Juventus got a huge difficulty in even getting this draw in the first leg. Their goal came literally in the final moments of the game. Their first half performance was really bad but things started to get better in the other half. Sevilla's not playing attacking-oriented much in the second half was also effective about that of course. But Juventus' being like that even in this situation shows how much they are struggling.

I don't think Sevilla would stumble in this round. They should be able to finish them off in Spain. We might see a similar scenario to the second leg of their previous matchup against Manchester United.

One of the first games of the new week is going to be Aston Villa - Tottenham. I would like to make a reminder first that Aston Villa beat them by 2-0 away before. This was a big Emery effect there. Here in this home game Aston Villa are favoured to win as well. But I'm not surprised with their being shown as the favourite now either. Because there isn't a big difference between right now.

Tottenham are ahead by only three points and their recent form is horrible now. Maybe their winning the last game would give them some morale but I still think they will have difficulties in defending their opponent. I don't expect Tottenham to win this.

We are in the last three weeks of the season now. It is getting more excited about the current title competition day by day. Even though I know that Bayern Munich are still a huge favourite for the league title it is still lovely to follow the competition between them and Dortmund. What a pity that Dortmund couldn't take advantage of their chances!

They could have really been in the lead by even some good gap against them now. But instead they are following one point behind. They had better hope for a mistake from now on. That mistake could be against Leipzig maybe.

There have been some rumours out like Messi is getting close to sign for Al-Ittihad for an insane amount of money per year. But Messi still hasn't confirmed any rumour related to him. Besides I still believe that his priority will be to join back Barcelona. Because it is his home before anything else and he should still be hoping to see Barcelona making an offer to him in the coming transfer window.

If Barcelona has problems with FFP then I really wonder if he changes his mind about not leaving Europe yet. Because that offer must be really hard to refuse.

Lazio have started to get negative results recently and this is endangering their position in top four. Because Inter and Milan are very close to them in the standings right now. There are only four weeks left for the end of the season maybe but balances can change a lot in the time period. They lost to Inter and Milan both recently as well.

All of their remaining games are winnable ones actually. They only need to focus on their game to qualify for the Champions League this time. Otherwise this season won't end very different than the previous one.

There were unlucky moments for Milan as well actually yeah. They wasted a couple of big goal opportunities. One of them was Tonali's decent shot which hit the post. But in general Inter seemed much better. Besides the biggest help for Inter was their scoring two goals very early in the game. This was a really big shock for Milan players to get rid of.

If Inter didn't start this much quick maybe the result would have been different. I was expecting both sides to score honestly despite Leao's absence.

Arsenal must win every single one of their remaining games in the league until it is the end for them. Manchester City are going to play first on next week and a possible point loss would motivate Arsenal players a lot. But no matter what Arsenal must continue to win. Their opponent is going to be Brighton in Emirates and this should end up with a nice win for Arsenal.

Brighton defense must have weakened a lot after losing to Everton home by an absurd score the last time. Arsenal attackers should just go for the vulnerabilities to get a comfortable win.

Bellingham is about to be a part of Real Madrid now and this must be very exciting for both sides now. Because Real Madrid are continuing to strengthen the midfield a lot and to invest in their future at the same time. Because Kroos and Modric's contracts are running out by the end of the season and I assume there won't be any extension with any of them.

Young players are starting to take their places from now on and Bellingham is going to be one of them. Bellingham must also be very happy to play for one of the biggest teams in Europe.

Such a poor night for Milan really. I didn't see as big effort as I expected from them. Because there were big problems with the shots. This 2-0 loss already in the first game can be a serious issue for Milan in the second leg. I was expecting Inter to play good but this was more than I expected. After capturing this psychological advantage Inter can most probably eliminate them.

I wonder why Inzaghi didn't prefer Lukaku in the starting lineup this time. He has been in a good shape recently actually.

Inter and Milan are like they are competing against each other everywhere now. Because while they are fighting for top four in the Serie A they are going to be playing against each other in the Champions League two times as well. The first leg is even tonight and the result of that game could be really effective in their performance in their next Serie A games.

It feels like Inter will be winning the first leg and this will cause Milan players to have a reduced morale for their upcoming Serie A game. Because Inter's condition for a few weeks has been more impressive than their opponents'. Lukaku has been in a great shape for example.

It was a pretty interesting game honestly. In the first half Manchester City were the much more effective side but Real Madrid scored a goal. In the second half Real Madrid started to make some improvement in their effort and this time Manchester City found the equalizer. De Bruyne's goal was as great as Vinicius Junior's honestly.

