Match Predictions: Last time these two meet was back in 2015
Champions League final where Barcelona came from a goal down to win 3 - 1 thanks to incredible individual performance by Neymar.
Last season was one of those occasions as Diego Simeone led Atletico Madrid to a wonderful season as Los Rojiblancos not only won the La Liga title, but also progressed to
the Champions League Final where they lost at the hands of Real.
Their performances have propelled a historic Barcelona team to a double and has taken them to
the Champions League final where they will face an equally impressive Juventus side.
Not exact matches
Once all the EPL games are over the focus will switch to the FA cup
final at Wembley
where Arsenal will fact the
league champions Chelsea, and I feel that the goals could be intrinsically linked, with an unlikely top four spot likely to give us a great boost and help us get to Wembley full of form and confidence.
2 - Had t been a
champions league semi
final game
where we had drawn may be 2 - 2 at emirates n this was at sunderland could we have progressed?
Arsenal fans will obviously hoping that this is
where the coincidence ends as well, because the Gunners got off to the worst possible start last year by losing at home to Liverpool (and when you consider they pipped us to the
final Champions League spot by a single point that loss looks even worse).
Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the
Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed in the
League Cup
final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates,
where the Gunners have only lost one
League game all season.
He will miss his club's next three games through suspension and will be hoping inspire his current XI to another famous turnaround, similar to that of the 2005
Champions League final and the 2006 FA Cup
final where he scored crucial goals to help Pool win those games.
And the striker bought to replace Welbeck will go straight into the treatment room
where he will stay until called upon in the
champions league final to score the winning goal after Giroud and Walcott are strangely substituted by Wenger... when he is struck down by a fit of realization that Arsenal are actually going to win something worthwhile....
This kept him out of the
Champions League final although he would probably not have played anyway but he would almost certainly have been in the France starting XI at Euro 2016
where he would have played alongside Laurent Koscielny and it is this French connection that I think could be key to the Gunners beating the likes of Man United to his signature this summer.
The Portuguese manager overcame a sluggish start to guide the Club of the Principality back into the top three and also guided them to the quarter -
final of the
Champions League,
where they were only defeated 1 - 0 by Juventus on aggregate.
Juventus manager Massimo Allegri is coming off a sensational first season in Italy
where he won the Serie A title, Coppa Italia and brought his team to the
Champions League final.
Vidal has shone in his four seasons in Turin, winning the Serie A title each time, as well as helping the club reach the
final of last season's
Champions League,
where Juve were beaten by Barcelona.
... I wasn't a fan until 2006 after the
Champions league Final,... Still, I didn't know why I loved this team until 2009/2010 season in our opening game... Watching from the village
where I was done burying my grand - mum.....
Truth is we are no
where near challenging let alone winning the
league and even further away from making the
champions league semi
finals even and keep on making the same mistakes.
The highly - rated youngster knows Pellegrini well from their time together at Malaga
where the pair helped guide the La Liga side into the quarter
final stages of last season's
Champions League.
After Monaco crashed out of the semi
final stage of the
Champions League last night, despite another goal from Mbappe, all eyes were on the teenager to see
where his future may lie for next season.
The pair played together for four years and were instrumental in Chelsea's 2007 — 08 season
where they made it to the UEFA
Champions League final.
Liverpool could yet qualify for the
Champions League group stage, but will likely need to win this year's Europa
League,
where they have been drawn against Jurgen Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund in the quarter -
finals.
Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower
league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the
final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier
league team and repeat it all over again next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the
champions league and title run ins by march..
The Brazilian has impressed for both Juve and Porto during his career so far, with the defender helping the Old Lady to the
Champions League final last season,
where his side lost 4 - 1 to Real Madrid.
Where's all this positivity about our
champions league group coming from?for one I can guarantee 100 % that PSG will finish first ahead of us, I saw someone mention that Man City and Chelsea beat them but those teams actually have Uefa Champions league level players as City made it to the semis last season and Chelsea's champions league is better than ours they have won it before and made more champions league sem
champions league group coming from?for one I can guarantee 100 % that PSG will finish first ahead of us, I saw someone mention that Man City and Chelsea beat them but those teams actually have Uefa
Champions league level players as City made it to the semis last season and Chelsea's champions league is better than ours they have won it before and made more champions league sem
Champions league level players as City made it to the semis last season and Chelsea's
champions league is better than ours they have won it before and made more champions league sem
champions league is better than ours they have won it before and made more
champions league sem
champions league semi
finals!
That also included him claiming the
Champions League golden boot on the way to the
final where the French side lost out to Porto.
Turan has impressed in La Liga since joining Atletico from Galatasaray back in 2011, and helped guide the club to a La Liga title win in the 2013/14 season, as well as on a run to the
Champions League final,
where Diego Simeone's side were eventually beaten by city rivals Real Madrid in Lisbon.
It was Wenger who propelled the club to the point
where it could actually reach the
Champions League final, something which it had never done before.
The three achieved great success together at Atleti,
where they won the Liga BBVA crown in 2014, before advancing to the
Champions League final,
where they were defeated by fierce rivals Real Madrid.
There's no doubt about Vidal's contribution to a fourth consecutive Italian
league title win for Juve, with an impressive tally of eight goals and four assists in all competitions also playing a major role in guiding Massimiliano Allegri's side to the final of the Champions League, where he could make his final appearance for the club against Barc
league title win for Juve, with an impressive tally of eight goals and four assists in all competitions also playing a major role in guiding Massimiliano Allegri's side to the
final of the
Champions League, where he could make his final appearance for the club against Barc
League,
where he could make his
final appearance for the club against Barcelona.
