Champions League surprises guaranteed

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Danny Coronado, Sports Editor

Champions League started up again on February 14th. The first round of 16  began with F.C. Barcelona taking on PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) in Paris, France. This game wase a great one due to the high level of play between the two teams, and the way the two teams fan bases go crazy in the Champions League atmosphere. Later during the day, Atletico de Madrid took on Bayern Munich in Germany which will be another nail biter.

 

Barcelona played PSG in the first round of 16 matches in Paris, France. PSG started the game off pressing the Barcelona defense not allowing them to pass the ball at all. After about 20 minutes, PSG’s right winger, Angel Di’Maria, hit a wonderful free kick past Barcelona keeper Marc TerStegan. Five minutes later, Julian Draxler slotted a goal home to make it 2-0. Barcelona could not find a solution for PSG’s tactic. The game later ended 4-0 in favor of PSG.

 

Arsenal took on Bayern Munich in Munich, Germany in the first leg of this series. The game opened up with Arjen Robben scoring a 35-yard goal and putting Bayern up 1-0. A couple of minutes later Arsenal’s striker, Alexis Sanchez, put the ball into the back of the net to tie it up 1-1. In the Second half, with Bayern’s lack of mercy, they ended up scoring 4 more goals while ending the game 5-1 for a tough second leg in England.