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This week’s features the first leg of the Champions League Quater-finals. Many teams having been making comments regarding injury worries and other vital news ahead of the match. Starting with the head coach of the Barcelona team Ernesto Valaerde who has talked about his players injury worries. Commenting about Ousmane Dembele’s injury, Valaerde said that, the winger’s persistence hamstring injury has ruled him out of this weekend home match against Atlético Madrid. Valaerde also added that, he is not sure if the France international will be fit for the trip to Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Furthermore, Tottenham will be hosting their fellow English side Manchester-City. Spurs’ finished second behind Barcelona in the group stage. Although Tottenham have now finally moved into their brand new 62,000 capacity that worth £1bn stadium. They also won their opening match against Crystal Palace 2-0 at the new stadium in midweek.
The spurs Hero Anderton told Love Sport Radio. “I think we can beat them, Of course, Manchester City is the worst draw we could have had. They are absolutely flying and I love Pep and the way they play. “But on our day, we can beat anyone and we’ve proven that in beating them over the last few years.”
Liverpool will be boosted with the return of Gomez. Gomez should be eased into the team. And hopefully, they can see him get a few minutes in their Champions League quarter-finals against Porto. Considering Andy Robertson suspension for the first leg. It will be interesting to see how Jurgen Klopp decides to field his defence on Tuesday. But to me, i think it wouldn’t be best to make a change in the back-line at the moment.
Moving forward, Juventus will be traveling to Amsterdam to face Ajax on Wednesday. With their marksman doubtful of being fit enough for the game due to injury. Cristiano Ronaldo limped off with an apparent hamstring injury in the first half of the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Serbia on Monday which ended in a 1-1 daw. Ronaldo spoke with reporters after the match saying, “I’m not worried about this injury and I’m not afraid. “I know my body well. I think I’ll be fine in a week or two.” Ronaldo played a vital role shooting Juventus into the quater-final with an impressive hat-trick against Atletico Madrid. Hence his impact in the Juventus side at the game cannot be over-emphasized