On the morning of last Friday (15), the quarter-final matchups of the UEFA Champions League were drawn, with no restrictions to define the matches.
The quarter-finals of the world’s premier club competition will take place in April, on the 9th, 10th, 16th, and 17th.
What are the quarter-final matchups of the Champions League?
On one side of the bracket, we have the matchups Atlético de Madrid x Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain x Barcelona. On the other side, we have the duels Arsenal x Bayern Munich and Real Madrid x Manchester City.
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Which Brazilian players scored goals in the match?
In the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League, the Brazilian player who scored the most goals was the forward Gabriel Jesus: he scored three goals in total, two in the 2020 edition and one in 2022.
Next come Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior, with two goals each. Rodrygo decided the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League semifinals, turning the game around in stoppage time and taking it to extra time.
In addition to them, left-back Marcelo also scored a goal in the match, in the first match between Real Madrid and Manchester City in history, valid for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League.
Manchester City and Real Madrid have faced each other three times in the last four years
Between the 2019-20 and 2022-23 editions, Manchester City and Real Madrid faced each other three times in knockout stages. The advantage goes to the Citizens: they have advanced twice against one for the Merengues.
Remember the line-ups of Real Madrid 3×1 Manchester City in 2022:
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Éder Militão (later Vallejo), Nacho and Mendy; Casemiro (later Camavinga), Kroos (later Rodrygo), Modric (later Asensio) and Valverde; Vinícius Júnior (later Lucas Vázquez) and Benzema (later Dani Ceballos); COACH: Carlo Ancelotti.
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker (later Zinchenko), Rúben Dias, Laporte and João Cancelo; Rodri (later Sterling), De Bruyne (later Gündogan) and Bernardo Silva; Mahrez (later Fernandinho), Foden and Gabriel Jesus (later Grealish); COACH: Pep Guardiola.
