UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[legendbtc]

There was no match worthy of the words "early final" in the 1/8 round. Defending champion Man City is especially lucky to only have to meet Copenhagen, the most underrated team. Real Madrid seems to have the easiest time among the Spanish teams entering the 1/8 round because their opponent is Leipzig, which is not the strongest in Germany and not a significant force in the European arena. Meanwhile, PSG was fortunate to avoid big opponents and clash with Sociedad. PSG was very lucky to get through the group stage, including a draw with Newcastle at home that they almost lost.
Overall, in this round, the wins belong to the big teams. The next quarter-finals are the "early finals" worth watching.

From what you say, everything is fact and indeed everyone has their own assessment. Here I agree that if Manchester City gets a very easy opponent, namely Copenhagen, their chances of qualifying for the quarterfinals will definitely be achieved. Real Madrid played against Leipzig, even though many here say that Real Madrid also had an easy opponent, but I don't think they agree because Leipzig is still quite a difficult opponent to beat. They have a good squad and also have a dominant striker like Lois Openda. Real Madrid doesn't have a pure striker in the starting lineup and they always rely on Rodrygo and Brahim for the starting line up. Even though in reality Jude Bellingham can always be a mainstay when Real Madrid needs a goal, what I'm afraid is that Leipzig will prepare intense training to be able to stop these players.

For PSG, perhaps it is true that they were lucky to face Real Sociedad and I think Real Sociedad should not be underestimated because they won the group before the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League. So this assessment is still based on general aspects and let's see later whether there is anything that can make this round of 16 more interesting or not.

PSG only got second place and was in the non-seeded group. They are at risk of meeting very strong opponents such as Barca, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, or Manchester City. If they encounter these big opponents, is there any hope for them?
For example, the match between PSG and Man City comes true, promising to create great attention. Haaland and Mbappe are two strikers expected to create a new era of two-horse competition in world football, just like Messi and Ronaldo once created. I've been waiting for the great battle between Haaland and Mbappe for a long time. Great-grandchildren must continue to wait.

[TelolettOm]

Kelvin De Bruyne is expected to return to the football pitch from his hamstring injury by the middle of December. We don't know whether Pep Guardiola would love to fixture him in their last match of the year against Everton or would wait till January before he fixture him in any of Manchester City's upcoming matches.

Hopefully, by the beginning of next year, all the injured players(De Bruyne, Steffen, Haaland, and Doku) will find themselves back in the Manchester City squad. You know what it means when Kelvin De Bruyne starts giving those deadly passes he is known for, consider  Manchester City to be winning match as they are known for, both in the premier league and champions league

It will be good news if De Bruyne can return to Man City. He has a very big role in Man City, missing him really brings a big impact to Man City performance. We can see that Man City got difficulty to maintain their performance without De Bruyne. I really expect that De Bruyne will help Man City to return to the race of the title in EPL standings.

I think in January, all the injured players will be ready to play with Man City. Those injured players are the key players of Man City, they are very crucial to help improving the performance of Man City. They will struggle again with their best lineup if all the injured players can return in January. The match will be getting harder in the next year, specifically in UCL matches.

[Mayor of ogba]

Borussia Dortmund - PSV
Dortmund have unbalanced results lately and almost lost Bundesliga championship chance. So they have to pass this round, they will be more focused in Champions League.

Even though Dortmund is not consistent in the Bundesliga does not mean their match against PSV will be a match Dortmund will be worried about. Dortmund will beat PSV home and away in their Uefa Champions League encounter.

[joniboini]

It will be good news if De Bruyne can return to Man City. He has a very big role in Man City, missing him really brings a big impact to Man City performance. We can see that Man City got difficulty to maintain their performance without De Bruyne. I really expect that De Bruyne will help Man City to return to the race of the title in EPL standings.