This game didn't go very well for Haaland. He didn't get so many opportunities first of all and he wasn't good at benefiting from the ones he got as well. But I think this scenario will be different in Etihad. I expect him to be better at scoring then and Manchester City can eliminate Real Madrid home.

Next week we are going to be in another race week and this time we are in Italy. Last week Verstappen did a really great work by winning the race despite starting at the 9th position. This was very helpful for him to increase the point gap with Perez in driver standings to 14 as well. Fastest lap was also on him so it was a really solid race by him there.

Perez is really ambitious this season. He is doing his best with this very fast car. He would like to prevent the gap from getting bigger in the next race. Maybe he can take another pole position there but when it comes to a win his job will still be difficult against Verstappen of course. He has a more skilled opponent against himself in the end.

Nottingham - Southampton is such an important game for getting out of the relegation zone. Especially Nottingham still have a big chance to get out of this zone as they have the same points with Leicester. They should be even more motivated than Southampton in this game. They have so many missing players due to injuries. But they are still a productive team considering especially their last three games in the league.

I think we will see both teams scoring here and Nottingham can win by a score like 2-1. In the worst case we should be seeing a draw as I don't think Southampton will win this one.

The odd gap between Roma and Leverkusen for the first leg isn't very narrow right now. But I would have expected them closer to each other honestly. Because I don't think there is still a big difference between these teams now. Besides Roma aren't even in a good condition recently. There is some significant level of drop in their performance and they got a loss against Inter new as well.

Leverkusen also lost their last game but they seem more dedicated in the recent times. This makes me think like they can resist their opponent in Italy very well too.

We are starting with the Real Madrid - Manchester City game to the semi finals officially. Manchester City are the side favoured for the win which isn't surprising at all. Because they are literally unstoppable recently. Especially Haaland is very tough to be stopped. Real Madrid need to care about their defense more than ever before. If they can't mark him then the result can be really bad for them.

I still think Real Madrid won't be losing the first game. We might see a draw in this one but I'm not that positive about them as for the second leg.

There is a really great competition for top four among Leipzig, Union Berlin and Freiburg right now. The previous week was in favour of Leipzig a lot. They had a tough away game against Freiburg but they still won the game nicely. Union Berlin's losing to Augsburg made things easier for Leipzig to reach the third position all of a sudden. But the rivalry is still fired up very much.

There is another important game for top four next week which is between Union Berlin and Freiburg this time. Leipzig can turn this into an advantage by beating Bremen and I think Leipzig will finish at the 3rd position as well.

Bernardo Silva is a target for PSG now. He was a target for Barcelona as well before but Manchester City didn't give any good signal to them about that. Because I don't think Manchester City would let go of him easily now. Silva has been one of the most beneficial players for the team for a long time. I was thinking the same for Cancelo but they let him go to Bayern Munich interestingly.

But it doesn't feel like they would do the same for Silva unless they get an offer which is hard to reject. If we see PSG and Barcelona both fight for him then I think his choice could be Barcelona. Because their style is quite familiar with Manchester City thanks to Guardiola.

I believed in Manchester United so much that I lost my bet on their victory against West Ham. I had both teams to score on another one of my parlays but it lost as well. It was an unfortunate day for me and the Red Devils both. The issues in defense were clear already as the main centre-backs were still injured. But this still can't be an excuse for Manchester United.

They should have been more effective in scoring goals. This is their second game in a row in the league that they don't score a single goal. They are just giving all the chances to Liverpool to get past them to reach top four.

Maybe Real Madrid can't win the La Liga title this season but still they are better than Barcelona as for the success rate in the Champions League. This has got clearer in the recent years I mean. Barcelona have clearly been struggling in big games there which have blocked the way for them to reach upper rounds. This is a really serious issue for Barcelona in my opinion.

Maybe Xavi is doing well in the La Liga but the fans would like to see more than that. Xavi will need to prepare his players and strategies special to Champions League games from now on. They have a potential so they should go for it.

That apology video by Messi was really a professional move by Messi in my opinion. He was ready to do what the team want to do with him too as he stated. Maybe he doesn't want to stay here for now but he still doesn't act like he can do whatever he would like. This is an important attitude to have even if you are one of top players in football history. I appreciate it.

I hope that Messi stays at PSG for one more year at least if we don't see him returning to Barcelona this summer.