UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Mr.suevie]

Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

I don't think Bayern Munich can win the CL this season, the team just hasn't clicked under Tuchel and that is why the club is parting ways with him at the end of the season. From the looks of things, this might be a trophyless season for Bayern Munich, something that has not happened in a very long time. Having said that, Lazio have the lead in this tie going into the second leg, and despite the fact that the second leg is a home game for Bayern, i still consider Lazio favorites to qualify at this time, they know what they have to do in this second leg and if they execute it perfectly, they'll be the team to progress to the QF.

Bayern Munich needs much more hard work even for the Bundesliga and they are not even close to getting anything in the Champions League where there are some stronger and better teams than Leverkusen in this tournament. They even hired Tuchel who is an experienced and successful coach in the Chmapnis League but I don't think if that's going to work for them.
Even Tuchel is about to leave the team and that's why I think there is no hope for them for this tournament.
Instead, we can bet on other teams like Real Madrid for the Champions League title.

You don't need to write them all out yet because the champions league is yet decided and who knows what can happen as they can just within some time get the right formula and things will work out for them, when it comes to players they all have the players that can definitely do well atleast they have a world class striker on their team who can definitely deliver if the situation is right with him.

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[Volgastallion]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

[Ndabagi01]

While Manchester City and Real Madrid's final appearance is hyped, I think its too soon to dismiss other contenders. This final matchup is intriguing because City and Madrid are in great form. But football - especially the Champions League - is unpredictable. Bayern Munich and PSG are struggling, but they have the resources and potential to recover. Despite their current form, dont dismiss them.

Inter Milan and Barcelona, perennial underdogs, have proven they can compete with Europe's best. Inter's season has improved, and Barcelona remains a threat in Europe despite their ups and downs. The real test comes in the knockout stage, where a draw may finish any club. As much as I want a City-Madrid match, Im keeping an open mind.

Real Madrid vs. Manchester City will be one of the most entertaining Champions League finals to watch. But is this even possible? We could see a look-alike final match before the actual final, which will take place in the Champions League, similar to what happened last season.

The match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, which eliminated Real Madrid from the competition, was more akin to a final than the semifinals. The same thing could happen this season, and we won't be able to watch them meet in the finals.

Many other teams appear to be very capable of making it to the finals; without naming names, most of Europe's top teams are still in the competition and are likely to make it to the finals, aside from the two teams we expect to face in the finals.

[Abu-Naim]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

After this stage, many teams will be noticed and the level of seriousness because teams like Arsenal and Bayern Munich be cause they also have good team that can compete for the Champions league together with Manchester City and Real Madrid.
Nonetheless, this second leg will give us the most hint on who to be the favorites because even Manchester City and Real Madrid can be surprised at any moment of the competition.

[tsaroz]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

After this stage, many teams will be noticed and the level of seriousness because teams like Arsenal and Bayern Munich be cause they also have good team that can compete for the Champions league together with Manchester City and Real Madrid.
Nonetheless, this second leg will give us the most hint on who to be the favorites because even Manchester City and Real Madrid can be surprised at any moment of the competition.

It's sad to see Liverpool failing to qualify for the champions league last season. If they where here, they'd have been an interesting option considering their recent form. The long gap makes the teams much different than what they were during qualification.
It's easy to predict most of the team reaching top 8 except for a few and top 8 is going to be the interesting one where even the large teams would fight with one another.
Surely Real Madrid are again the favorite. I don't think anyone could compete against them, both bayren munich and barcelona are having bad times, Manchester city and PSG too are not in their greatest and Inter milan too might not pose the threat to Real.

[imamusma]

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After this stage, many teams will be noticed and the level of seriousness because teams like Arsenal and Bayern Munich be cause they also have good team that can compete for the Champions league together with Manchester City and Real Madrid.
Nonetheless, this second leg will give us the most hint on who to be the favorites because even Manchester City and Real Madrid can be surprised at any moment of the competition.