A lot of pundits and stats that I read seem to suggest that Rodri is the key for Man City's defense, while de Bruyne is for creativity. I believe their weakness this season is not scoring goals, but protecting their leads[1]. I do agree that with De Bruyne in the team, they should be able to score more goals, but judging from their competitors I'd say their attack is quite OK for now. some might even argue that based on their stats alone, their defense is also not that terrible, considering that their expected goals are quite low and probably within the best 5 in the league as of now[2]. Obviously, stats don't tell everything. Let's see how they play if all of their key players are back.

[1] https://fbref.com/en/squads/b8fd03ef/2023-2024/goallogs/all_comps/Manchester-City-Goal-Logs-All-Competitions
[2] https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/167/Show/England-Manchester-City

[bitvalak]

Manchester and Real Madrid are actually the favorites again this season, but I don't the two of them are too good enough to be finalist this season like they do last season, because so many teams are trying their best to win the Champions League, and as a team, some of them are playing well more than these two teams; all I know is that, this season will come with some surprises.

I doubt if Manchester City could be able to win Real Madrid on the finals if they both eventually qualify to the final of the game because real Madrid is a professional and more experience than Manchester City because they always win Manchester City whenever they meet them on the champions League finals, however I could remember how there last meeting on the champions league finals ended up after all the performance of Manchester City on that final but real Madrid was able to prove to them that they are more deserving to win the champions league than Manchester City, but however let's see how the end of the season will look like because with the consideration of performance real Madrid and Manchester City are the best candidate to qualify for the finals because they don't have much of a rival.

Real Madrid does have a big chance of winning the Champions League apart from Man City, but don't forget that there is also Bayer Munich who also has the mentality to become champions.
For Man City it was a bit tough, they lost several players who last season were able to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
But there are many underdog teams that have qualified for the last 16, which will be very interesting because it can make it difficult for some of the big teams who are regular champions.

[len01]

PSG only got second place and was in the non-seeded group. They are at risk of meeting very strong opponents such as Barca, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, or Manchester City. If they encounter these big opponents, is there any hope for them?
For example, the match between PSG and Man City comes true, promising to create great attention. Haaland and Mbappe are two strikers expected to create a new era of two-horse competition in world football, just like Messi and Ronaldo once created. I've been waiting for the great battle between Haaland and Mbappe for a long time. Great-grandchildren must continue to wait.

PSG faces tough opponents and Real Sociedad is one of the teams that can hinder PSG journey to continue its journey in the UCL because even though PSG has Mbappe, thats not a big problem for Real sociedad because after all this team has more experience than PSG and I'm not means that you underestimate PSG, you just have a little doubt about PSG performance in the UCL from previous season, which always failed to continue competing until the final round.

even though Mbappe is still a scoring machine for PSG but the situation is different in the UCL, even Haaland, who was the title holder for Man City team in the final round, couldn't score and this is what makes me doubt PSG and I support your opinion if PSG is possible if they can qualifying for next round, this team will not be able to face Real Madrid or Man City because it will be very tough match.
but I also can not wait to see PSG compete against Man City to see how PSG will withstand attacks from Man City.

[temple]

Manchester and Real Madrid are actually the favorites again this season, but I don't the two of them are too good enough to be finalist this season like they do last season, because so many teams are trying their best to win the Champions League, and as a team, some of them are playing well more than these two teams; all I know is that, this season will come with some surprises.

I doubt if Manchester City could be able to win Real Madrid on the finals if they both eventually qualify to the final of the game because real Madrid is a professional and more experience than Manchester City because they always win Manchester City whenever they meet them on the champions League finals, however I could remember how there last meeting on the champions league finals ended up after all the performance of Manchester City on that final but real Madrid was able to prove to them that they are more deserving to win the champions league than Manchester City, but however let's see how the end of the season will look like because with the consideration of performance real Madrid and Manchester City are the best candidate to qualify for the finals because they don't have much of a rival.

