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Thursday, 16 March 2023

There’s a lot happening in European + African championships. PLUS: Watch out for UEFA Champions League quarterfinal draws tomorrow

⚽ It was a landmark evening at Santiago Bernabéu stadium yesterday, which ended in Real Madrid sealing its qualification to the quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League. Stadio Diego Armando Maradona also bore witness to a historical night after Napoli secured a 3-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt to qualify to the round of eight for the first time in its history.

And with that, we have the full set of teams moving on to the next round: Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Milan, Inter, and Napoli.

The draws for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be determined tomorrow at 1pm. The draws will determine the road forward for the championship as the teams battle it out to reach Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium for the final match at the end of May.

The most important matches today as we wind down the round of 16 in the Europa League: Manchester United will face off against Real Betis at 7:45pm, after the English team came out on top at its home game with four goals against Real Betis’ one goal. Arsenal plays host to Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates Stadium at 10pm, after Arsenal’s away game saw the two teams secure one goal each. Juventus, meanwhile, heads into its match against SC Freiburg at 7:45pm with an aggregate score of 1-0. Real Sociedad is also playing against Roma at 10pm, with Roma having defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 in its away game.

OVER THE WEEKEND-

Zamalek and Al Ahly are heading into CAF Champions League matches that they both need to win, after each team put itself in a tight spot in the group stage. Al Ahly, which is currently third in Group B with just four points from four matches, plays its away game against Coton Sport tomorrow at 6pm. The Cameroonian team is dead last in the group, with no points. Zamalek is in a similar position as Al Ahly, with four points putting it at third place in Group D. The White Knights will play against Algeria’s CR Belouizdad (second place in the group with six points) at 9pm. Elsewhere in Group D: Al Merrikh (at the bottom of the group) plays against ES Tunis, which leads the group, at 3pm tomorrow.

Gameweek 28 in the English Premier League also kicks off tomorrow with Newcastle v Nottingham Forest at 10pm.

Tomorrow in Serie A and La Liga:

  • Sassuolo v Spezia (Serie A — 7:30pm)
  • Atalanta v Empoli (Serie A — 9:45pm)
  • Real Valladolid v Athletic Club (La Liga — 10pm)

On Saturday, Manchester City meets Burnley in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. The match kicks off at 7:45pm.

And in the English Premier League on Saturday:

  • Southampton v Tottenham (5pm)
  • Aston Villa v Bournemouth (5pm)
  • Brentford v Leicester City (5pm)
  • Wolverhampton v Leeds (5pm)
  • Chelsea v Everton (7:30pm

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Highlights from the Bundesliga, Serie A, and La Liga on Saturday:

  • Borussia Dortmund v Köln (Bundesliga — 7:30pm)
  • Milan v Udinese (Serie A — 9:45pm)
  • Atletico Madrid v Valencia (La Liga — 10pm)

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