At the end of the Aug. 12-23 jaunt to the final, Europe's club champion will be crowned under abnormal circumstances. Quarterfinal match: vs. Atletico Madrid, Thursday, 3 p.m. PSG has never gotten beyond the semifinals of the Champions League and has never advanced beyond the quarters under its Qatari ownership. While Lionel Messi exists, anything is possible, but this is as weak a Barcelona there has been in at least a decade and a half. Team-mate Thomas Muller stands second in their all-time list, having notched 46 goals over the course of his career. Bayern are long established as one of the most storied teams in the history of European competition, having won the European Cup on five occasions.

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That can only carry a team so far, though, and a quarterfinal date vs. Man City will put that resolve to the test. Bayern Munich power past Real Madrid in Houston (1:49) Robert Lewandowski scored in … Quarterfinal match: vs. PSG, Wednesday, 3 p.m. The squad, on which vast sums have been spent, is incoherent, the midfield frequently stretched by a forward line that is no longer able or willing to press. Meanwhile, the only other outfits to have notched more than 300 goals in Europe’s most illustrious club competition are Manchester United, who have tallied on 373 occasions, and Juventus, who have found the net 306 times. GROUP A: Real Madrid 3, Club Brugge 1 GROUP B: Bayern Munich 3, Tottenham 1 GROUP B: Olympiacos 1, Red Star Belgrade 1GROUP D: Juventus 2 Bayer Leverkusen 0 GROUP D: Atletico Madrid 2, Lokomotiv Moscow 0, Tuesday, Feb. 18Borussia Dotmund 2, PSG 1Atletico Madrid 1, Liverpool 0, Wednesday, Feb. 19Atalanta 4, Valencia 1RB Leipzig 1, Tottenham 0, Tuesday, Feb. 25Bayern Munich 3, Chelsea 0Barcelona 1, Napoli 1, Wednesday, Feb. 26Manchester City 2, Real Madrid 1Lyon 1, Juventus 0, Tuesday, March 10Atalanta 4, Valencia 3 (ATA advances on aggregate, 8-4)RB Leipzig 3, Tottenham 0 (RBL advances on aggregate, 4-0), Wednesday, March 11Atletico Madrid 3, Liverpool 2 (Atletico advances on aggregate, 4-2)PSG 2, Borussia Dortmund 0 (PSG advances on aggregate, 3-2). Prior to Sunday’s clash with PSG, they had won the Champions League twice. No side, perhaps, feels the pressure of the expectation of success so keenly.
All Rights Reserved. Quarterfinal match: vs. Atalanta, Wednesday 3 p.m. PSG is almost laughably dominant in France–there hadn’t been a single French domestic treble until six years ago, since when PSG has won four–and that seems to count against it against high-class European opposition, because it is simply not used to being challenged. Bayern Munich completed an unbeaten run through the competition with a win over PSG in the final.

The winger headed home from a Joshua Kimmich cross to give FCB the lead in the 60th minute of their clash with Paris Saint-Germain, which until that point had been a tight affair with few opportunities. The 2019-20 UEFA Champions League is finally in the books. After suffering heartbreak against Manchester United, who scored twice late on in the 1999-2000 final, bounced back to win the trophy a year later, then did so again in 2012-13 when they overcame Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, Robben grabbing the late winner. Given how often it has been eliminated by Real Madrid, it must be a boost as well to have gone further in the competition than its city rival for the first time since 1996-97. The quarterfinals will feature a one match apiece being played over the course of four days beginning on Wednesday, with the matchups, in order, as follows: Atalanta vs. PSG, Atletico Madrid vs. RB Leipzig, Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich, Manchester City vs. Lyon. The doubt is where it stands defensively. ET. Coman, meanwhile, stands on eight goals after his historic strike at Lisbon’s Stadium of Light. Why Man Utd paid big money for 'Messi-esque' Diallo. It had been going through another season of frustrating attempted transition to a supposedly more progressive approach and looked in danger of missing out on the top four in La Liga. The information contained in Goal.com may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written authority of Goal.com, The winger's header was a landmark goal in the history of the Bavarian giants, Koeman responds to Griezmann demands to play number 10, Ronaldo: I didn't break coronavirus rules, Mourinho aims dig at Wenger over omission in new book, Who needs Aouar or Ozil?