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I-Real Madrid ebambe izintambo izodlala ne-Chelsea kuma-quarterfinal e-Champions League isizini yesibili egijima, kanti iManchester City iqhathwe neqembu likaPep Guardiola iBayern Munich emdlalweni oqhathwayo ngoLwesihlanu.
FUTHI FUNDA: IBarcelona ingacishe isinqobe isicoco seLa Liga
Abaholi beSerie A uNapoli bazobhekana ne-AC Milan emdlalweni wama-Italian kanti i-Inter Milan ibhekene nabaholi beligi yasePortugal uBenfica.
Abawinile emdlalweni weReal Chelsea izoqhubeka nokubhekana neCity noma iBayern kowandulela owamanqamu, ivule ithuba lokulingana kwamaNgisi kokugcina kwabane.
Lokho futhi kwandisa amathuba okubona iqembu lase-Italy lifinyelela kowamanqamu okokuqala ngqa kusukela kuJuventus ngo-2017, njengoba i-Inter izodlala neMilan noma iNapoli kwemine yokugcina uma iNerazzurri ishaya iBenfica.
Indlela yeReal eya kulokho okungaba yiNdebe ye-15 yase-Europe isiqala ukubukeka ngendlela emangalisayo ngesizini edlule, lapho ihlula iChelsea neCity ngaphambi kokuhlula iLiverpool kowamanqamu.
Iqembu likaCarlo Ancelotti lisanda kushaya i-Liverpool ku-last 16, futhi manje selizothemba ukuthi lizophinda onyakeni odlule lapho likhipha i-Chelsea ngo 5-4 sekuhlanganiswe yonke kuma-quarter-final, uKarim Benzema eshaya i-hat-trick okokuqala. umlenze eLondon.
La maqembu aphinde ahlangana kowandulela owamanqamu ngo-2021, lapho iqembu laseStamford Bridge linqoba ihlandla lesibili lokuphakamisa indebe.
Umzamo oqhubekayo weCity wokunqoba iChampions League okokuqala ubhekene nesithiyo esikhulu eqenjini iBayern ekhiphe iParis Saint-Germain emzuliswaneni wokugcina.
Kuzobe kungokokuqala ehlangana la makilabhu kusukela esigabeni samaqoqo ngo-2014/15, lapho u-Guardiola ephethe izinkunzi zaseGermany.
U-Guardiola washiya iBayern wajoyina iCity ngo-2016, kodwa usajaha isicoco sokuqala seChampions League njengomqeqeshi selokhu asinqobe neBarcelona okwesibili ngo-2011.
“Kuzoba ukuhlangana kabusha no-Pep Guardiola kanye no-Erling Haaland, abantu abadala abajwayele iBundesliga,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seBayern u-Oliver Kahn.
“Ukuze unqobe iChampions League udinga ukushaya amaqembu ahamba phambili. Yileyo nselelo futhi siyayamukela.”
– Inkulumo yesiNtaliyane –
Lo mdwebo ubukeka ucekeceke ngandlela thize, njengoba amakilabhu amane acebe kakhulu asele emqhudelwaneni wonke ohlangothini olulodwa, kanti amakilabhu ase-Italy azithola esekwenye ingxenye.
Ngonyaka odlule alikho iqembu leSerie A eliphumelele ukwedlula iLast 16, kodwa manje umholi weligi yase-Italy ephunyukile uNapoli uzobhekana neqembu elinqobe isicoco sasekhaya ngesizini edlule.
INapoli iwine ngo 2-1 ekuhambeni kuMilan koweligi ekuqaleni kwale sizini futhi izobamba ompetha base-Europe amahlandla ayisikhombisa kuSerie A ngo-Ephreli 2, kusasele isonto elilodwa nesigamu ngaphambi komdlalo wabo wokuqala womdlalo weChampions League.
INapoli iyona kuphela ikilabhu esele emqhudelwaneni ngaphandle kweCity engakaze iyiwine indebe, kanti umhlangano we-Inter neBenfica uhlanganisa amaqembu amabili aseyiwine izikhathi ezinhlanu phakathi kwawo.
IBenfica ihlulwe yiLiverpool eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule futhi ayikaze ifinyelele kowandulela owamanqamu ngesikhathi seChampions League.
I-Inter, okumanje isendaweni yesibili kuSerie A, ngamaphuzu angu-18 ngemuva kweNapoli, ayikakafinyeleli kowandulela owamanqamu kusukela yagcina ukunqoba le ndebe ngaphansi kukaJose Mourinho ngo-2010, nokuwukugcina ukunqoba kweqembu lase-Italy kuChampions League.
Uma womabili amakilabhu eMilan ethuthuka, azohlangana kowandulela owamanqamu weChampions League njengango-2003, lapho i-AC Milan ishaya i-Inter ngomthetho wamagoli ongasekho.
Imilenze yokuqala yama-quarterfinal izodlalwa ngo-Ephreli 11 no-12, kanti iReal izobungaza iChelsea eSantiago Bernabeu kuqala ngaphambi kokuya eLondon lapho izobuya khona ngemuva kwesonto, bese kuthi iCity idlale ekhaya neBayern kuqala.
I-Inter yakhangwa ukuthi izodlala neBenfica ekhaya ekuqaleni kodwa manje izovakashela eLisbon emlenzeni wokuqala ukugwema ukungqubuzana nomhlangano weMilan neNapoli eSan Siro.
Owandulela owamanqamu uzodlalwa ngoMeyi kanti owamanqamu e-Istanbul uhlelelwe uMgqibelo, Juni 10.
