This is the easy way out: oppose Pep Guardiola the creative to Diego Simeone the concreter. Good OK, there is still that in this duel of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the first leg of which takes place this Tuesday evening at the Etihad Stadium. The slick football of Manchester City, led by esthete Kevin De Bruyne, rubs shoulders with the rougher style of Atlético Madrid. But it would be unfair to reduce the Spanish champions to a team of destroyers, especially with the association of benefactors Antoine Griezmann – João Félix in attack. Oh by the way… I promise, we’ll also talk to you a bit about Benfica – Liverpool, the other game of the evening.
“Because this match has everything to make us (almost) forget the absence of French clubs in C1, we meet again at 8:45 p.m.