UEFA: Champions League Final Phase That Takes Place In Lisbon

Champions League, one of the most elite competitions in the world has finally surfaced this year after the COVID-19   pandemic gave the whole world a break. Going back in time to the year 1955 when Champions League was introduced as the European Champion Club’s cup but later rebranded and named Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in the year 1992 which has since then been used to refer to this awesome competition. The tournament consists of several stages. In the present format, it begins in mid-July with three knockout qualifying rounds and play-off round. The group stage consists of eight different groups with four teams each.

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The great capital of Portugal, Lisbon has been set to make football history by hosting this year’s most anticipated and unique UEFA Champions League final phase. Also responsible for hosting it in the year 2014 when Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 at Benfica’s Estádio da Luz (which will host the final) and Sporting CP’s Estádio José Alvalade will also host some games as the games will be split between them. A strong euphoria hits the world a week ago as the Champions league continues after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown was eased, “who is going to be the new Champion of Europe”. The quarter-finals round is being played between 12^th-15^th August 2020, while the Semi-finals would be played on 18^th and 19^th August 2020. The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, will stage the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League final on Sunday 23^rd August 2020. The thrill of this competition is that everyone’s dream stood equal at the start, yet some began to soar and others fade as soon as the action commences.

The remaining teams in the competition are Paris Saint Germain (PSG), Leipzig, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Lyon. In the Semifinal draws, Paris Saint Germain would play against Leipzig on Tuesday 18^th August 2020, while on Wednesday 19^th August, Bayern would play against the winner of the last quarter-final fixture between Manchester City and Lyon. Bayern Munich qualified into the semi-final defeating Barcelona 8-2. Since when the European cup was changed to UEFA Champions League, this is the greatest defeat that Barcelona has ever faced. The highest number of goals in a Champion’s league season is 47 by Liverpool from 15 matches in the 2017/2018 season. Bayern looks like a contender for this record requiring nine goals to be scored in the semifinal and finals. Bayern Munich have scored 39 goals in 9 games this season in the UCL, this is the 4th most goals scored in a single Champions League season. Manchester City, on the other hand, has scored 20 while Paris Saint Germain has scored 22.

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Domestically, the 50-year-old club, Paris Saint Germain, has clinched nine Ligue 1 championships, a record thirteen Coupe de France, a record nine Coupe de la Ligue, a record nine Trophée des Champions and one Ligue 2 title. In international club football, they have claimed one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Intertoto Cup, but they have never won the UEFA champions league. This would be the very first time that the club would qualify into the semifinal phase of the competition. FC Barcelona made history through them as they reversed a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their 2016–17 UEFA Champions League round of 16 ties against Paris Saint-Germain to win 6–5 on aggregate, making it the largest comeback in UEFA Champions League history.

Manchester City is one of twelve English football clubs to have won a European title. They have never played a UEFA champions final. Manchester City will move one step closer to their perennial dream of attaining Champions League glory if they overcome OL Lyon on August 15. With their key striker Sergio Aguero on the injury, their chances of defeating Lyon in quarter-final are looking slim but they have players like Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling who can step in for the quality striker who is out till the end of the season.

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Bayern Munich has the highest possibility of winning this season’s Champions League. Their performance this season has been outstanding. They are the team with the highest goals scored this Champions League season with 39 goals and they have won all their champions league matches to date. Bayern has reached 10 European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals, most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble. Bayern is in absolutely incredible form. The Bavarians have won the last 18 competitive games in a row. They’ve won 22 out of 23 competitive games this year and they’ve already picked up the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal and will be looking to add the Champions League to secure their second-ever treble.

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