UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

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And yes, the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City was supposed to be the final, but the draw couplings meant that it was an early final, but no matter, for the time being the best teams in Europe remain in the running and so in the last Champions League match we will witness a great final. I think the conditions are in place to see a final where Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash. What do you think?

I still really hope that Real Madrid can beat Manchester City in the second leg even though it looks like Manchester City is the favorite to win the home game. Real Madrid has experience and also has a hunger that is difficult to contain, but Manchester City is a different team because they are able to make Real Madrid's hunger not appear because of the way they play football.

Manchester City's high possession and short game will make the game boring if they lead the match, but I hope Real Madrid don't let that get too comfortable for Manchester City. The second leg must be the final match to prove who is king, if Real Madrid wins then I think Real Madrid will win the title again this season.

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The current Arsenal is not the Arsenal that used to be and everything has changed since being handled by Mikel Arteta. The result was also quite surprising where they managed to hold off Bayern Munich's series at home. Even though Arsenal might lose, Bayern Munich this season is not as fierce as the previous season, which was always able to get through each round easily.

We all know that failure in the domestic league has put Bayern Munich in doubt about their chances of winning the Champions League and it has proven that they were unable to beat Arsenal in the first leg. However, there is still a second leg next week and this time Thomas Tuchel's squad will be the hosts. Arsenal will definitely have to fight tooth and nail at home to Bayern Munich and they have to strengthen their mentality so that their game remains as good as usual. It's still difficult to predict who will advance to the semifinals, but if I look at it for now, Arsenal's chances are slightly bigger.

Arsenal may have failed at home to win the match against Bayern, but they still got hope and can fight it through, but knowing Bayern and Harry Kane as a fine striker, the Gunners may be looking to play with more care and this could be an issue because that's when the mistakes would come.
Both teams play in same capacity although the Bayern side has experience and are older in comparison to the gunners fielding younger boys with not as much experience, but with hunger for a trophy.
The bookies favor Bayern Munich but I think the match has the potential to upset many slips just asich as the Real Madrid versus Manchester city match would be.

Bayern took a huge advantage but Arsenal showed that they are not an easy target. In the past, Bayern would have defeated Arsenal with 5 goals or something, but Arteta's Arsenal has become a team that can compete with every big team. You have to congratulate him. My heart goes out to Arsenal and I hope they will win the rematch, but these guys play differently in Allianz arena. In most of the games that Arsenal have struggled so far, Saka and Martinelli have been opposed by players who are actually centre-backs but can also play at full-back. Wendell at Porto, Gvardiol and Akanji at City, Konsa at Aston Villa played at full-back. At Bayern, apart from Sacha Boey, there is no player whose defence stands out and who can go toe-to-toe with anyone in one-on-one defence. I think Arsenal, who likes to build the game from the wings, can be successful at this point.

[tusandii]

Arsenal may have failed at home to win the match against Bayern, but they still got hope and can fight it through, but knowing Bayern and Harry Kane as a fine striker, the Gunners may be looking to play with more care and this could be an issue because that's when the mistakes would come.
Both teams play in same capacity although the Bayern side has experience and are older in comparison to the gunners fielding younger boys with not as much experience, but with hunger for a trophy.
The bookies favor Bayern Munich but I think the match has the potential to upset many slips just asich as the Real Madrid versus Manchester city match would be.

arsenal this arsenal that am not surprised at is what arsenal can do because, if you look at it even Bayern that is weak, can not win and that is why I said there is nothing anyone will tell me about arsenal winning the premier league, Arsenal has also been known to be weak, and for that reason, they get scared and they will always play under pressure, but that is for ever love Manchester city because  we can play under any pressure.  and Bayern having Kane is a very big advantage is one of the finest striker that Bayern has, and even the young boys without experience are trying there best and the more they play the more experienced they get. all it will take is time.

What is certain is that whatever happens now, luck or surprises can happen, even though Arsenal looks weak and Bayern Munich looks very strong, but if a strong club makes a mistake, it can definitely result in big losses resulting in them being eliminated from the Champions League.
We will definitely always assess that if Bayern Munich has Harry Kane, it will be stronger in the attack line, but we have to look at Bayern Munich's weakness in its defense line, which makes it easy for Arsenal to break into Bayern Munich's goal.
This will be a very interesting season if Arsenal is able to qualify for the semi-finals by beating Bayern Munich because in fact Arsenal have never been able to qualify for the higher rounds for a long time.
Whatever these two clubs achieve, all I want is for Manchester City to win another title.