In my opinion, Bayern Munich and Arsenal can turn things around and qualify for the quarter-finals, even though in reality Lazio and Porto are holders of a 1 goal deficit. There is always room for surprises, and it could be that Bayern Munich and Arsenal are eliminated early. All the teams appearing in the Champions League are very serious about fighting to advance to the next round, including those who are not favorites such as Lazio and Porto. In terms of squad depth, Bayern Munich and Arsenal should have been able to beat their opponents in the first leg yesterday, but this failed to happen. The second chance must be utilized well, because it is the determination of their next journey.

Manchester City and Real Madrid are now the two teams most favored to win the trophy, and Bayern Munich is no longer on par with these two teams after appearing unstable recently. It could be that this season there will be another surprise team that will be able to reach the final round, like Inter Milan last season. It's true, everything will be answered by itself, we just need to wait first how the second leg will end. It would be a shame if Arsenal and Bayern Munich failed for the second time, and the squad depth they have cannot help them talk much in the Champions League this season.

[Weawant]

Bayer Leverkusen are on their way to ensure they don't slide back but keep pushing forward on the table and also in matches, its a great achievement if they're able to win the Bundesliga title with unbeaten run. This is definitely the time for Xabi Alonso to implement every formidable strategies to win. What's the job of the Bavarians boss? Thomas Tuchel is not showing any good signs of improvement with the club, they're definitely going trophyless this season and it is huge frustration for them, Bayern Munich drawing ties with Freiburg is not encouraging.

It's not only going to be a great achievement but also a record because I think I'm a very long time this happens to to be one of such that a team will stay unbeaten and still win the bundesliga trophy even Bayern Munich who wins the trophy most often has not done it unbeaten in a very long time so Leverkusen is about to bring up a record which hasn't beeñ seen in the bundesliga in a very long time. The fact that the resilience of Bayer Leverkusen has brought about more competition to the German bundesliga is enough to even laude their efforts so far this season a d I'm very optimistic that even if they get to loose a single game later before the end of the season, they are most definitely going to win the trophy this season and Bayern Munich will have to try again next season.

Leipzig got a really impressive performance today and I must commend them because going form loosing a game to now winning with a very good difference in the score is such that deserves every commendation, although their opponents had a red card but then they still were at the top of the game.

[Oluwa-btc]

When did Harry Kane joined the team? Why would fans feel that he is part Of the problem the team is facing now. Yes, they may have had the joy that he would bring about more improvement in the team and instead Bayern Munich is still underperforming compared to there level. However before now Bayern has been going through this problem before Harry Kane came to the league and the manager should try to fix this problem instead of poor Hary Kane going through some emotion blackmail via the posts on social media that ever since he came it has been nothing but failure for Bayern.

If Harry Kane was also performing badly the fans would have surely seen him as a part of the problem. I would never expect to see the opposite.  But right now he is even the best performing player in his first season. He is just very unlucky about winning titles. He has brought the curse with himself to Bayern Munich I'm afraid.

However of course people can't blame this look of Bayern Munich on Kane anyway. What can Kane do more than this? He has scored so many goals so far. But even Tuchel is criticizing him for some reason. Tuchel had better think about how horrible he has managed the team this season. 

What are you saying? I never thought you'd be one of these folks and user's writing such a thing. Arsenal haven't won the Champions League Competition since it was formed and since it came out, have you heard anything like they're a curse in the Premier League or the Champions League?
Y'all can do better, Harry Kane is not cursed you could use the word unlucky but not ones superstitious ditty believes.

People would definitely go ahead to talk about his performance but he has done extremely well this season.

When blames should be shown to Thomas Tuchel who is the management, and manager, they're busy doing what's never mandatory. Thomas Tuchel would be sacked and asked to leave if he doesn't have that good game coming up next during the nedy

[tusandii]

Actually, I'm surprised at Bayern Munich, it's like we can't see what the problem is, it's like a mystery that's hard to solve, whereas if we blame Tuchel, even though Tuchel managed to make a good contribution last season, and if we blame the players, even though Bayern Munich's current players are very high quality without any shortcomings, even Harry Kane makes Bayern stronger at the moment but for some reason his performance is very bad.
I was wondering if this was just a drama that Tuchel was carrying out to give a surprising impression when he succeeded in the Champions League.
Almost all supporters are worried if Bayern fails in the Champions League and Bundesliga to win the title but I still have confidence that Bayern Munich will make it to the semi-finals.