Real Madrid does have a big chance of winning the Champions League apart from Man City, but don't forget that there is also Bayer Munich who also has the mentality to become champions.
For Man City it was a bit tough, they lost several players who last season were able to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
But there are many underdog teams that have qualified for the last 16, which will be very interesting because it can make it difficult for some of the big teams who are regular champions.

I see Real Madrid a bit above Bayern Munich. Real Madrid has some room for improvement while they have a decent level all the time, whereas Bayern Munich has some total failures. If they have one of those in the Champions League, it would be game over for them.

But Manchester City isn't as stable as well. They are way more vulnerable than they have been last season. This season they have played several games where they lost dominance during the game.

[armanda90]

It will be good news if De Bruyne can return to Man City. He has a very big role in Man City, missing him really brings a big impact to Man City performance. We can see that Man City got difficulty to maintain their performance without De Bruyne. I really expect that De Bruyne will help Man City to return to the race of the title in EPL standings.

I think in January, all the injured players will be ready to play with Man City. Those injured players are the key players of Man City, they are very crucial to help improving the performance of Man City. They will struggle again with their best lineup if all the injured players can return in January. The match will be getting harder in the next year, specifically in UCL matches.

Good news for Manchester City after Kevin De Bruyne returning from injury although he still not in the players list name when Manchester City won against Urawa Reds on FIFA Club World Cup semifinal phase. Since De Bruyne absent, Manchester City performance not really quit well exactly in Premier League losses many points and Manchester City loss 3 matches then 4 draw without have De Bruyne in squad. In January seems Kevin De Bruyen will be ready for Manchester City and wish he not get injury again exactly when playing on 16 round phase when Manchester City against Copenhagen.

Kevin De Bruyen is most crucial player for Manchester City how his creativities make many assists for helping Erlin Haaland easily scoring many goals. Seems if the key player of Manchester City got injury will be difficult to defend Champion League tittle because the rival teams in Champion League such as Madrid and Bayern Munich have quit well performance in group phase.

[hd49728]

I see Real Madrid a bit above Bayern Munich. Real Madrid has some room for improvement while they have a decent level all the time, whereas Bayern Munich has some total failures. If they have one of those in the Champions League, it would be game over for them.

Bayern Munich got Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur but they can not dominate Bundesliga like they usually do. They did not spend big transfer money to buy Kane only to win Bundesliga but fail to dominate their domestic league is one of signals that their quality has problems in this season and this can cost them in Champions League when knock out phase is already in.

Real Madrid look to have a balanced squad between attacking and defense, old and young players but the recent serious injury of David Alaba is very unexpected and it might harm their strength in coming months.

But Manchester City isn't as stable as well. They are way more vulnerable than they have been last season. This season they have played several games where they lost dominance during the game.

I still consider Manchester City as the best competitor in Champions League even they shown some issues in Premier League. They have a deepest squad that can be so helpful for them in a long season. I also know in history there is only one club that can defend their Champions League crown, Real Madrid and Manchester City will be a second club can achieve it if they succeed in this season.

[klidex]

It will be good news if De Bruyne can return to Man City. He has a very big role in Man City, missing him really brings a big impact to Man City performance. We can see that Man City got difficulty to maintain their performance without De Bruyne. I really expect that De Bruyne will help Man City to return to the race of the title in EPL standings.

I think in January, all the injured players will be ready to play with Man City. Those injured players are the key players of Man City, they are very crucial to help improving the performance of Man City. They will struggle again with their best lineup if all the injured players can return in January. The match will be getting harder in the next year, specifically in UCL matches.

Good news for Manchester City after Kevin De Bruyne returning from injury although he still not in the players list name when Manchester City won against Urawa Reds on FIFA Club World Cup semifinal phase. Since De Bruyne absent, Manchester City performance not really quit well exactly in Premier League losses many points and Manchester City loss 3 matches then 4 draw without have De Bruyne in squad. In January seems Kevin De Bruyen will be ready for Manchester City and wish he not get injury again exactly when playing on 16 round phase when Manchester City against Copenhagen.