[bangjoe]

And yes, the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City was supposed to be the final, but the draw couplings meant that it was an early final, but no matter, for the time being the best teams in Europe remain in the running and so in the last Champions League match we will witness a great final. I think the conditions are in place to see a final where Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash. What do you think?

For Real Madrid it seems the situation is not easy because in the second leg they will play away and we know Manchester City are very difficult to beat at home so I can say Real Madrid's chances of qualifying are lower than Manchester City, Meanwhile, Barcelona seems to have it easier because in the first leg they won and in the second leg Barcelona only had a draw. Honestly, this season's Champions League is more difficult to predict because we see many surprises, we don't know what will happen in the next match and the first leg was an example that not all favorite teams win easily.

The second leg may be quite difficult for real madrid because in this second leg they have to visit Man City's home, of course Man City will be much more free in competing in their own field and the roar of their fans will definitely be very large and disrupt the mentality of real madrid players, Guardioa must have surprised their guests very well in this second leg.

I think if we are the same case as Real Madrid, of course Barcelona must be strengthened even more, at least being able to get a draw will bring them victory in the second match but I believe Barcelona will get their second victory in the second leg against PSG, Xavi only needs to bring Barcelona to ama position to win tickets to the next round.

[Rockstarguy]

Arsenal may have failed at home to win the match against Bayern, but they still got hope and can fight it through, but knowing Bayern and Harry Kane as a fine striker, the Gunners may be looking to play with more care and this could be an issue because that's when the mistakes would come.
Both teams play in same capacity although the Bayern side has experience and are older in comparison to the gunners fielding younger boys with not as much experience, but with hunger for a trophy.
The bookies favor Bayern Munich but I think the match has the potential to upset many slips just asich as the Real Madrid versus Manchester city match would be.

arsenal this arsenal that am not surprised at is what arsenal can do because, if you look at it even Bayern that is weak, can not win and that is why I said there is nothing anyone will tell me about arsenal winning the premier league, Arsenal has also been known to be weak, and for that reason, they get scared and they will always play under pressure, but that is for ever love Manchester city because  we can play under any pressure.  and Bayern having Kane is a very big advantage is one of the finest striker that Bayern has, and even the young boys without experience are trying there best and the more they play the more experienced they get. all it will take is time.

Even if Arsenal could not win against Bayern Munich I don't think the outcome of the match was a bad one for Arsenal.  When it comes to champions league you can't compare Bayern Munich to arsenal because Bayern Munich has more experience in the Champions League game, and winning is not supposed to be a problem for them but still they could not win the game. To be honest I think Arsenal tried their best which I think their performance was never poor.

Bayern Munich has experienced players that are well advanced. Arsenal is not a weak team they are doing well in performance and they have the chances of winning the Premier league title. I was expecting Bayern Munich to win against arsenal but they couldn't,  this shows that arsenal is really doing well .

[KTChampions]

In the first leg, Bayern Munich could make Arteta and his players stop and the game ended with a 2-2 result between Arsenal and Bayern Munich. Still, it seems the second leg is going to be much harder for Tuchel because they lost Gnabry since he is injured and he can't help his in the second leg. Regardless of the key player for Bayern Munich, Alphonso Davies is suspended because of the yellow card he got in the first half, he had to make Saka stop and that is why he got the yellow card in the first leg.
Alphonso Davies had a perfect performance dung this season and he was linked to Real Madrid to play in this team in the next season.

It seems to me that the return game will be (including for these reasons) more closed and the likelihood that we will see extra time is very high. By the way, it is interesting that the odds of a 1-1 draw are estimated as 7.30 (definitely not interesting) and the odds of a 0-0 score are estimated as 16.00. In the second case, the coefficient justifies the risk in my opinion. I’m not sure that I’ll make this bet (I almost never bet on the exact score), but maybe I’ll come up with some crazy multi-bet and this outcome will be useful there.

