Champions League night

Champions League night

Inter and Bayern are favorites against Marseille and Basel respectively, but their poor playing conditions in the domestic leagues are anything but certain that make them qualify against the French and Swiss respectively… 

Marseille-Inter 21:45
Having written off all hopes of winning the domestic league, Marseille and Inter are focusing on the Champions League.

The hosts come from consecutive draws at home for Ligue 1 and are 12 points away from champions Paris Saint-Germain. A big headache for Didier Deschamps is the absence of the injured Loic Remy, while Ziniak, Empia and Diarra are doubtful. On the other hand, the "Nerazzurri" count four defeats and a draw in their last five games in Serie A and have moved far away from the top and the places of the Champions League. Claudio Ranieri, who receives harsh criticism, does not count on the injured Alvarez and Cordoba, as well as Guarin, who has no right to participate having played in the previous phase with Porto.

The two teams met in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup in the 2003/04 season with Marseille winning 1-0 in both games. Marseille counts 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats against Italian teams at home, while Inter on French soil has 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

At the limit of the cards for Marseille are Amalfitano, A. Agiou, Diarra and Morel, while for Inter only Kivu. The referee of the match will be the Turkish Cuneit Chakir.

Basel-Bayern Munich 21:45
Bayern does not want to miss the final that will take place in their "home", but Basel wants after Mann. United to throw out another "big".

The hosts come from a draw at the home of Young Boys (2-2) but do not lose the Swiss championship where they lead the race by a margin. Out of the plans of Haiko Vogel (former coach at the Bayern academies) are only the injured Degen and Tsiperfield. The main person will be Xerdan Shakiri, who will move to Munich from next summer for 10 million euros. The Bavarians were left at -4 by champions Dortmund after the 0-0 draw with Freiburg. Jupp Heynckes will not have the injured Schweinsteiger, Van Buyten and Contedo at his disposal, while Robben is expected to be out of form.

The two teams met last year in the group stage, with Bayern winning 2-1 in Switzerland and 3-0 in Germany. Basel have four defeats in five home matches against German teams, while the Bavarians have won six of their last nine away games in the tournament and count six wins in seven matches against the Swiss.

At the limit of the cards for Basel are Streller, Fry, Hugel and Chaka, while for Bayern only the already injured Schweinsteiger. The referee of the match will be the Italian Nicola Rizzoli.

* Repeats will take place on March 13.

Source: sportfm.gr