Man City and Inter Milan advance to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Báo Quân đội Nhân dân•14/03/2023

Three weeks ago, Man City drew 1-1 with RB Leipzig in the first leg. It was expected that the second leg would be somewhat difficult, but things have gone surprisingly smoothly for the reigning Premier League champions.

With the advantage of playing at home, Man City started brightly and quickly established an attacking game against their opponents. In fact, the English team maintained this for most of the match.

The turning point of the match came in the 22nd minute with Erling Haaland's penalty goal after the referee reviewed an incident inside the Leipzig penalty area and ruled that Henrichs had handled the ball during an aerial challenge with Dias.

Following that, Haaland scored four more goals in the 24th, 45+2, 53rd, and 57th minutes. In addition, Gundogan (49') and De Bruyne (90'+2) also scored to contribute to Man City's unexpectedly emphatic victory.

On the other side of the pitch, RB Leipzig played like they were falling apart and were just trying to get the game over with. There were no sharp counter-attacks or well-coordinated passing sequences.

Thus, Man City advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022-2023 Champions League with a crushing 7-0 victory in the second leg and an aggregate score of 8-1 against RB Leipzig.

In the other match played at the same time, Porto drew 0-0 against Inter Milan. With the Portuguese side having lost 0-1 in the first leg in Italy, Inter Milan secured their place in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League .

According to Goal, Juventus may be reconsidering Paul Pogba's future due to his limited contributions since the start of the 2022-2023 season. Recently, the French player suffered another injury after taking free kicks during Juventus' latest training session and needs 20 to 30 days to fully recover. Despite only joining Juventus from Manchester United last summer, Pogba has been constantly sidelined by injuries, causing the club to continue to incur unnecessary expenses.

The Turin club is likely to offer three possible solutions. First, both sides would remain in accordance with the four-year contract signed in the summer of 2022. Second, Juventus would propose a salary reduction for Pogba. The final and most drastic option is for Juventus to consider canceling the four-year contract that Pogba signed in July 2022.

According to FourFourTwo magazine, Manchester United are in negotiations to sign Benfica striker Goncalo Ramos in the summer 2023 transfer window. Although Portugal's performance at the 2022 World Cup was unsuccessful, Ramos impressed with a hat-trick in the round of 16. At club level, he has scored 23 goals and provided 9 assists in 35 appearances for Benfica across all competitions. Ramos's contract with Benfica runs until June 2026.

* Dailymail reports that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has beaten out rivals such as Richie Wellen, Emma Hayes, Thomas Frank, and Marco Silva to win the prestigious Manager of the Year award in London.

In addition, three other members of the "Gunners" were also honored. Specifically, midfielder Martin Odegaard topped the Premier League Player of the Year category playing in London, Bukayo Saka came first in the Young Player of the Year category playing in London, and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was honored as "London's Number 1 Goalkeeper".

This season, Mikel Arteta's team holds a significant advantage in their quest for the Premier League title. After 27 rounds, Arsenal have accumulated 66 points, 5 points more than second-placed Manchester City, the reigning champions.

* In the 25th round of La Liga against Espanyol, midfielder Toni Kroos contributed one assist, helping Real Madrid secure a 3-1 victory to continue chasing Barcelona in the title race. Furthermore, this was Kroos's 400th appearance for Real Madrid. The player born in 1990 officially made history for the Spanish royal club as the German player with the most appearances for the Bernabeu team.

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