Arsenal join the hype! Possible rivals for Barça in the Champions League quarterfinals

The UEFA Champions League already knows to six of the ochos classified to the quarter-finals of the edition 2023/24. After the victory of the FC Barcelona in front of the Naples (3-1), the Arsenal followed suit when surpassing in the batch of penaltis to the Port wine (4-2). The duel finish with identical marker to the gone contested in Portugal (1-0) after 120 very intense minutes in where the 'gunners' suffered to force the lengthen.

Leandro Trossard converted the only goal of the party in the minute 41 thanks to a big pass filtered of Martin Odegaard. The Belgian received by left and defined of right with a powerful finish by low. In spite of the 1-0, the Port wine kept order defensive and the party was very parejo in the complement, with few clear occasions of goal. The lengthen evidenció the wear of both teams and, in the batch of penaltis, the venues took advantage of the failures of Wendell and Marko Grujic to classify.

The Barça already knows to five of his possible rivals in chambers of Champions

For the Arsenal is his first classification to this phase from the season 2009/10. Curiously, the 'gunners' fell this season in front of the Barça of Pep Guardiola (6-3 global) thanks to the póker of Leo Messi in the turn contested in Camp Nou. By his part, the culés also broke a series of four years without advancing to chambers, from the 2019/20.

In addition to the ones of Mikel Arteta, the Barcelona group can cross in the following phase with Manchester City, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. The Bavarians were the last rival to the that the Barça confronted in chambers, in the infamous key contested in Lisbon during the pandemia (8-2). The PSG also crossed on the way culé in fourth does more than a decade. It was in 2013, when the ones of Ttito Vilanova advanced to 'semis' thanks to the rule of the goal visitor (3-3 global).