You are wrong. Tuchel also failed to achieve success last season, even though he managed to win the Bundesliga trophy, but if you look back at last season's Bundesliga, this trophy was indeed the result of an accident by the Dortmund team who failed to win in the last match. so that Bayern Munich automatically becomes Bundesliga champions. Not to mention, in the UCL League last season, under the old coach, Bayern Munich performed well, but when Tuchel arrived, Bayern Munich was immediately eliminated from the UCL League.

For this season Tuchel really failed miserably, in the Bundesliga he failed %100, in the UCL league I think they will also have difficulties because Bayern Munich's confidence is now decreasing, just look at the last match against Freiburg which can be said to be a weak team they only got results draw. Bayern Munich is currently experiencing critical times and this will continue until the end of the season. So I doubt they can make a comeback against Lazio in the second leg of the UCL league.

Sorry friends, but what I mean is that Tuchel was successful in making a good contribution to the domestic league, not to the champions league and if we talk about Bayern Munich's failure to win the champions league title, even Nagelsmann, who once served as coach of Bayern Munich, also failed to provide good achievements in Munich.
The problem is that we cannot compare the past with the new era which is clearly very different and for me Bayern's success in winning the title in the Bundesliga last season was not an accident of Dortmund but because dominance has become like Bayern Munich's legacy.

Bayern Munich last won the champions league title when Hansi Flick was coach there and if Tuchel wants to learn Hansi Flick's strategy it will definitely be easier to get the champions league trophy.

[BALIK]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

After this stage, many teams will be noticed and the level of seriousness because teams like Arsenal and Bayern Munich be cause they also have good team that can compete for the Champions league together with Manchester City and Real Madrid.
Nonetheless, this second leg will give us the most hint on who to be the favorites because even Manchester City and Real Madrid can be surprised at any moment of the competition.

It is very difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title this season. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal are all in very good form at the moment. So every team has a great chance to win the Champions League title. However, Bayern Munich have lost form in recent times. Hopefully very soon they will be able to solve the problems within the squad and continue the good performance again.

The PSG team is also considered as the favourite. With the help of Luis Enrique, this team is now very strong. Despite not having a strong squad like previous seasons, PSG have a fairly stable squad this season.

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It's sad to see Liverpool failing to qualify for the champions league last season. If they where here, they'd have been an interesting option considering their recent form. The long gap makes the teams much different than what they were during qualification.
It's easy to predict most of the team reaching top 8 except for a few and top 8 is going to be the interesting one where even the large teams would fight with one another.
Surely Real Madrid are again the favorite. I don't think anyone could compete against them, both bayren munich and barcelona are having bad times, Manchester city and PSG too are not in their greatest and Inter milan too might not pose the threat to Real.

This season we have indeed lost two clubs that have been quite respected because they have quite a long history in the Champions League, Liverpool and Milan, both of whom are currently competing to be the best in the second tier of European Competition, but I think, they absent both teams from the league champions is not something to be sad about (unless you are a fan from one of these two team), because currently we are still seeing how other European teams can provide matches that are really interesting for us to watch this season.

So far, it seems that many teams have unequal strengths, but wouldn't it be a surprise if a team like Lazio was able to beat Munich?
I think it is still difficult for us to predict which team will win this season because as said before, if this season the strength and performance of the teams in the champions league will be uneven, so it is possible that we will see a lot of bigmatch  in the last 8 rounds,If we talk about favorites, maybe I agree with you a little, if Madrid does have a chance to reach the final and so does manchester city who might accompany Madrid in the final later.

