Immediately following Liverpool’s humiliating elimination from the Champions League, Lamine Yamal has announced the new favourites for the competition.
When Paris Saint-Germain defeated Liverpool 4-1 in a penalty shootout, they advanced to the next round of the Champions League competition. This resulted in Liverpool being eliminated from the competition, which was the Premier League’s top team.
In the quarterfinals, Paris Saint-Germain will face Aston Villa, which is managed by Unai Emery. This will result in a matchup between two English teams.
After defeating Benfica by a score of 4-1, Barcelona will now compete against Borussia Dortmund for a shot at advancing to the semifinals of the competition.
Given Barcelona’s incredible performance so far this season, both fans and critics are pulling for the team to advance to the next round.
And Yamal, who was a standout in his team’s victory over Benfica the previous week, believes that this is the case as well, asserting that they are now the favourites to win the Champions League championship as a result of Liverpool’s elimination.
Within the context of an interview with the Spanish publication SPORT, Yamal stated, “Now that Liverpool has been eliminated from the competition, we are the favourites to win the Champions League.”
“We are not afraid of any team, we are a family… and we’re not the same as one year ago against PSG.”
Over the course of his team’s 3-1 victory over Benfica at Camp Nou, Lamal not only scored a goal but also assisted on a goal that was scored by Raphinha.
Hansi Flick, the manager of the team, expressed his satisfaction with Yamal’s victory by saying, “I’m happy with him, he hadn’t scored for a long time.”
“I’m happy, of course,” Flick said in response to the victory that his team achieved over Benfica. Respect has been shown to Benfica, who is their coach. Although it was a challenging game for us, we performed exceptionally well.
Additionally, the German manager was questioned about whether or not Barcelona ought to be considered the favourites to win the Champions League this season. In response, he stated, “We have to see who we play at this point.”
In the event that Barcelona is victorious over Dortmund, they will be in the position of waiting for the winner of the match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. In the final, they might face teams such as Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain.
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