Arsenal-Coach in Vorfreude auf Bayern-Duell 08.04.2024
0:41Vor dem CL-Viertelfinale gegen den FC Bayern gibt Arsenal-Trainer Mikel Arteta preis, dass er großer Fan von Thomas Tuchel sei. Die beiden duellierten sich schon einige Male in der Premier League.
Arsenal-Coach in Vorfreude auf Bayern-Duell 08.04.2024
0:41Vor dem CL-Viertelfinale gegen den FC Bayern gibt Arsenal-Trainer Mikel Arteta preis, dass er großer Fan von Thomas Tuchel sei. Die beiden duellierten sich schon einige Male in der Premier League.
Antonio Rudiger, speaking exclusively to TNT Sports, admits Real Madrid will be out for “revenge” when they face Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
That paved the way for the Citizens to lift the European Cup for the first time in their history, en route to a magnificent treble.
The first leg of this year’s re-match takes place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday evening.
And Rudiger admits the result 12 months ago – and particularly their 4-0 thrashing in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium – will be in the back of Real Madrid’s minds when the sides face off again.
He told TNT Sports: “I think from both sides, there’s a lot of respect for the history because both teams are packed with amazing players and there’s the feeling of last season, of course, something which was a thrashing. We’re looking forward to this game.”
On the topic of revenge, the German defender admitted: “Last year, it was tough.
“It was a tough moment. And so of course there’s a little bit of wanting revenge.”
Bernardo Silva netted twice in last year’s clash at the Etihad, while Manuel Akanji and Julien Alvarez were also on target for the hosts.
That came after Kevin De Bruyne had scored in Spain, following Vinicius Junior’s opener in a 1-1 draw in Madrid.
Rudiger says that shows how many players Los Blancos need to keep an eye on aside from Erling Haaland, who went goalless across the two legs.
“This is the thing about this stage,” he continued. “You want to compete against the best. Last year, they were the best in Europe so it’s good to compete against a lot of good players.
He continued: “It’s not only him [Haaland]. You have to keep the people around him very quiet, which is not an easy job.
“You have to try to prevent them passing them ball to him so then I think you are a step closer to reach the target.”
Real Madrid are a fearsome side themselves, with England star Jude Bellingham leading the way in his first season in Spain.
Youngsters Vinicius Jr., Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrgyo are all under 24 as well, yet play a crucial role in Carlo Ancelotti’s team.
Rudiger believes that shows that the club have an impressive crop of youngsters of their own to call upon.
“The young guns here are very mature,” he added. “If you speak to Jude Bellingham, you can see he’s very mature for his age.
“For them, the sky is not the limit. They go even above that. This is good, because, I have to be honest, when I was at their age, I thought the sky was the limit and that’s it.
“They have a lot of confidence, but like positive confidence, not in a bad way.”
Real, who are well rested after a nine-day break, are chasing a treble of their own this year, as they have already lifted the Supercopa de Espana and currently sit six points clear at the top of La Liga.
It is the Champions League that supporters crave most though, as Los Blancos attempt to add to their record haul of European Cups.
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Antonio Rudiger of Real Madrid battle for the ball with Erling Haaland of Manchester City FC during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg match between Real Madrid and Manchester City FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 09, 2023 in Madrid, Spa
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“It’s clear, because the people have won it 14 times already, so they’re kind of used to it,” Rudiger concluded. “It’s something you don’t even need to speak [about]. You see it here on the wall. That says everything.
He added: “It’s an advantage in terms of we are rested, maybe. But in these types of games, it’s about small details. You have to get those right and, of course, in these type of games there’s also a bit of luck.”
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Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti believes the current group of young players he has at his disposal in the Spanish capital is the best he’s ever worked with in his 32-year managerial career.
The Spanish giants have a compelling blend of experience and youth in their first-team squad, with a number of their younger stars grabbing the headlines most frequently this season.
At just 20 years old, Jude Bellingham has enjoyed a remarkable first campaign with the club since joining from Borussia Dortmund last summer, proving he is a player for the big time with 20 goals and 10 assists in all competitions from 32 appearances.
But he isn’t the only youngster with star quality. As well as the Englishman, Eduardo Camavinga is 21, while Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo are both 23.