[KTChampions]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

Last year City were the only favorites for the title and unfortunately they were able to win it (although their victory in the final looked unconvincing), Real and Bayern did not have a serious attack, one could say that the clubs were understaffed. This year, everyone thought that the title would be played by the trio of Real, Bayern and City, but Bayern, judging by the results, still has not come out of the crisis. Besides Inter, it seems to me that Arsenal have a good chance (it’s not for nothing that bookmakers currently rate them higher than Bayern). And although they have a bad record in head-to-head games with City, I think they can knock them out this year.

[CryptoBuds]

This round only shows until now what all the people think before and this is, the only two serious contender are Real Madrid and Manchester city, like the past year, i dont see any other team in that level, maybe Inter again, but i dont think they can beat Manchester City or Real Madrid in a head to head.

Last year City were the only favorites for the title and unfortunately they were able to win it (although their victory in the final looked unconvincing), Real and Bayern did not have a serious attack, one could say that the clubs were understaffed. This year, everyone thought that the title would be played by the trio of Real, Bayern and City, but Bayern, judging by the results, still has not come out of the crisis. Besides Inter, it seems to me that Arsenal have a good chance (it’s not for nothing that bookmakers currently rate them higher than Bayern). And although they have a bad record in head-to-head games with City, I think they can knock them out this year.

Bayern Munich are no longer considered favorites for this season's Champions League title. The team has a lot of problems within the squad. And now their performance is erratic. With such erratic performances, it is difficult to survive in the Champions League.
Inter Milan, PSG and Arsenal cannot be considered weak teams. However, PSG team is not considered by many as favourites. PSG did not perform well in the group stage matches either. But now PSG's performance is good enough.
I would say the favorites for the title are Real Madrid and Manchester City. Both the teams have strong squads and have continued to dominate the Champions League platform consistently.

[hahay]

Manchester City did not look strong. Manchester City are strong no doubt, but I think Manchester City are doing much better in the Premier League than the Champions League because I can see that they concur with many clubs there than here. Although I don't focus on the Champions League like Premier, Real Madrid are strong too. But seriously, I can’t predict between Manchester City and Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid has shown some signs that they are ready for the title this season, to me, Inter Milan have been dominant throughout the season, so let's wait and see how the remaining matches will go. Maybe Inter Milan will remain dominant and no team will concur with them, so let's see how they will do.

In fact Manchester City could have destroyed Copenhagen in the first leg by a much bigger goal difference.    Copenhagen must be really thankful for Grabara's great goalkeeping skills. His making many saves helped them not lose the game by an embarrassing score. However I don't know if even Grabara can save Copenhagen in the second leg. 

I liked Manchester City a lot in the Luton game they played a short time ago. Especially Haaland and De Bruyne were just marvelous!

As long as this duo is very productive I would always expect huge performances from Manchester City in every competition. 

I think consider it for the next matches because yes, in this last 16 phase it is clear that the seeded teams will be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. Therefore, it might be worth considering teams that have a good chance of making it to the semi-finals and therefore, teams like Inter and maybe also about PSG are still worthy of consideration to be able to advance to the semi-finals. But indeed, I also agree about Inter being impressive this season in Serie A, because Inter still has very good dominance in Serie A until now. Therefore, it is possible that Inter will become an obstacle or possibly a threat to title candidate teams such as Manchester City and Real Madrid.

[baeva]

Lazio's defence played very well in that match, but it's still amazing that Bayern didn't make a single shot on goal for the whole match, and even earned a suspension. In the return match I still think they have a better chance of winning, despite the fact that they are erratic in terms of their results this season

Bayern Munich was very far from what was expected and only through the second leg were they able to produce a decent result later. There is still confidence that Bayern Munich will not give up and they don't need to be confused considering the aggregate difference is very thin. Bayern Munich only needs to pressure Lazio at home and Harry Kane is relied on to open the goals for Bayern Munich.

I'm pretty sure Bavari will win. By the way, the bookmakers are also confident, even very confident, with Bayern's win now at 77 per cent, despite the fact that they are losing at the moment. Bayern should not lose, this is a chance for them to finish with a trophy this season, because most likely they will not win in their championship.

