Champions League semifinals: Storylines, how to watch Barcelona vs. Inter, Arsenal vs. PSG on Paramount+

After an entertaining series of first leg matches, the UEFA Champions League -and and a half finals will be completed this week with a place in the final on 31 May still at a moving distance for each of the last four teams that are.

This week’s promotion starts on Tuesday in Milan, where Inter Barcelona hosts after their back and forth 3-3 draw in the first stage. The side of Simone Inzaghi broke their three-game losing and scoreless stripe with a multi-goal show in Barcelona, ​​two from Denzel Dumfries of a set of piece. It was an impressive version, since the side of Hansi Flick brought out all the attacking stops, rooted in another sensational performance of 17-year-old Lamine Yamal in his 100th game for the club.

On Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain returns to the French capital with a 1-0 advantage compared to Arsenal. The side of Luis Enrique benefited from the bad start of the Gunners in London last week and scored the only goal of that game for four minutes, thanks to Ousmane Dembele. The game ultimately showed tactical reach of both parties and especially in the case of PSG, which seemed willing to absorb the pressure of Arsenal for the last 20 minutes and succeeded, while also benefiting from the wasteful finish of the gunners.

With a trip to the Allianzarena van Munich on the line, this is what you need to know before you tun up.

How to look

The coverage of every day starts on CBS and Paramount+ With the UEFA Champions League Today Pre-Match Show, followed by the competition itself. The cover switches to CBS Sports Network And Paramount+ For the UEFA Champions League today after the game, while a new edition of the Champions Club is also broadcast on CBS Sports Golazo Network and YouTube.

This week also marks the debut of Beckham and Friends, an alternative live broadcast with Champions League winner David Beckham that will be broadcast during both matches of this week Paramount+.

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First leg scores

• Arsenal 0, Paris Saint-Germain 1
• Barcelona 3, Inter 3

Semi -final TV schedule

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Story lines for the semi -final

1. Can Inter get this done?

Inter was perhaps the first stage of the semi -final in a downward turn, but they took the opportunity to impress Barcelona last week and for a second stage at home, they can like their chances. However, the big question for a hot-and-coul inter is last week to match Barcelona’s scoring forces with a place in the Champions League final on the line.

Inter can try their happiness against a defensive wobbly Barcelona, ​​whose most important tactic has been to beat the opposition with an error -sensitive keeper in Wojciech Szczesny who anchores the back line, but they showed part of their own quality in Barcelona last week. Not only did they benefit from the return of Marcus Thuram, who barely scored 30 seconds in the first stage after missing the previous three games, but they were extremely clinical on set pieces and can repeat that strategy.

Even with the wind in their sails after two wins in a row and a draw that still hangs in the balance, Inter may not have the preference to get ahead. Barcelona, ​​with their attack-first approach, not only led by the rising talent Yamal, but this season can be done without their leading goal scorers, Lautaro Martinez, after he had sustained an injury in the first stage. The Scoreline may not indicate that much, but it might still be a tough battle to interact from this semi -final.

2. Can Arsenal take off the comeback?

Arsenal is still in their semi -final of the Champions League against PSG, but the first 20 minutes of last week’s game suggest that they too can become the newest victims of the impressive press of the French champions and the responsibility is to find out how precisely to fight.

There may be indications in the later stages of the first stage, when Arsenal had the momentum, but a few missed opportunities rowed that at least could have raised the aggregated score. Although wasteful finish in theory is a repairable problem, the execution was a grim reminder of the only type of player who missed the Gunners throughout the season-an out-and-out goalscorer. In a tie where they urgently need at least one goal, solving that problem will be the key while they manage a match against a PSG side with their own ambitions of scoring. Dembele is in the middle of his largest goal season at club level, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia reinforces its argument as the most impactful signature of January ever. This draw can still tilt in both directions, but the pressure is good and really on Arsenal to keep their end of the bargain up.