Who are the favourites for winning The Champions League?

The group stage matches have ended and now we are about to watch 1/8 final of the most prestigious European clubs tournament – The Champions League. There has been really big surprises in this campaign. Many of the smaller clubs played very well against the favourites and showed why this is the most interesting and entertaining game in the world.

Teams like Manchester United, Sevilla, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen, Porto, Valencia and Olimpique Lyonnais are out of the tournament. Instead of these teams, many unassuming teams qualified, such as Gent and Wolfsburg, for example.

One of the most interesting battles in the round of 1/8 finals is Arsenal against Barcelona. Can The Gunners finally make something special in The Champions League? I think they are able to beat Barca. The Spanish champion has very short squad and if some of the key players are injured, Arsene Wenger’s team has very big chances to go through! In addition, The Gunners are performing really well this season and they made impossible things to qualify for this stage of the tournament.

Another interesting match is between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea. The French team has already shocked The Blues, who are not in their best form. But, there is still a lot of time to pass and I am sure that Jose Mourinho will do his best to motivate his team against the multi-million selection of PSG.

Of course, there are matches that look easy to predict. At first glance I can tell you that Wolfsburg and Manchester City are going to continue to the quarter finals of The Champions League. In my opinion, The Citizens are just too good for Gent, without underestimating the Belgian side. But, City’s luck will finish after these two games, because then they will have to play against very strong team.

In conclusion, the main favourites for winning the title in The Champions League are again Barcelona. Another team, who has very good chances is Bayern Munich. Then, we have to say Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Juventus are also good enough this season, but will have serious problems when playing against Barcelona or Bayern Munich. These two teams are simply better than the others. But, eventually nobody knows what will happen. I will give you an example – in 2004 the final match was between Porto and Monaco and the Portuguese side eventually won the title, so everything is possible in The Champions League!