On our SPORT cover today, Thursday, April 18, we headline, “Incredible!”. Madrid eliminated City in the penalty shootout and moved on to the semi-finals after a match in which they only defended themselves against English harassment. Guardiola’s men had 34 chances but between Lunin and the white defense they stopped City until they reached heads or tails.
On the other side of the Champions League draw, the whites already know that they will face Bayern Munich, who beat Arsenal at the Allianz by the bare minimum. The 1-0 with a goal from Kimmich was worth them after the 2-2 in the first leg at the Emirates.
At Barça, Rafa Márquez is the post-Xavi choice. The board has already decided that the reserve team coach will be the Barça coach’s replacement once the season ends. Also at the Barça club, Gündogan’s criticism stings in the locker room.
More about the Barça team, but in basketball, Grimau’s team already knows that Jabari Parker extends his relationship for two more seasons. The former NBA thus confirms that he is delighted at the Palau.
At the Barcelona Open, Rafa Nadal loses to De Miñaur in two sets and thus says goodbye to the tournament, in which he already warned before starting that everything indicates that it would be “his last”.