[Weawant]

And yes, the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City was supposed to be the final, but the draw couplings meant that it was an early final, but no matter, for the time being the best teams in Europe remain in the running and so in the last Champions League match we will witness a great final. I think the conditions are in place to see a final where Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash. What do you think?

This is sounding so real actually because i don't really see an opportunity with Manchester city really getting to pass this current stage of the league where they are now as they are already down by the goals that were scored against them in their home in their last champions league fixture where they did cashed against Real Madrid, although they had a brilliant performance and still showed a whole lot of strength, they still are at disadvantage currently.

Barcelona getting to the finals of the champions league will actually be great achievement for them this season because they are going to be able to get the chance to play in the champions league for the first time after a very long time. It will be a very interesting finals having Madrid and Barcelona, it will look like another El classico again but in the champions league because having two Spanish teams getting to play the finals is actually a whole different kind of feel around the champions league as i doubt if such has ever happened in the history of champions league.

I think if it happens that both teams gets to the finals, we can be sure that Real Madrid is most definitely going to win the trophy because they have been able to win Barcelona twice this season and they have aswell been able to get to the finals of the champions league a whole lot of times making them so experienced in the champions league than Barcelona would be and i see that as an advantage they are definitely having over Barcelona.

[Oluwa-btc]

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And yes, the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City was supposed to be the final, but the draw couplings meant that it was an early final, but no matter, for the time being the best teams in Europe remain in the running and so in the last Champions League match we will witness a great final. I think the conditions are in place to see a final where Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash. What do you think?

I don't think the Champions League final will bring Real Madrid and Barcelona together. A scenario like this could possibly happen and is not impossible, but the probability is very low in my opinion. If Barcelona manages to qualify for the semifinals, then the team most likely to be their opponent is Atletico Madrid. Barcelona will be favorites if Atletico Madrid is the opponent, so they will be in the final.

Real Madrid has a small chance of beating Manchester City at the Etihad, but it is also possible. If Real Madrid qualify for the semifinals, then the most likely opponent they will face is Bayern Munich, while Real Madrid will be favorites to go to the final. This is the scenario of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the final, while I think Manchester City will progress to the semifinal.

I'm wishing and hoping Xavi Hernandez wins the Champions League Competition to silent all those who slandered him when the club failed to even back him up with players this season forgetting he won them the La Liga League Competition last season with a fine performance from his team.
This fans lacks patience and are always quick to forget what these managers have done for them. If Barcelona goes on to face Real Madrid, believe me, they're going to lose because Real Madrid this season has been fat ahead of them in all categories.

Real Madrid has everything possible to beat Manchester City, they played well, Manchester City just committed too much fouls that wasn't awarded.
Most interesting game fir next week has to be between Bayern Munich against Arsenal and Manchester City against Real Madrid.

[Roseline492]

I'm wishing and hoping Xavi Hernandez wins the Champions League Competition to silent all those who slandered him when the club failed to even back him up with players this season forgetting he won them the La Liga League Competition last season with a fine performance from his team.
This fans lacks patience and are always quick to forget what these managers have done for them. If Barcelona goes on to face Real Madrid, believe me, they're going to lose because Real Madrid this season has been fat ahead of them in all categories.

You are right wining the champions League would have been awesome for him considering how people looked down on him during the beginning of this season but however achieving the trophy would almost seem to be difficult because we all know how the competition and race to win the champions League is very high among all the clubs, and also we know that Barcelona has been known or recognize to be one of the most experienced club on the champions League but there are more stronger clubs that has a high chance of wining the champions League than Barcelona, though I'm not saying that is impossible for Barcelona but only saying based on fact that there are more better team than them.

[rendravolt]

The three star players and the holder of the title of most expensive player disappeared in the first leg of the Champions League. We know that Bellingham, Haaland and Mbappe did not shine at all in big matches and the three of them even became a burden on their respective clubs. Luckily there are other players who can still be relied on to provide positive results for the team and I hope to start reducing excessive expectations for these three players.

The match is not just about the star players who are always an important part of a team but rather the entire squad which is the benchmark for it all. However, even though the three of them did not appear to have contributed at all to the match, of course everyone will still be waiting for their action in the second leg. Will there be any surprises in terms of goals, assists or hat tricks, let's look at all three later.

