The European championships offer three big posters this weekend including the English derby: Manchester United against Liverpool. In Italy, attention will be focused on the Roman Derby between AS Roma and Lazio. Stuttgart will host Dortmund in Germany.
Man United-Liverpool: the English classic
Manchester United welcomes its great rival, Liverpool this Sunday April 7 for the 31st day of the Premier League. A match of great importance for both teams. The Mancunians (6th) want to secure a place in the Champions League while the Reds (1st) are engaged in a crazy race for the title.
earIn this race for 4th place, André Onana and his teammates lost three precious points against Chelsea (4-3) this Thursday, April 4. A difficult defeat to take, especially since they led (2-3) until the 109th minute (10 minutes of added time). “This week we lost five points in stoppage time and that was very costly. Points are getting very expensive. We have to catch up and we are now a lot of points behind ,” reacted Erik Ten Hag at a press conference after the match.
The Dutch technician believes in his team, in its quality to overcome Liverpool, whom they beat in the quarter-final of the FA Cup last March (4-3). “You saw that we have qualities. We have great players. We can play at a very high level. We saw it today (against Chelsea editor’s note) and we saw it against Liverpool (in the FA Cup). The team has character. Today we had an example of this. They are resilient and I am sure that they will respond on Sunday to face Liverpool ,” confided the former Ajax Amsterdam coach.
Dortmund-Stuttgart: the duel of the outsiders
This is the other poster for this weekend in the European championships. Stuttgart (3rd) travels to Dortmund (4th) this Saturday April 6. Match counting for the 28th day of the Bundesliga. Both teams are fighting for a place on the podium. BVB is coming off an important away victory against Bayern Munich (0-2) and hopes to continue this wave. 4 points from leaving Stuttgart, Sébastien Haller and company have an opportunity to put more pressure on their opponent by winning. “The most exciting weeks of the season lie ahead. We want to gain a lot of confidence from the match against Bayern ,” declared Edin Terzić in a conference on April 4.
The German technician is also aware of the quality of his opponent. “The VfB is also very stable away. Stuttgart is doing a good job this season. They are extremely flexible and always offer new tasks to their opponents. We want to be confident on Saturday,” he explained. Stuttgart is shining this season thanks in particular to its home scorer: Sehrou Guirassy . The Guinean international is the main gunner of his team. With his 23 goals in the Bundesliga, he is the second top scorer just behind Harry Kane (31). Sehrou Guirassy weighs in front. The VFB will still count on him to recover after the draw against Heidenheim (3-3) on March 31.