Kevin De Bruyen is most crucial player for Manchester City how his creativities make many assists for helping Erlin Haaland easily scoring many goals. Seems if the key player of Manchester City got injury will be difficult to defend Champion League tittle because the rival teams in Champion League such as Madrid and Bayern Munich have quit well performance in group phase.

Of course, this is exciting news and is eagerly awaited by Manchester City fans because Kevin De Bruyne is a very important players because Erling Haaland really needs a midfielder like Kevin De Bruyne who is able to provide goal assists so that Erling Haaland can score lots of goals for Manchester City. With the returned of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland to Manchester City, Manchester City performance will increase again and I am sure that Manchester City will start to rise and overtake its rivals in the Premier League and face matches in the Champions League. Manchester City will be a tough competitor for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Manchester City will regain confidence because key players have recovered from injuries and will make their contribution again.

Hopefully Kevin De Bruyne will continue to perform at his best like last season and the injury he experienced will not have such an impact but he still has to be careful because the first leg will be held at home in Copenhagen so he has to be able to adapt again to the team that will play the match straight away tough, namely in the middle of the Premier League season and in the last 16 of the Champions League.

[Falconer]

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I see Real Madrid a bit above Bayern Munich. Real Madrid has some room for improvement while they have a decent level all the time, whereas Bayern Munich has some total failures. If they have one of those in the Champions League, it would be game over for them.

But Manchester City isn't as stable as well. They are way more vulnerable than they have been last season. This season they have played several games where they lost dominance during the game.

We will never know for sure whether Real Madrid will always be able to maintain its performance this season. Maybe so far so good, but that doesn't mean it will last long. Real Madrid is also very vulnerable to losing if the opponent's defense killing Jude Bellingham's play throughout the match, this is because Bellingham is the most influential player in the Real Madrid squad at the moment.

Real Madrid also still has injury problems experienced by several important players. Alaba is the latest player to be injured this season, but Camavinga and Vinicius are also yet to recover. In my opinion, injuries to important players will affect the team's performance, but Real Madrid is just lucky that they don't have tough opponents.

[ancafe]

The dominance of the Spain teams during this UCL has been surprising, with half of the groups being won by them, however the performance by Real Madrid seems to be a few steps ahead of the rest and only Manchester City was able to match it, so it seems to me both of those teams are the favorites to face each other on the final, unless they are really unlucky and they happen to face each other earlier on the competition due to the quarterfinal or the semifinal draw.

Representatives from the Spanish League are still quite dominant in the Champions League this season and they managed to send three teams into the round of 16, Real Sociedad will face PSG, Atletico Madrid will face Inter Milan and Real Madrid will face Leipzig. Of the three representatives, only Real Madrid has a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round because they face much lighter opponents, while the other two representatives will face fairly even opponents so it is still quite difficult to predict.

The composition of the matches in the round of 16 gives a little insight into Real Madrid and Manchester City and I think both of them will have a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round. But the most interesting match is between Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid because this match will be much more tense because both of them have the ambition to beat each other to qualify for the next round.

[anjiitem]

The dominance of the Spain teams during this UCL has been surprising, with half of the groups being won by them, however the performance by Real Madrid seems to be a few steps ahead of the rest and only Manchester City was able to match it, so it seems to me both of those teams are the favorites to face each other on the final, unless they are really unlucky and they happen to face each other earlier on the competition due to the quarterfinal or the semifinal draw.

Representatives from the Spanish League are still quite dominant in the Champions League this season and they managed to send three teams into the round of 16, Real Sociedad will face PSG, Atletico Madrid will face Inter Milan and Real Madrid will face Leipzig. Of the three representatives, only Real Madrid has a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round because they face much lighter opponents, while the other two representatives will face fairly even opponents so it is still quite difficult to predict.

