The chances of AC milan are quite slim to be able to accompany PSG to qualify for the next round. Because Ac milan will not be able to change their fate in the second leg because they tend to look weak with their current condition. I think Ac milan will probably fight to rank 3rd and play in the European league this season. PSG and Newcastle united have the opportunity to qualify for the next round, of course they will take advantage of it in the second leg match.
To reach the final this season, of course no one knows who will be able to achieve it. However, for now it is true that the strongest candidates are still owned by 4 team such as Inter milan, Bayern munich, Real madrid and Manchester city. If there are no big surprise from other team, it is possible that these four team can go further in the Champions League this season.
In my opinion, Dortmund and Newcastle, who are competing for second place, are still wide open. I know that Newcastle is currently much more stable and very superior, but I still have a little hope that in the 2nd leg against PSG it will be quite fierce compared to Dortmund's match against AC Milan.
It seems like that newcastle has a better chance than dortmund to qualify for the knock out round. After beating arsenal, newcastle has gotten a good reason to boost the performance from the club. Dortmund is not as good as before.
It was facing a big lost against bayern. The mentality of dortmund is not in the good shapes at this moment. It's likely newcastle will able to win against dortmund. Dortmund looks so weak compared with the previous games.
Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Madrid, Inter, Man City, PSG and Barcelona all remain the strongest possible choices that we will continue to look at after the preliminaries. Even the presence of Barcelona, provided that Lewandowski and De Jong recover quickly, might be more promising to perform optimally in the UCL.
Those clubs have been easily qualified for the next round. It's surprised me how those clubs were not placing in the same place. it would be more interesting rather than got the weak opponents on their own groups.
I would not pick barcelona as a strong contender to win the UCL the current season. Barcelona is still struggling with its performance at this moment.
Bayern and real madrid are the strongest contender to win UCL this season. I think that real madrid is the winner for the current season.