Two first Champions League quarterfinal matches took place on Wednesday, featuring dominant performances by the home teams. France's Paris Saint-Germain, defending champions from last season, defeated England's Liverpool 2:0 thanks to goals from Desiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. For Liverpool, this is another painful result following a heavy defeat to Manchester City over the weekend, putting their season into a critical situation. Coach Arne Slot defended his tactical decisions and expressed his belief that Anfield's home atmosphere would make a huge difference in the return leg. Despite the defeat, Liverpool was aware that they could have conceded more goals. irozhlas.cz ↗ denik.cz ↗
The second quarterfinal match was played in Barcelona, where Atlético Madrid also defeated the home Catalan footballers 2:0. Barcelona played understaffed and delivered a significantly weaker performance. During the match, Slovak defender Dávid Hancko suffered a serious injury and had to leave the field early on crutches in the 31st minute. Atlético Madrid thus created an advantage ahead of next week's return leg and became the only team to achieve a victory on their opponent's home ground in the opening matches. Coach Diego Simeone recorded a win at Camp Nou for the first time in 15 years on Atlético's bench. Barcelona coach Hansi Flick protested against some of the referee's decisions, but despite the defeat, he is not giving up hope for the return leg. SITA ↗ sport.sk ↗
Former Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman criticized the team's current performance, noting that opponents used to suffer at this stadium. British analyst Jamie Carragher criticized Liverpool for a performance he compared to that of a lower-division team. Both matches began with a symbolic minute of silence in memory of the late Romanian football legend Mircea Lucescu. The return legs will take place next week, with Liverpool and Barcelona facing the difficult task of turning around an unfavorable scoreline. sport.sk ↗ sport.pravda.sk ↗
Atlético Madrid and PSG dominate in the Champions League quarterfinals, Hancko injured
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Atlético Madrid a PSG dominujú vo štvrťfinále Ligy majstrov, Hancko sa zranil
HotInfo
| 06:00 09.04.
Oslabená Barcelona podľahla Atleticu 0:2, PSG zdolal Liverpool 2:0
teraz.sk
| 23:16 08.04.
Na odvetu za minulú sezónu to zatiaľ nevyzerá. Paríž Saint-Germain má Liverpool na lopate
sport.sk
| 22:50 08.04.
Legenda naložila Liverpoolu: Rozdiel bol šokujúci, ako tím z nižšej divízie," tvrdil vytočený Carragher
sport.pravda.sk
| 11:00 09.04.
Byli jsme v režimu přežití, ale stále máme šanci, věří Slot. Proč se rozhodl nevyužít Salaha?
eurofotbal.cz
| 09:20 09.04.
How fluid PSG exposed Slot's back-five tweak
BBC News
| 08:14 09.04.
Arne Slot verí, že Anfield spraví obrovský rozdiel: Mali sme šťastie, že sme prehrali iba 0:2
sport.sk
| 07:00 09.04.
Bezzubý Liverpool. Anglický šampion v Paříži totálně vyhořel a je pod palbou kritiky
sport.cz - hokej
| 06:52 09.04.
Dominant PSG beat Liverpool in quarter-final first leg
BBC News
| 23:35 08.04.
Fotbalisté Paris St. Germain porazili ve čtvrtfinále Ligy mistrů Liverpool. Barcelona padla doma
irozhlas.cz
| 23:19 08.04.
Paris St. Germain zdolal v Lize mistrů Liverpool. Barcelona prohrála s Atléticem
denik.cz
| 22:59 08.04.
Barcelona dostala v Lize mistrů tvrdou ránu. Na pokraji vyřazení je i Liverpool
zpravy.aktualne.cz
| 22:58 08.04.
ONLINE FC Barcelona - Atlético Madrid (Dávid Hancko) / Liga majstrov
sport.sk
| 19:00 08.04.
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