[Raflesia]

You are right wining the champions League would have been awesome for him considering how people looked down on him during the beginning of this season but however achieving the trophy would almost seem to be difficult because we all know how the competition and race to win the champions League is very high among all the clubs, and also we know that Barcelona has been known or recognize to be one of the most experienced club on the champions League but there are more stronger clubs that has a high chance of wining the champions League than Barcelona, though I'm not saying that is impossible for Barcelona but only saying based on fact that there are more better team than them.

This season it is true that many teams are stronger than Barcelona, moreover, all teams certainly want to be able to get the championship, and with a big and strong team like Barcelona that has good experience which is now experiencing a decline in its game performance, of course this is an opportunity for other teams to be able to advance to win the trophy. Although it is equally difficult because as you said there are still many other stronger teams that will both definitely show their best performance to win.

Indeed, the fact is that Barcelona is experiencing a decline in performance. Not only that, even in my opinion there are still other teams that are equally known as teams that have experience but have experienced a decline in performance like Barcelona, this is unique because in my opinion this is what is said to be a spinning wheel where teams that have never won or won trophies have the opportunity to win and get trophies and also make new history.

[hyudien]

For Real Madrid it seems the situation is not easy because in the second leg they will play away and we know Manchester City are very difficult to beat at home so I can say Real Madrid's chances of qualifying are lower than Manchester City, Meanwhile, Barcelona seems to have it easier because in the first leg they won and in the second leg Barcelona only had a draw. Honestly, this season's Champions League is more difficult to predict because we see many surprises, we don't know what will happen in the next match and the first leg was an example that not all favorite teams win easily.

For now, Manchester City is very strong and difficult to beat, with their draw against Real Madrid, I think it can overwhelm Real Madrid, even though Real Madrid is ranked at the top of La Liga but they have to fight strong teams outside the League, like Manchester City, which is currently performing well and strong enough to be ranked quite well. I think in the second leg, Manchester City can win the match against Real Madrid, because even with yesterday's match, the possession of the ball was more owned by Manchester City.
That's right, the Champions League is currently difficult to predict, there are even some big teams that have experience but this season they experience poor performance, and with that there are other teams that have just risen to fill the top rankings or replace teams that have experienced before, this is surprising, many surprises this season. I think it will be more exciting in the future. Because the inexperienced teams have to play their best against the experienced teams.

[pusaka]

The three star players and the holder of the title of most expensive player disappeared in the first leg of the Champions League. We know that Bellingham, Haaland and Mbappe did not shine at all in big matches and the three of them even became a burden on their respective clubs. Luckily there are other players who can still be relied on to provide positive results for the team and I hope to start reducing excessive expectations for these three players.

The match is not just about the star players who are always an important part of a team but rather the entire squad which is the benchmark for it all. However, even though the three of them did not appear to have contributed at all to the match, of course everyone will still be waiting for their action in the second leg. Will there be any surprises in terms of goals, assists or hat tricks, let's look at all three later.

One of the factors that makes them unable to do much is because they will be closely guarded by opposing players. It is normal for players who are considered very dangerous to receive special attention from opposing coaches, because that is one part of the strategy to stop the opponent's movements.
However, in my opinion, so far no one has been able to show anything great in the Champions League apart from Ronaldo and Messi, they always have a gap to get out of the tight guard of the opposing players.
Even though the young players you mentioned for example have very good performances, at the moment they still haven't been able to show anything extraordinary when they are in the Champions League.

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I'm wishing and hoping Xavi Hernandez wins the Champions League Competition to silent all those who slandered him when the club failed to even back him up with players this season forgetting he won them the La Liga League Competition last season with a fine performance from his team.
This fans lacks patience and are always quick to forget what these managers have done for them. If Barcelona goes on to face Real Madrid, believe me, they're going to lose because Real Madrid this season has been fat ahead of them in all categories.

You are right wining the champions League would have been awesome for him considering how people looked down on him during the beginning of this season but however achieving the trophy would almost seem to be difficult because we all know how the competition and race to win the champions League is very high among all the clubs, and also we know that Barcelona has been known or recognize to be one of the most experienced club on the champions League but there are more stronger clubs that has a high chance of wining the champions League than Barcelona, though I'm not saying that is impossible for Barcelona but only saying based on fact that there are more better team than them.

