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Inter Milan v Atlético Madrid – Tuesday 8:00pm
Interak168app.baby Milan host Atlético Madrid for the first leg of their round of 16 tak168app.babyak168app.babyie. These two teams have only come acak168app.babyross each other once before which was in the UEFA Super Cup of 2010, where Atletico dispatched theak168app.baby Italian giants 2-0. Ahead of this clash, Inter find themselves 3/4 favourites, with Atletico slight outsiders arak168app.clube 17/5.
This wiak168app.clubll be Inter’s first UEFA Champions League knockout game against Spanish opposition since the 09/10 season where Joseak168app.clubak168app.club Mourinho’s side got the better of Barcelona under the tutelage of Pep Guaak168app.clubrdiola. They have been in fine form of late and sit almost ten points clear at the top of the Serie A, but alongside their league success is their dominance in Euroks168app.sitepean competition,ks168app.sks168app.siteks168app.siteks168app.siteite having only lost one of their last 13 games in the Champions League, their only loss being handed to them by Manchester City in last year’s final. Inic88ic88 those thirteen games, they have conceded just nine goals, so they’ll be hoping form is on their side against the Spanish outfit. Lautaro Martinez is favourite to hit the back of the net fic88or the Nerazzurri at 13/10, with Marcus Thuram a close second at 19/10.
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Porto v Arsenal – Wednesdic88ic88ic88ic88ay 8:00pm
Porto take on Arsenal at home to kick off their knockout campaign. This is a fixture made up of two teams who hlr88lr88lr88lr88ave dealt with equal misfortune in this competition over the past couple of decades, so lr88it should be a cracking game to watch.
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