It's easy to see why as the 50 - year - old has had an impressive coaching career in Italy thus far, winning a Serie A title with AC Milan in 2011, before moving on to Juventus
where he has added three more
league crowns along with three Coppa Italia trophies and two runs to the Champions League
league crowns along with three Coppa Italia trophies and two runs to the
Champions League League final.
He's won the Eruopa
League with Atletico, he's reached 2 champions league finals and he's won the La Liga where Barcelona and Real stand head and shoulders above the
League with Atletico, he's reached 2
champions league finals and he's won the La Liga where Barcelona and Real stand head and shoulders above the
league finals and he's won the La Liga
where Barcelona and Real stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Gooners are suffering at the moment because we have a manager that is bankrupt of inspiration, and no longer has anything to offer in respect of moving the club back to a position
where we can look forward to winning the Premier
League, or playing in a
Champions League Final.
Leicester have had a horrendous season after their amazing title winning exploits of last season, but since the sacking of Claudio Ranieri they have started to look more like last year's surprise side and made an unexpected appearance in the quarter -
final's of the
Champions League,
where they gave Atletico Madrid a run for their money.
In turn, their focus will now be on the
Champions League,
where they face Manchester City in Paris in the first leg of their quarter -
final clash on Wednesday night.
However, he may also be attempting to take his mind of Saturday evening's
Champions League final, where both Real and Atleti will contest the grandest prize in the continental game while Barca — still the reigning champions —
Champions League final,
where both Real and Atleti will contest the grandest prize in the continental game while Barca — still the reigning
champions —
champions — watch on.
Messi and Barcelona will want to be at full strength for the Copa del Rey
final against Sevilla next month, while the
Champions League is still only at the quarter -
final stage
where they face Roma.
Real Madrid are seeking their second
Champions League title in three years and will get their chance in a rematch of the 2014
Final where they defeated Atletico 4 - 1 in extra time.
Flamini filled in as our make shift left back during the
champions league where we made it to the
final and I am sure with his experience he would be a great option, defensive midfielders read the game well and his distrubution is better than MERT.
The year was still memorable for the thrilling adventures in the
Champions League,
where Roma were unlucky to lose out to Arsenal in a quarter -
final penalty shootout.
Marco van Basten is a Nissan ambassador for the UEFA
Champions League Final,
where they will be harnessing fan energy to power the trophy to the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 6th June.
Toronto FC engraved their first ever chapter on the Estadio Azteca turf — the same turf
where Pelé won his third and last World Cup and Diego Maradona scored one of the best ever World Cup goals — with a 1 - 1 draw against Club America, which earned them a spot in the Concacaf
Champions League final.
The French Ligue 1 has recently been the strong hold for Les Parisiens barring the previous campaign, and their spending is primarily focused on the
Champions League where they have bowed out in the quarter
finals in the four of the last five seasons.
The move brings to an end a successful two - season spell at Málaga for the player who scored 14 goals in 69 Liga appearances at La Rosaleda while helping Los Boquerones to a first UEFA
Champions League appearance
where they reached last season's quarter -
finals.
Third in the Premier
League with second place a distinct possibility, not to mention their upcoming
Champions League semi-
final against Roma which they are well capable of winning — it could be a special season if they manage to reach the
final in Kiev,
where anything can happen.
He was part of a very successful era in United history
where they won three back to back premier
league titles and won 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea and won Fifa best player of the year award (Ballon
league titles and won 2008
Champions League final against Chelsea and won Fifa best player of the year award (Ballon
League final against Chelsea and won Fifa best player of the year award (Ballon Dor).
This is not a scenario United fans will enjoy contemplating, but that's
where we are; unable to make it as far as the quarter
finals of the Europa
League — a tournament we always considered ourselves above — and staring the possibility of missing out on the
Champions League next season directly in the face.
Totti retired last year at the age of 40 and now has a director's role with the Italian club, who this season have reached the
Champions League quarter -
finals for the first time in 10 years,
where they will play Barcelona over two legs.
Sergio Ramos arrived at Santiago Bernabeu on 2005, and since than he has made 445 appearances and scored 55 goals —
where the most important was the one against Atletico Madrid on the
Champions League 2014 - 2015
Final.
He led Liverpool to the UEFA
Champions League final again in 2007,
where Milan got their revenge.
The arrival of Ronaldo was the beginning of the end for the pair, Morientes was dropped from the first team, first moving on loan to Monaco in the 2003 - 04 season,
where he performed excellently, particularly in their run to the
Champions League final, and then to Liverpool in 2005 after any hope of a first team place at Real was blocked by the arrival of Michael Owen.
Still it remains uncertain
where eventually Lewandowski will end up, but probably we will found out after the
Champions League final which Borussia and Lewandowski are playing at Wembley (25th May) against Bayern Munich.
Following AS Monaco's sensational
Champions League campaign in the 2003/2004 season,
where stars such as Jerome Rothen, Fernando Morientes and Ludovic Guily helped them beat Chelsea and Real Madrid before they eventually lost to José Mourinho's FC Porto in the
final, the club went through some meager years with the low being relegation in the 2010/2011 season.