It is very likely that Tuchel will change his priority scale, where Bayern has currently lost the momentum to win the Bundesliga trophy, and will maximize their full potential in the Champions League. Of course it is not an easy job to become champions, because in fact they must first turn things around when they face Lazio in the second leg.

Tuchel is now brave enough to experiment, because he has agreed to leave the club when the season ends, betting on Bayern victory must also be careful. It is clear that Tuchel ambition to win is different, compared to before there was an agreement regarding his future at the club. When the coach is not in the club's plans for next season, it could be interpreted that Tuchel is just keeping Bayern from sinking further.

However, it would be extraordinary if Tuchel was able to take Bayern through to the final round, maybe his fate would be different if he could present the Champions League trophy. We'll see to what extent Tuchel can create luck, I still believe they can qualify for the quarter finals by beating Lazio.

I believe it too, moreover I think it's more likely than their defeat, they are objectively much stronger than Lazio, they only need to break their defence to start scoring, because in the first match they failed to do so. As for Tuchel's ambitions I don't know, but it will be a shame to realise that he has put his hands down and is just keeping the team from dropping even lower in the standings

[Furious 7]

Bayern Munich are no longer considered favorites for this season's Champions League title. The team has a lot of problems within the squad. And now their performance is erratic. With such erratic performances, it is difficult to survive in the Champions League.
Inter Milan, PSG and Arsenal cannot be considered weak teams. However, PSG team is not considered by many as favourites. PSG did not perform well in the group stage matches either. But now PSG's performance is good enough.
I would say the favorites for the title are Real Madrid and Manchester City. Both the teams have strong squads and have continued to dominate the Champions League platform consistently.

Bayern's internal problems have affected their performance, which has resulted in a slightly lower probability than before to compete for the trophy in the Champions League this season.
Their squad is still very good and their style of play is still very good but the problem of lacking chemistry and relying more on Kane is a problem in this case because when Kane is troubled to score then indirectly Bayern becomes difficult to get momentum in scoring goals.

In addition, looking at Tuchel's current situation they are still very busy with domestic competitions where some unexpected events disturb them because seeing from Leverkusen's extraordinary performance this season makes Bayern seem unprepared so that they are currently confused in the competition in domestic competitions because the difference in points is still very large with Leverkusen who are at the top of the standings.

[Oneandpure]

It is very difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title this season. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal are all in very good form at the moment. So every team has a great chance to win the Champions League title. However, Bayern Munich have lost form in recent times. Hopefully very soon they will be able to solve the problems within the squad and continue the good performance again.

The PSG team is also considered as the favourite. With the help of Luis Enrique, this team is now very strong. Despite not having a strong squad like previous seasons, PSG have a fairly stable squad this season.

I don't know what are you reason including the losses teams on the first leg match in the list for winning UEFA Champion League trophy form this season, Arsenal and Bayern Munich have difficult opportunity for qualifying to the next round after defeating on the first leg match, I doubt how large chance for both teams to win on second leg match above two goals with the opponent teams will play more defensive.

I think not problem when putting Manchester City and Real Madrid on the top list for winning Champion League tittle but for PSG seems difficult for winning although have been close qualify to quarter final. PSG not compete for facing Manchester City or Real Madrid in quarter final or semifinal round and I sure the only teams left are Madrid and City.

[marcous]

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Bayern's internal problems have affected their performance, which has resulted in a slightly lower probability than before to compete for the trophy in the Champions League this season.
Their squad is still very good and their style of play is still very good but the problem of lacking chemistry and relying more on Kane is a problem in this case because when Kane is troubled to score then indirectly Bayern becomes difficult to get momentum in scoring goals.

In addition, looking at Tuchel's current situation they are still very busy with domestic competitions where some unexpected events disturb them because seeing from Leverkusen's extraordinary performance this season makes Bayern seem unprepared so that they are currently confused in the competition in domestic competitions because the difference in points is still very large with Leverkusen who are at the top of the standings.

