Official UEFA Champions League Podcast Folgen

Another two clubs have secured their spots in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals! In a pulsating game at the Bernabeu, Leipzig gave it everything to overturn a narrow 1-0 deficit against Real Madrid, but it was the 14-time European champions who progressed to the last eight after a 1-1 draw on the night made it 2-1 on aggregate. Meanwhile, Manchester City repeated their 3-1 first leg victory over Leipzig to secure an emphatic 6-2 aggregate win and keep their title defence on track.  We hear from Madrid’s midfield star Jude Bellingham, as well City boss Pep Guardiola, and one of their goal scorers, who was also UEFA Player of the Match, Manuel Akanji. We also look ahead to the remaining last 16 encounters in this year’s competition.

The first two Champions League quarter-finalists were decided tonight in emphatic fashion. In Munich, Bayern made light work of their Round of 16 first leg deficit cruising to a 3-0 victory over Lazio, progressing 3-1 on aggregate, thanks to a Harry Kane brace and Thomas Muller strike. In the night’s other last 16 encounter, Kylian Mbappe inspired Paris to an impressive 2-1 win over Real Sociedad in San Sebastian, netting both his side’s goals to seal a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. We hear from both match winners, Mbappe and Kane, as well as Bayern’s Matthijs de Ligt and Thomas Muller. Plus we look ahead to Wednesday’s Round of 16 second legs, with Manchester City and Real Madrid in control of their ties against Copenhagen and Leipzig respectively.

The Round of 16 first legs culminated with late drama, as Porto’s talisman Galeno struck an injury time stunner to break Arsenal hearts. Elsewhere in Italy, it was a battle of the goalscoring number nines as Victor Osimhen cancelled out Robert Lewandowski’s first half strike to earn Napoli a 1-1 draw with Barcelona. We hear from Barca midfielder Ilkay Gundogan on the two world class strikers as well as Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Declan Rice, who is optimistic ahead of the 2nd leg despite his side’s narrow defeat.