Between them, the quartet have netted 53 times and been instrumental in helping Madrid open up an eight-point cushion over Barcelona at the top of La Liga, and secure their team’s place in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they face Manchester City on Tuesday in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It’s little wonder, then, why Ancelotti, a manager who has worked with some of the biggest names in the history of the sport, rates them so highly.
Asked if this is the most exciting group of young players he has had at his disposal, he told TNT Sports: “Yes, I think so.
“In my career I’ve had a lot of young players but this group is really good in my opinion and it will be a great future for this club [and] for these players because they are really good.
“They have no experience but they have a lot of enthusiasm and we have a good connection between the veterans and the younger [players]. In the last two or three years, the connection from them was really good.”
The Italian will be relying on his side to be at their very best when they take on UEFA Champions League holders City.
It is a repeat of the 2022 and 2023 semi-finals, which were shared one apiece by the two clubs, but Ancelotti will be eager to make amends for last season’s 4-0 drubbing at the Etihad.
Each game is a “different story”, though, according to Ancelotti, and the 64-year-old has complete faith in his players.
“City is always a tough game but as the last two years we can compete, we want to compete,” Ancelotti added. “Of course we want to go through because this club, we love this competition and we want to arrive at the end.
“When we played in Manchester we were not in the game. Of course, we have worked to try an avoid this kind of situation that was not good for us.
“I think we had the time to prepare well for this game and I have a lot of confidence that the team can play to 100 per cent of our possibility.
“It is a difficult game, yes, maybe the most difficult game but we are going to play with a lot of confidence.”
The clash of titans will also bring up a significant milestone for Ancelotti, who will become the first manager to reach 200 games in Europe’s greatest club competition.
“I could feel old but I feel young,” he continued. “I started as a player, winning the Champions League; as a manager, winning [the Champions League].
“Two hundred games is a lot of games, and it is a really special competition for me.”
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Der FC Arsenal ist im Champions-League-Viertelfinale eine große Hürde für den FC Bayern. Gut, dass die Münchner in Harry Kane einen Gunners-Spezialisten haben. Zumindest teilweise.
Mal wieder vom Punkt erfolgreich: Harry Kane trifft im Oktober 2022 gegen Arsenal.
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Einst jubelte der junge Harry Kane im Arsenal-Trikot den “Invincibles” von 2003/04 zu, der wohl berühmtesten Meistermannschaft des Vereins, doch im späteren Leben trennten sich die Wege. Und Kane avancierte im Dress von Arsenals großem Nordlondon-Rivalen Tottenham Hotspur zu einem regelrechten Schreckgespenst für die Gunners.
Keinem anderen Spieler gelangen in der Premier League, die es seit der Saison 1992/93 gibt, so viele Tore gegen den FC Arsenal. Für Tottenham schoss er gegen den Stadtrivalen in 17 Spielen stolze 14 Tore – öfter traf Kane nur gegen den FC Everton (15 Tore) und einen ehemaligen Arbeitgeber, Leicester City (18).
Im Kleingedruckten steht allerdings manch ein Fakt, der Fans des FC Bayern, so sie denn etwas auf Statistiken geben, nur bedingt gefallen dürfte: Zum einen waren sieben seiner 14 Tore gegen Arsenal – also die Hälfte – Elfmeter. Sieben verwandelte Strafstöße gegen einen einzigen Klub sind gemeinsam mit Liga-Rekordtorschütze Alan Shearer (260 Treffer, 47 mehr als Kane) gegen Everton Premier-League-Bestwert.
Zum anderen ist Kanes Liga-Bilanz gegen die Gunners trotz starker Torquote komplett ausgeglichen: sechs Siege, fünf Unentschieden, sechs Niederlagen. Darüber hinaus traf er in zwei K.-o.-Spielen im Ligapokal auf Arsenal – und blieb beide Male torlos. Dass der inzwischen 30-Jährige bei acht Liga-Gastspielen im Emirates zwar fünfmal erfolgreich war, aber nie gewann (drei Remis, fünf Niederlagen), rundet seine gemischte Ausbeute gegen den kommenden Gegner im Viertelfinale der Champions League ab.
Ob der FC Bayern München im Hinspiel am Dienstagabend (21 Uhr, LIVE! bei kicker) in London also hoffen sollte, dass sein Goalgetter diesmal leer ausgeht, weil das womöglich die Siegchancen erhöht? Zum Elfmeter würden die Bayern Kane wohl antreten lassen.