To be honest, Barcelona does not have a squad capable of winning the Champions League. This situation makes them very difficult.
It is not right to expect a team that cannot stand against Real Madrid to win the Champions League.
I also love Xavi and want him to stay in this team, but in his statement yesterday, he emphasized once again that he will not give up his decision to leave. We won't see him here next year

[mammusu]

I'm wishing and hoping Xavi Hernandez wins the Champions League Competition to silent all those who slandered him when the club failed to even back him up with players this season forgetting he won them the La Liga League Competition last season with a fine performance from his team.
This fans lacks patience and are always quick to forget what these managers have done for them. If Barcelona goes on to face Real Madrid, believe me, they're going to lose because Real Madrid this season has been fat ahead of them in all categories.

You are right wining the champions League would have been awesome for him considering how people looked down on him during the beginning of this season but however achieving the trophy would almost seem to be difficult because we all know how the competition and race to win the champions League is very high among all the clubs, and also we know that Barcelona has been known or recognize to be one of the most experienced club on the champions League but there are more stronger clubs that has a high chance of wining the champions League than Barcelona, though I'm not saying that is impossible for Barcelona but only saying based on fact that there are more better team than them.

It is not impossible that Xavi will lead Barcelona to become champions in the Champions League, but their task is very difficult because the opponents they will face are considered better than them at the moment. So I think they need a little luck if they want to win the Champions League this season. Indeed, many people doubted him when he first joined Barcelona, but he has proven it by bringing Barcelona to become champions in La Liga.

Now the pressure doesn't come from outside, the pressure comes from management which has demanded a lot from Xavi this season. Meanwhile, they could not provide what Xavi needed to build a more solid team. In fact, news is circulating that he is certain to leave for next season. In my opinion, if he really leaves, Barcelona will be the loser, because there is no guarantee that the new coach they will appoint will be better than Xavi this season. And I see that the process that Xavi is carrying out is actually on a good path.

[Velvet78]

This is the last season that we watch the Champions League with the current format. As of next season the format is going to turn into a league rather than groups you know. Besides a team aren't going to play against all the others in the league as well. It is a quite big change for the tournament and I'm really curious about it already now. 

If I'm not wrong there are going to be more teams joining the Champions League as well which is one of the positive sides. I hope we can enjoy the tournament in this new format as well. Otherwise if it is criticized too much I assume UEFA would like to go back to the old system.

[Dailyscript]

This is the last season that we watch the Champions League with the current format. As of next season the format is going to turn into a league rather than groups you know. Besides a team aren't going to play against all the others in the league as well. It is a quite big change for the tournament and I'm really curious about it already now. 

If I'm not wrong there are going to be more teams joining the Champions League as well which is one of the positive sides. I hope we can enjoy the tournament in this new format as well. Otherwise if it is criticized too much I assume UEFA would like to go back to the old system.

I would love to know in your opinion what you think about the changes? For me, i do not like the changes this is because a team can be called a champion if they face their nemesis. This current format has kept things this way and have made the league so interesting to watch. Arsenal bs Bayern, Real Madrid vs Manchester City to mention a few playing against each other in the quarter finals which is what we as the fans would want. Any one them who is a true champion will win and lift the title. It is a fight for the champions and not a fight for equals. Let the weak teams be eliminated and the survivors should fight to be the champions.

[klidex]

In terms of players and experience, I don’t see much difference between these teams, each has very good and experienced players, and it’s even difficult for me to say how Xavi was able to surpass Enrique, such a good attacking game is rare for Barcelona in recent games. The fact that Barcelona was able to beat PSG away is very good, I’m almost sure that in the home match they will not lose this advantage and will not lose. After this victory, Xavi's value for the team increased even more, a coach who can lead the team to the Champions League semi-finals will receive very good offers this summer.

Historically the two clubs have almost equal and strong players, I am not saying that the PSG players are stronger than the players in Barcelona currently, in fact the Barcelona players are also able to compete with the PSG players well and are able to make things difficult for the host club, this shows that the strategy used by Xavi is really effective compared to Luis Enrique who has more experience. Indeed, Xavi's ability is no longer in doubt, even though the players Barcelona have are very limited, he is able to provide a very good strategy for Barcelona. He will use all his abilities so that Barcelona is getting good results in the Champions League even though he will leave at the end of this season.