I'm sure there are still many factors that are not published in the media, which are the main reasons why Bayern is currently experiencing a setback. Tuchel cannot be completely blamed, and indeed he refuses to be blamed, because according to him, several things within the club are not going as expected. I think Bayern management doesn't seem brave enough to fire Tuchel, maybe they will be obliged to pay large compensation to Tuchel if they fire him.

Overall, the depth of Bayern squad is the dream of all coaches, especially the presence of Kane in the squad. However, sometimes I think that luck is not always on the side of a big team, even though based on players market value calculations, Bayern is number five as the most expensive team in the world according to transfermark data.

Difficult for Bayern to regain momentum to compete with Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, but they still have hopes of having a lot to say in the Champions League this season. Bayern journey will start again at the Allianz Arena, Tuchel is expected to be able to bring Bayern to turn things around against Lazio in the second leg.

[nurilham]

Bayern's internal problems have affected their performance, which has resulted in a slightly lower probability than before to compete for the trophy in the Champions League this season.

What internal problems? I don't read any news about the internal problems of Bayern Munich.
If Bayern Munich has internal problems, no doubt it will affect to the performance in the field. It will decrease the mentality among the players. Specifically if the problem is between players and coach. This must bring a big impact to the performance of the team.

Their squad is still very good and their style of play is still very good but the problem of lacking chemistry and relying more on Kane is a problem in this case because when Kane is troubled to score then indirectly Bayern becomes difficult to get momentum in scoring goals.

Yes, the team work and confidence among the players are the problems. Tuchel must improve the players' mentality if they want to struggle to win any trophy. Although Bayern Munich has many quality players, they can't win the competition if they can't play as a solid team.

In addition, looking at Tuchel's current situation they are still very busy with domestic competitions where some unexpected events disturb them because seeing from Leverkusen's extraordinary performance this season makes Bayern seem unprepared so that they are currently confused in the competition in domestic competitions because the difference in points is still very large with Leverkusen who are at the top of the standings.

Tuchel seems trying to improve the performance of Bayern Munich but he got some obstacles. I think it is difficult for Tuchel to win the title of Bundesliga, Leverkusen played much better than Bayern Munich. I think Tuchel can more focus on playing in UCL, they still have a good chance to win the trophy of UCL this season.

[rahmad2nd]

Bayern Munich are no longer considered favorites for this season's Champions League title. The team has a lot of problems within the squad. And now their performance is erratic. With such erratic performances, it is difficult to survive in the Champions League.
Inter Milan, PSG and Arsenal cannot be considered weak teams. However, PSG team is not considered by many as favourites. PSG did not perform well in the group stage matches either. But now PSG's performance is good enough.
I would say the favorites for the title are Real Madrid and Manchester City. Both the teams have strong squads and have continued to dominate the Champions League platform consistently.

But at least, Bayern Munich still has a chance to qualify for the next phase and has a big chance of overthrowing Lazio at the Allianz Arena. referring to the betting market, Bayern is still far ahead. moreover, Bayern Munich's chances in the Bundesliga are very doubtful at all. so there is no other choice but for Tuchel to devote his attention to the Champions League competition. But talking about how Bayern Munich can continue to advance to the final round in this competition, let's just see how they play in the match. especially, when playing against Lazio. If Bayern is able to win with a greater goal aggregate, we can see how Tuchel focuses on his team in this competition. so, let's just follow developments.

We agree with Inter Milan, PSG and Arsenal. in fact, these three teams cannot be underestimated. even so, I have more confidence in the PSG versus Cociedad and Arsenal versus Porto matches. Both PSG and Arsenal will win the match with a fairly large aggregate. PSG plays as the away team, while Arsenal hosts Porto at the Emirates, their home ground. referring to the points of the strongest potential challenger candidates in this competition, it is clear that we all know that Manchester City and Real Madrid are one of the favorite teams. but, let's just follow how the Champions League presents each match they present.