4️⃣ big questions ahead of Champions League quarter-final first legs 💫 | OneFootball

The Champions League returns with a bang this week as the quarter-final action kicks off across Europe.

We take a look at the biggest questions hanging over each mouthwatering showdown.

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Who win's Europe's most contested clash?

No UEFA fixture has been played more than Real Madrid v Bayern Munich (all of those coming in the European Cup/Champions League) and Spain and Germany's top two redraw the battle lines again this week.

As things stand, Los Blancos have the slight edge with 13 wins, with Bayern winning 11 and drawing four times along the way.

Their latest meeting is every bit as intriguing as those of the past - with the Bundesliga leaders coming in as Europe's top scoring side this season with a frankly ridiculous 143??? goals across all competitions so far.

But this is the Champions League. This is Real Madrid. Despite any domestic struggles they may be experiencing, something different happens to those famous white jerseys under the bright European lights.

Are you brave enough to pick a winner?

Salah's last stand

This could be the final few games of Mohamed Salah in Europe's premier club competition, with the Liverpool legend announcing his Anfield departure at the end of the season.

With a Saudi Pro League move being touted most (and MLS also in the mix), it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that these next two months could be the last we see of the Egyptian at this level.

He has scored 50 goals and provided 21 assists in the Champions League throughout his career (not including a further four goals in qualification rounds), won the competition once, when he scored the opener in the final, and been a runner-up on a further two occasions.

Salah is a bona fide superstar in this tournament but faces one of his toughest tasks yet if he is to bow out with one more gold medal as defending champions PSG, who knocked him and his teammates out on penalties last season, are next up.

After the Reds' FA Cup elimination at the weekend, this is his last chance to leave Liverpool with silverware. Will he get his fairytale ending?

Another Barça-Atleti blockbuster?

We have been treated to some absolute classics this season between Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.

The latest was as recently as last Saturday in a thriller which saw the Colchoneros go ahead, were quickly pegged back, then reduced to 10 men before conceding a late winner to Robert Lewandowski.

In their earlier league meeting in Barcelona in December, the home side were again victorious in a 3-1 victory but it was a different story in their other cup clash this season - Atleti narrowly finishing the job after a 4-0 first leg win in their semi-final.

So we're sure to get goals in this one, tensions and tempers are likely to still be high after Saturday's duel, with competition history on the Madrid outfit's side as they have eliminated the Blaugrana on all previous Champions League meetings.

Will it be the same here? Or will the form team take it? Let us know in the comments.

V for Viktory?

Less than a month ago, it seemed Arsenal were on course for an unlikely quadruple: difficult yes but very much possible.

Since then, both English domestic cups have been snatched from their grasp and the Premier League leaders will now have to settle for just a potential long overdue title win and potentially a first ever Champions League success.

If they are to see off Sporting CP in their quarter-final clash, they may need the man they signed from them last summer in a blockbuster striker signing, Viktor Gyökeres, to step up to the plate against his old employers.

While at the Lisbon giants, the Swede netted six times in this competition and has followed it up with four goals and an assist in a difficult debut campaign in north London.

Confidence should be high after propelling his country to the World Cup late last month. Can he take down his old team-mates and keep the double dream alive?

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