Seeing Xavi's performance in coaching Barcelona, it doesn't look like he will be unemployed, even if he leaves Barcelona, he will probably be offered by a good club or a top club. He is a great coach. It's rare to see a coach who is able to build a club with continuous problems, whereas Xavi still standing strong even though he is under a lot of pressure at Barcelona, actually I still want to see Xavi coach the club but unfortunately he decided to leave 

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I'm wishing and hoping Xavi Hernandez wins the Champions League Competition to silent all those who slandered him when the club failed to even back him up with players this season forgetting he won them the La Liga League Competition last season with a fine performance from his team.
This fans lacks patience and are always quick to forget what these managers have done for them. If Barcelona goes on to face Real Madrid, believe me, they're going to lose because Real Madrid this season has been fat ahead of them in all categories.

You are right wining the champions League would have been awesome for him considering how people looked down on him during the beginning of this season but however achieving the trophy would almost seem to be difficult because we all know how the competition and race to win the champions League is very high among all the clubs, and also we know that Barcelona has been known or recognize to be one of the most experienced club on the champions League but there are more stronger clubs that has a high chance of wining the champions League than Barcelona, though I'm not saying that is impossible for Barcelona but only saying based on fact that there are more better team than them.

It is not impossible that Xavi will lead Barcelona to become champions in the Champions League, but their task is very difficult because the opponents they will face are considered better than them at the moment. So I think they need a little luck if they want to win the Champions League this season. Indeed, many people doubted him when he first joined Barcelona, but he has proven it by bringing Barcelona to become champions in La Liga.

Now the pressure doesn't come from outside, the pressure comes from management which has demanded a lot from Xavi this season. Meanwhile, they could not provide what Xavi needed to build a more solid team. In fact, news is circulating that he is certain to leave for next season. In my opinion, if he really leaves, Barcelona will be the loser, because there is no guarantee that the new coach they will appoint will be better than Xavi this season. And I see that the process that Xavi is carrying out is actually on a good path.

yep, it won't be easy for Xavi to take Barcelona to a higher level competing with stronger teams in the UCL, as you saw against Real Madrid or Man City, will be an impossible task to complete with the current players.
Barcelona being able to reach the final round is already an extraordinary thing, a success without getting a title because Xavi job as a coach rotating players is a tough task but produces an extraordinary performance to try as hard as possible to achieve their dreams even though they have to accept failure later.

that's the funny thing about the management having a lot of demands but in financial terms not providing any support and on the one hand Xavi was also not given permission to recruit players at high prices but Xavi is always smart in choosing simple players but who have strong performances at Barcelona.
when Xavi left Barcelona, it was a punishment for Barcelona management, whose demands too much made the coach depressed.

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Even if Arsenal could not win against Bayern Munich I don't think the outcome of the match was a bad one for Arsenal.  When it comes to champions league you can't compare Bayern Munich to arsenal because Bayern Munich has more experience in the Champions League game, and winning is not supposed to be a problem for them but still they could not win the game. To be honest I think Arsenal tried their best which I think their performance was never poor.

Bayern Munich has experienced players that are well advanced. Arsenal is not a weak team they are doing well in performance and they have the chances of winning the Premier league title. I was expecting Bayern Munich to win against arsenal but they couldn't,  this shows that arsenal is really doing well .

Bayern Munich managed to show us if the mentality they have is strong enough in the Champions League, even though we have been underestimating their in the Bundesliga at the moment, but in my opinion it is very lucky for Arsenal to be able to hold Bayern Munich to a draw in that match because in my opinion Bayern Munich's chances of scoring goals are greater than Arsenal who dominate the game, currently the chances of both teams to qualify for the semi-finals have the same percentage of 50:50,  But in this case it seems Bayern Munich will benefit more because they will play at home which is full of fanatical Bayern Munich fans.

Arsenal have wasted their chances at home so making their job even tougher in the second leg, but after seeing some interviews of Arteta in the online media, it seems Arsenal are quite optimistic that they can give their best performance to win at the Allianz Arena later, but I think Tuchel will also not let Arsenal destroy their only hope to get trophy,so I think the second leg will also be very exciting because it will be very Determine for both teams to qualify for the semifinals.