These are the six teams that have been confirmed to qualify for the round of 16 and their journey will definitely be easier in the remaining group stage matches. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Inter, Leipzig and Manchester City are regular teams in the top 16 and perhaps seeing Real Sociedad's struggle so far in qualifying with this strong team is certainly a good record for them after being absent from this competition for so long. Real Sociedad managed to eliminate Salzburg and Benfica from Group D competition and they succeeded in placing themselves at the top with the same points as Inter. Real Sociedad's performance in the domestic league and champions league is equally good and they deserve this result.
Real Madrid and Manchester City are my favorite team, I've full confidence in these teams mentioned, they have a brilliant squad and competent coach to lead them to path od glory. These are not only the teams, there are more teams that are fighting really hard to qualify. They're up and ready to kickoff in UCL round of 16. They sacrifice enough work to make this work, consistency in outstanding performance and they're heading into a qualified phase. These teams are competitive and strong on the standings in UEFA Champions League.
These two teams are always favorites and in fact both are always ideal finals for the Champions League. We can't imagine that these two teams have equal strength and in terms of squad depth they are almost the same, it's just that Manchester City is still slightly ahead of Real Madrid. In the round of 16, I hope that these two teams will not meet too early and at least they will be able to meet again in the semifinals or even the final, which would be even better. The rivalry between Manchester City and Real Madrid is very healthy and every season the two always work hard to strengthen the existing squad by bringing in new pillars on the field.