Football fans around the world are gearing up for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, with the best players in the world set to collide in the highly-anticipated matches.
Sports streaming service, Stan Sport has confirmed it will be providing live coverage of the quarter-final matches in stunning 4K UHD.
The first match will see Manchester City taking on Bayern Munich on Wednesday, April 12. Benfica will face Inter Milan in another match on the same day. The next day, Real Madrid will go up against Chelsea, while AC Milan will be pitted against Napoli.
Bayern Munich, Benfica, and Inter Milan will be carrying the weight of history as they face off against their opponents, while Chelsea and Napoli will be wary of the pedigree of their rivals.
Stan Sport’s team of expert commentators, including Max Rushden, Craig Foster, and Mark Bosnich, will provide live coverage of the matches, which will begin at 4:35 am AEST on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Fans can expect to see some of the world’s best footballers in action, with the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Kylian Mbappe set to take the field. The quarter-finals promise to be an exciting and thrilling spectacle for football fans all over the world, and Stan Sport’s coverage will ensure that fans don’t miss a minute of the action.
QUARTER-FINALS
MAN CITY V BAYERN
WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL
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Almost seven years after swapping Munich for Manchester, Josep Guardiola faces his former club as German champions Bayern München visit their English counterparts Manchester City for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final.
Guardiola guided Bayern to three Bundesliga titles – and three UEFA Champions League semi-finals – during his three years in Munich and will now look to plot a way past the German champions in what is the first knockout meeting between the clubs.
BENFICA V INTER
WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL
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Benfica are aiming to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the first time as they take on Inter Milan, who are in the last eight for the first time in 12 years.
The Portuguese club are in the quarter-finals for the second season in succession but have lost all five ties at this stage of the UEFA Champions League, while Inter have not reached this point since going out as holders to Schalke in 2010/11.
REAL MADRID V CHELSEA
THURSDAY 13 APRIL
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Real Madrid and Chelsea, the last two winners of the UEFA Champions League, meet in the knockout rounds for the third season running as their quarter-final kicks off at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Each side has enjoyed recent success against the other en route to taking the trophy; Madrid edged through a remarkable last-eight meeting last season on their way to claiming their 14th European Cup, while Chelsea’s 2020/21 triumph included a semi-final elimination of the Spanish side.
MILAN V NAPOLI
THURSDAY 13 APRIL
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Napoli make their UEFA Champions League quarter-final debut against familiar opponents in the shape of reigning Italian champions AC Milan, who are returning to the last eight for the first time since 2012.
Serie A league leaders Napoli have won seven of their eight games in this season’s competition, comfortably seeing off UEFA Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in the round of 16, where a single goal proved enough for Milan to edge past Tottenham.
QUARTER-FINALS
FEYENOORD V ROMA
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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MAN UNITED V SEVILLA
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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LEVERKUSEN V U. SAINT-GILLOISE
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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JUVENTUS V SPORTING
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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QUARTER-FINALS
GENT V WEST HAM
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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ANDERLECHT V AZ ALKMAAR
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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FC BASEL V NICE
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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LECH POZNAN V FIORENTINA
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
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