Ziyech’s Chelsea against Porto, the reunion between PSG and Bayern

This second evening of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, this Wednesday, April 7, promises to be entertained with the reunion between the defending champion Bayern Munich and the unfortunate finalist Paris Saint-Germain, and the meeting between the club of Hakim Ziyech Chelsea, and the outsider FC Porto.

Thomas Tuchel will seek qualification in the Champions League after last weekend’s shock defeat against West Brom and the premature exit of Hakim Ziyech which has caused much ink to flow.

Indeed, Chelsea suffered a devastating 5-2 home defeat to the relegation contenders and lost the chance to finish fourth in the Premier League.

Now the Blues travel to Spain where they will face Porto in the Champions League quarter-finals and Tuchel is happy to announce a number of changes, including N’Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic who will be attending.

It remains to be seen whether the German technician will choose to align the Moroccan international who previously offered his team qualification in 8th against Atletico de Madrid by scoring the second goal.

For its part, FC Porto will be deprived of midfielder Sérgio Oliveira due to a suspension of a yellow card. He scored two goals to help Porto pass Juventus in the last 16, including one in overtime. The Portuguese club will also be without Mehdi Taremi, sent off in the second leg against Juventus. Neutral Sevilla will be the place of the two legs.

On the other side, it’s like an air of deja vu. Paris Saint-Germain will seek revenge on the one who deprived them of a first Champions League trophy, the powerful defending champion, Bayern Munich.

PSG will be able to take advantage of the absence of top scorer Robert Lewandowski and his compatriot Serge Gnabry, the first injured and the second tested positive for coronavirus.

Hansi Flick could call on former PSG striker Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting to replace him. The Bayern coach has more options in defense, where Jérôme Boateng and Alphonso Davies are back after missing Saturday’s victory over Leipzig through suspension.

For his part, the Ligue 1 giant will have to do without the services of Leandro Paredes, suspended, as well as Marco Verratti, Alessandro Florenzi, Mauro Icardi and Layvin Kurzawa.

With his pair of first-choice midfielders, coach Mauricio Pochettino will likely place Danilo Perreira alongside Idrissa Gueye in the middle of the pitch with Thilo Kehrer or Colin Dagba at the right-back in place of Florenzi, affected by the coronavirus.

However, Neymar will be available for the game as Pochettino looks to his side to correct the mistakes they made in the 1-0 loss to their Ligue 1 rivals Lille.