The biggest ever mismatch is going to happen in UEFA
Champions League history when the Cypriot side APOEL is going to host their first leg tie in UEFA Champions League against the Spanish giant Real Madrid in Nicosia tonight. The match can be described easily as Liliput in front of Galibhar. APOEL is the first team from Cyprus to qualify till the quarter final stage of UEFA Champions league, whether Real Madrid is the nine times European Champion. The hosts are banking on their Greek goalkeeper Dionisios Chiotis, whose heroic activities guided the homeside to quarter stage following a tie-breaker win against the French side Lyon in the round of sixteen stage. While the visitors are going to miss their star mid-fielder Xabi Alonso due to his two back to back yellow cards in the round of sixteen against CSK Moscow. With Lassna Diarra injured, Esteban Granero is likely to slot in alongside the German international Sami Khedira in the holding midfield role for the visitors.Meanwhile in another vital match in Lisbon, Benfica
will host the only existing British
challenge Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal. Chelsea coach Di Matteo is strongly depending on two ex Benfica players, defender David Luiz & midfielder Ramires who both played at Benfica before joining Chelsea. Nevertheless, Di Matteo insists his players like nothing better than proving all the critics wrong, they stormed into quarter stage by overturning their first leg deficit of 0-2 against the Italian side Napoli. While the hosts also entered in quarter stage by overturning their first leg 2-3 deficit against the Russian side Zenith St. Petersburg.
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