The composition of the matches in the round of 16 gives a little insight into Real Madrid and Manchester City and I think both of them will have a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round. But the most interesting match is between Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid because this match will be much more tense because both of them have the ambition to beat each other to qualify for the next round.

The Champions League will take a long break. and all team conditions can still change. The current top 16 are strong teams that will be difficult to predict. even a team that is predicted to have difficulties can provide a surprise. like Barca and Napoli, the situation may favor Barcelona. That's because Napoli's performance is unstable this season. but in the knockout match, each team will give their best.
The road to the top 8 of the Champions League doesn't look like there will be any luck. This will be hard work from every team. This will be quite a long break, we have to be patient.

[BRINIRHA]

The dominance of the Spain teams during this UCL has been surprising, with half of the groups being won by them, however the performance by Real Madrid seems to be a few steps ahead of the rest and only Manchester City was able to match it, so it seems to me both of those teams are the favorites to face each other on the final, unless they are really unlucky and they happen to face each other earlier on the competition due to the quarterfinal or the semifinal draw.

Representatives from the Spanish League are still quite dominant in the Champions League this season and they managed to send three teams into the round of 16, Real Sociedad will face PSG, Atletico Madrid will face Inter Milan and Real Madrid will face Leipzig. Of the three representatives, only Real Madrid has a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round because they face much lighter opponents, while the other two representatives will face fairly even opponents so it is still quite difficult to predict.

The composition of the matches in the round of 16 gives a little insight into Real Madrid and Manchester City and I think both of them will have a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round. But the most interesting match is between Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid because this match will be much more tense because both of them have the ambition to beat each other to qualify for the next round.

Of the 5 representatives of Spanish teams, only Sevilla failed to advance to the next stage in the Champions League. And the remaining 4 teams from Laliga managed to top each group in yesterday's group stage.
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- Real Madrid managed to top group C
- Real Sociedad managed to top group D
- Atletico Madrid managed to top Group E
- Barcelona managed to top Group H.

This makes Laliga the most productive league in producing quality clubs this season that are able to continue to go further in the Champions League. I think this is a very extraordinary achievement from Spanish clubs. But a more difficult journey awaits them. Because the most difficult match will be in the round of 16.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Of the 5 representatives of Spanish teams, only Sevilla failed to advance to the next stage in the Champions League. And the remaining 4 teams from Laliga managed to top each group in yesterday's group stage.
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- Real Madrid managed to top group C
- Real Sociedad managed to top group D
- Atletico Madrid managed to top Group E
- Barcelona managed to top Group H.

This makes Laliga the most productive league in producing quality clubs this season that are able to continue to go further in the Champions League. I think this is a very extraordinary achievement from Spanish clubs. But a more difficult journey awaits them. Because the most difficult match will be in the round of 16.

In my personal opinion, the Spanish league ranks just behind the English Premier League. This year, with the dip in form for Manchester United and the lack of experience on the big stage for Newcastle after many years, the Premier League is left with only two representatives, giving the opportunity for Spanish teams to dominate. Apart from the usual names in the UCL like Real, Barca, and Atletico, I was pleasantly surprised by Real Sociedad, topping Group D with an unbeaten record. The probability of a Spanish team winning the UCL this year is quite high.

The Champions League will take a long break. and all team conditions can still change. The current top 16 are strong teams that will be difficult to predict. even a team that is predicted to have difficulties can provide a surprise. like Barca and Napoli, the situation may favor Barcelona. That's because Napoli's performance is unstable this season. but in the knockout match, each team will give their best.
The road to the top 8 of the Champions League doesn't look like there will be any luck. This will be hard work from every team. This will be quite a long break, we have to be patient.

The situation for clubs might see some changes before the Round of 16 UCL matches in February. Specifically, many teams are dealing with injury issues; Barca and Real are actively seeking replacement options in the upcoming January transfer window. Mancity is going through a temporary crisis in the Premier League, hoping that in the upcoming period, they can regain their form to ensure that English representatives don't fall behind their counterparts.

