The champions league comes alive on Tuesday night with the last two clashes in the champions league round of 16 encounters.
Ajax and Benfica will meet for the second leg of the round of 16 game in Amsterdam by 21:00 (GMT +1). The first leg clash had ended in a 2-all draw.s
Dusan Tadic’s early strike in the 18th minute had put Ajax in the lead during their first leg game. Shortly afterwards, Sebastian Haller with his own goal leveled up things for Benfica. Haller, who incidentally is the highest goalscorer so far in the champions league(2021/2022 season) put Ajax once again in the lead with a mouthwatering shot in the 29th minute. Benfica’s Yaremchuk came off the bench to get the equalizing goal for Benfica.
The Portuguese side are making their sixth knockout appearance and are looking to reach the quarter-finals for the fifth time, while Ajax are in the round of 16 for only the second occasion since 2005/06 but reached the semi-finals the last time they got this far, three seasons ago.
This is one of two ties in the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League round of 16, along with Inter-Liverpool, to bring together two former European Cup winners.
On the other hand, Manchester United will host Atletico Madrid at the Old Trafford for the second leg game by 21:00 (GMT +1). Recall that their first leg encounter had ended in 1-all draw.
Joao Felix had opened the scoring for the Spanish giant in the seventh minute and we’re confident of getting the win until Manchester United’s substitute player, Anthony Elanga, leveled things up for United in the 80th minute, just five minutes after coming up.
Elanga’s goal was the 400th scored by United in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, and also the 100th conceded by Atlético. While Atletico have reached the knockout rounds for the eighth time in the last nine seasons, their English opponents are in the last 16 for the first time since 2018/19 – although this is their 12th appearance at this stage overall, three more than the Spanish club.
Two teams from this two fixtures will be looking forward to join Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Liverpool who have already qualified for the Quarterfinals of the champions league⚽.
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