia, first leg : 4-1 ; return match : 4-3 Tottenham – the Leipzig , first leg : 0-1 ; return match : 0-3 Naples – FC Barcelona , first leg : 1-1 ; return leg 1-3 Chelsea – Bayern Munich , the away game : 0-3 ; match return 1-4 Real Madrid – Manchester City , first leg : 1-2 ; return match 1-2 Lyon – Juventus Turin away match : 1-0, return match 2-1 What is the TV broadcast in France ?