[PokerBetting]

The dominance of the Spain teams during this UCL has been surprising, with half of the groups being won by them, however the performance by Real Madrid seems to be a few steps ahead of the rest and only Manchester City was able to match it, so it seems to me both of those teams are the favorites to face each other on the final, unless they are really unlucky and they happen to face each other earlier on the competition due to the quarterfinal or the semifinal draw.

Representatives from the Spanish League are still quite dominant in the Champions League this season and they managed to send three teams into the round of 16, Real Sociedad will face PSG, Atletico Madrid will face Inter Milan and Real Madrid will face Leipzig. Of the three representatives, only Real Madrid has a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round because they face much lighter opponents, while the other two representatives will face fairly even opponents so it is still quite difficult to predict.

The composition of the matches in the round of 16 gives a little insight into Real Madrid and Manchester City and I think both of them will have a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round. But the most interesting match is between Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid because this match will be much more tense because both of them have the ambition to beat each other to qualify for the next round.

Spain's representative in the champion league who got the easiest opponent Real Madrid. it was not too easy because they met representatives from Germany Redbull Lezipig.
But compared to Barcelona who will meet Napoli, Athletico Madrid who will meet Inter Milan, or Real Socieded who will meet PSG.
The easiest opponent is Real Madrid.
But the one who can go further this season in the champions league is Real Madrid, maybe they can get to the final this season if they don't meet Bayern Munich or Manchester City in the round before the final.

[Hirose UK]

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League 23/24 has been completed and we can see that some of the results are quite good. Maybe I'm quite fixated on the Barcelona vs Napoli match later because this is also the dream of coach Maurizio Sarri, who really wants to meet Barcelona through his interview a few days ago. The last meeting between Barcelona and Napoli took place in the 19/20 season and it also happened in the round of 16, but it was Barcelona who won the match on aggregate.

Apart from that, Inter vs Altetico is also very exciting, followed by Real Madrid vs Leipzig and apart from that, I think it's an ordinary match. Manchester City will play Copenhagen and we definitely know who the winner will be. Likewise Porto vs Arsenal and even though Porto will make things a little difficult for Arsenal, I think Arsenal will still be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. The round of 16 matches are still very far away and it will start in mid-February next year.

From the draw for the match schedule that will take place, it is clear that several teams will be able to easily win and successfully qualify for the next round.
And of course from here each team will prepare their squad as well as possible because winning is starting to be very important in this round of 16, I have predictions for Arsenal, PSG, Dortmund, Manchester City, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and also Real Madrid.
These eight team will of course be the favorites and in the analysis I have carried out they tend to have quite big chance of winning all the matches and being able to qualify for the next round.
Real Madrid seems to be strong enough candidate to be able to continue to the final round.

The round of 16 will start in mid-February and we will start to see how each team maintains their lead in each match from the first leg and second leg.

[Minor Miner]

The Champions League will take a long break. and all team conditions can still change. The current top 16 are strong teams that will be difficult to predict. even a team that is predicted to have difficulties can provide a surprise. like Barca and Napoli, the situation may favor Barcelona. That's because Napoli's performance is unstable this season. but in the knockout match, each team will give their best.
The road to the top 8 of the Champions League doesn't look like there will be any luck. This will be hard work from every team. This will be quite a long break, we have to be patient.

The situation for clubs might see some changes before the Round of 16 UCL matches in February. Specifically, many teams are dealing with injury issues; Barca and Real are actively seeking replacement options in the upcoming January transfer window. Mancity is going through a temporary crisis in the Premier League, hoping that in the upcoming period, they can regain their form to ensure that English representatives don't fall behind their counterparts.

