Arsenal v Real Madrid, Bayern v Inter Champions League quarterfinal preview
Di Uefa Champions League don enta di business phase for di last eight teams wey go jam each oda for di quarterfinals.
Real Madrid go face English side Arsenal on Tuesday night for di emirates stadium for di first leg of dia quarterfinal game.
Na so Inter Milan go travel to di Allianz Arena to play Bayern Munich.
Dis na two ogbonge matches wia football fans around di world go enjoy well well.
Evri body go dey support dia team but at di end, na di best teams ova di two legs go show who go progress to di semi finals.
Arsenal v Real Madrid
Real Madrid dey jam anoda English club for di quarterfinal of di Champions League for di fifth season in a row - Liverpool, Chelsea (twice) and Manchester City – and none don fit comot dem.
Sabi pipo dey wonder if Arsenal fit do am.
Di Gunners get boost for dis game as dia star boy Bukayo Saka don return from injury - im dey available.
Arsenal bin dey struggle for dia forward line as dem no get any beta striker - coach Arteta don tok say im team dey need ogbonge striker to fit dia system but so far dem neva sign anybody for dat role.
Na so dem don dey play Kai Havertz and Mikel Merino for dat role.
For dis Tuesday game,ogbonge defender Gabriel Magalhaes don hurt wia im no go play.
History suggest say di first leg of dis quarterfinal go dey critical for Arsenal sake of dem neva lose di first leg of dia last seven European cup/champions league quarterfinal games.
Dem also dey unbeaten for dia last 16 Uefa competition home games.
Di only time Arsenal and Real Madrid bin jam each oda for di champions league na 2005/2006 round of 16 wen Arsenal win 1-0 overall.
Captain Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey and Declan Rice all dey set to start for di midfield for di gunners, wit Gabriel Martinelli, Saka and Trossard/Merino upfront.
Real Madrid wey be di most successful team for di UCL wit 15 trophies - dey pursue di 16th.
But di Spanish club neva dey beta form. Dem bin score only 5 goals for dia last 5 away games wia dem concede 8 goals for dia last three recent games v Leganes, Real Sociedad and Valencia.
But for di champions league, Real Madrid dey fit scatter teams even when dem no play well - like how dem comot Atletico Madrid for di R16 ova two legs even tho dem neva play well.
If Real Madrid win for di emirates stadium on Tuesday night, dem go become di first team wey go reach 200 wins for di champions league era (group stage/league phase to final).
Real Madrid bin get dia key players Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jnr, Rodryggo Goes and Jude Bellingham all fit for di game.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois dey fit to start for di post afta im miss di last two games for di Spanish giants.
Possible lineups
Arsenal: Raya (GK); Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice, Saka, Merino, Marrinelli
Real Madrid: Courtois (GK); Vlaverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Fran Garcia, Rodryggo, Modric, Camavinga, Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius Jnr.
Bayern Munich v Inter Milan preview
Dis two teams na former winners of di Champions League wia dem go jam for di first leg of di quarterfinals.
Bayern wey win dia sixth European cup in 2020, don reach dia sixth successive quarterfinal wit 5-0 aggregate win ova fellow German club Bayer Leverkusen for di R16.
Inter Milan wia bin win di competition for 2010 afta dem sama Bayern Munich for di final don record 4-1 aggregate win ova Feyenoord for di R16.
Between Bayern and Milan, dem play each oda nine times; Bayern win five, Inter Milan don win three wit one draw.
Bayern don score 13 goals in di process wia Inter score nine.
Alphonso Davies wound for di rest of di season for Bayern.
Harry Kane and Lautaru Martinez dey set to start for di two teams.
Possible lineups
Bayern Munich: Neuer (GK); Guerreiro, Kim, Dier, Latimer, Kimmich, Groetzka, Sanè, Muller, Olisè, Kane.
Inter Milan: Sommer (GK); Bastoni, De Vril, Pavard, Dimarco, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Barella, Darmian, Thuram, Martinez
Both games go happun at 8PM WAT (7PM GMT)
On Wednesday Barcelona go jam wit Dortmund for Spain wia Paris Saint Germain go face Aston Villa for Paris for dia first leg quarterfinal games.
Those two games also go happun at 8PM WAT (7 PM GMT)
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