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Nach viralem Zweikampf im Vorjahr 08.04.2024
0:43Vor einem Jahr gingen die Bilder um die Welt, als Antonio Rüdiger in Ringerstellung gegen Erling Haaland verteidigte. Nun kommt es im Champions-League-Viertelfinale zum erneuten Aufeinandertreffen. Der deutsche Nationalspieler ist gewarnt, weiß aber auch, dass gerade die Pässe von Kevin De Bruyne nicht immer zu verteidigen sind.
Der FC Bayern München kann im Viertelfinal-Hinspiel der Champions League am Dienstagabend in London beim FC Arsenal auf einige Rückkehrer hoffen.
Manuel Neuer nahm am Montag am Abschlusstraining der Bayern für die Partie bei Arsenal teil.
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Die ersten 15 Minuten des Abschlusstrainings des FC Bayern München für das Viertelfinal-Hinspiel bei Arsenal am Dienstagabend (21 Uhr, LIVE! bei kicker) waren am Montagvormittag für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Um 11 Uhr sollte es eigentlich losgehen, doch die Spieler und das Trainerteam um Chefcoach Thomas Tuchel ließen auf sich warten. Im Funktionsgebäude gab es noch eine interne Besprechung.
Als es dann mit einer rund halbstündigen Verspätung endlich losging, durften die Kiebitze an der Säbener Straße auch einige Rückkehrer begrüßen. Keeper Manuel Neuer, der bereits am Sonntag torwartspezifisches Training absolvieren konnte, war ebenso auf dem Rasen zu finden wie Flügelflitzer Leroy Sané.
Neuer hatte sich im Training bei der Nationalmannschaft vor den Länderspielen im März einen Muskelfaserriss im Adduktorenbereich zugezogen. Seitdem musste er pausieren, doch seine Rückkehr hatte sich bereits an diesem Sonntag abgezeichnet. Sané hatte zuletzt mit Leisten- und Patellasehnenproblemen zu kämpfen, konnte aber zumindest individuell trainieren sowie im Kraftraum arbeiten. Beide werden in den Flieger Richtung London einsteigen, Sané gemeinsam mit Tuchel auch auf der für den Abend angekündigten Pressekonferenz auf dem Podium Platz nehmen.
Das 2:3 beim 1. FC Heidenheim hatten auch Aleksandar Pavlovic und Noussair Mazraoui verpasst. Pavlovic musste wegen einer Mandelentzündung sein Debüt in der deutschen Nationalmannschaft verschieben und hatte sich zudem kürzlich noch einen Infekt eingehandelt. Der 19-Jährige drehte zu Beginn der Einheit ebenso die Runden mit dem Team wie der Marokkaner, der für das Heidenheim-Spiel ebenfalls wegen einer Erkrankung kurzfristig ausgefallen war. Vom Profikader fehlten damit lediglich Sacha Boey (Muskelbündelriss im Oberschenkel) sowie Tarek Buchmann (Muskelverletzung). Bouna Sarr (Kreuzbandriss) absolvierte abseits des Mannschaftstrainings eine individuelle Einheit.
Definitiv verzichten muss der deutsche Rekordmeister am Dienstagabend auf seine Fans. Denn die UEFA bestrafte das Fehlverhalten einiger Bayern-Fans im Achtelfinal-Hinspiel bei Lazio Rom (0:1) mit einem Fan-Ausschluss für das nächste Auswärtsspiel in der Königsklasse. Für den FCB gab es von Arsenal deshalb nur ein knappes Kontingent an Tickets für seine Delegation. Die Gunners wiesen zudem darauf hin, dass alle Anhänger des deutschen Rekordmeisters in London “konsequent” abgewiesen werden müssten.
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Manchester City will head to the Bernabeu for a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against Real Madrid as they look to defend their status as European champions.
City may be the current holders of the illustrious trophy, but Madrid are hunting a record-extending 15th title, led by the likes of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Luka Modric.
Many would not have been surprised if this fixture was being competed in the final at Wembley Stadium on June 1. As it happens, they meet three rounds earlier with a return to the semi-finals up for grabs.
Pep Guardiola’s side travel to the Spanish capital to lock horns with Real Madrid in the quarter-final on Tuesday, April 9.
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