The performance of the Real Madrid team is very stable. They are dominating in Champions League and La Liga. However, they do not have any experienced players in their forwards. If Bellingham suffers a major injury, Madrid's performance is likely to be unstable. Vini and Rodrygo's performance cannot be relied upon. Their performance is erratic.
Manchester City have a very strong squad. But their main weakness is in their midfield. Without De Bruyne and Gundogan, City's performance is also slightly weaker than last season.
The performance of the Barcelona team has been somewhat unstable since the beginning of the season. It is impossible to predict which matches this team will play well and which matches will play poorly.

[Oluwa-btc]

I see Real Madrid a bit above Bayern Munich. Real Madrid has some room for improvement while they have a decent level all the time, whereas Bayern Munich has some total failures. If they have one of those in the Champions League, it would be game over for them.

Bayern Munich got Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur but they can not dominate Bundesliga like they usually do. They did not spend big transfer money to buy Kane only to win Bundesliga but fail to dominate their domestic league is one of signals that their quality has problems in this season and this can cost them in Champions League when knock out phase is already in.

Real Madrid look to have a balanced squad between attacking and defense, old and young players but the recent serious injury of David Alaba is very unexpected and it might harm their strength in coming months.

But Manchester City isn't as stable as well. They are way more vulnerable than they have been last season. This season they have played several games where they lost dominance during the game.

I still consider Manchester City as the best competitor in Champions League even they shown some issues in Premier League. They have a deepest squad that can be so helpful for them in a long season. I also know in history there is only one club that can defend their Champions League crown, Real Madrid and Manchester City will be a second club can achieve it if they succeed in this season.

They still have the January Transfer Window to bring in players they feel like would work best for the plans of the club. They signed Harry Kane because they had that role vacant and it was the right call to make for both club and player. Good to see it got finalized.
They'll dominate the Bundesliga when they finally decide to repair the midfied, they have done that with the defense but not with the midfielder's, they need to bring in players who are hungry for success.

Real Madrid in between lacks a good natural goal scorer. In the Champions League they meed one to help them, Jude Bellingham can not do that all alone, I have this feeling they're not going emerge winners. They have survived with the players around, they should make a good decision with signing a backup during the transfer window.

With Kelvin De Bruyne back from Injury, we will see how they approach all the games they're innit. One thing to see them work on would be the defense, because they be conceding too much.

[3meek]

The dominance of the Spain teams during this UCL has been surprising, with half of the groups being won by them, however the performance by Real Madrid seems to be a few steps ahead of the rest and only Manchester City was able to match it, so it seems to me both of those teams are the favorites to face each other on the final, unless they are really unlucky and they happen to face each other earlier on the competition due to the quarterfinal or the semifinal draw.

Representatives from the Spanish League are still quite dominant in the Champions League this season and they managed to send three teams into the round of 16, Real Sociedad will face PSG, Atletico Madrid will face Inter Milan and Real Madrid will face Leipzig. Of the three representatives, only Real Madrid has a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round because they face much lighter opponents, while the other two representatives will face fairly even opponents so it is still quite difficult to predict.

The composition of the matches in the round of 16 gives a little insight into Real Madrid and Manchester City and I think both of them will have a much greater chance of qualifying for the next round. But the most interesting match is between Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid because this match will be much more tense because both of them have the ambition to beat each other to qualify for the next round.

The Champions League will take a long break. and all team conditions can still change. The current top 16 are strong teams that will be difficult to predict. even a team that is predicted to have difficulties can provide a surprise. like Barca and Napoli, the situation may favor Barcelona. That's because Napoli's performance is unstable this season. but in the knockout match, each team will give their best.
The road to the top 8 of the Champions League doesn't look like there will be any luck. This will be hard work from every team. This will be quite a long break, we have to be patient.

Two months is not a big pause for clubs, but I agree that surprises can indeed happen... I can only see Man City and Real Madrid winning the first games... In the other games I'm not sure that the favourites should necessarily win...