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By February the knock out stage for the UCL will kick off and for some teams, it'll be an easy slide through regardless of the notion of the strongest teams being the ones able to scale into this stage. City and Copenhagen would go against each other and it's very much clear that City would be the survivors. Well I'm not underestimating Copenhagen, cause I'm pretty aware that sometimes football can be very suprising, however I still got a doubt that they might have succeeded against City's neighbours United, but won't do same against City.
Their key men are back and set to run and definitely that's enough charge to weigh down Copenhagen. Yes, in their home ground, they may try to put up a battle but I'm certain that City will be capable to overturn them. They're way ahead of them in capacity and ability too. As always, the round of 16 will have as much fun as there can be in it and it's greatly anticipated. Preparations and games would definitely be intense too.
Copenhagen progress to the round of 16 was indeed a surprise, because everyone previously favored Man United or Galatasaray who would accompany Bayern Munchen to the knockout stage. Therefore, Man City will clearly not underestimate their opponent, and I also feel that Pep and his fleet will finish the match easily, because their key players will be available again.
Man City opportunity to retain the UCL trophy this season is still quite open, if Pep is not hampered by a storm of injuries I think they can do it again. But of course it's not an easy job, because other teams like Madrid or Bayern also want the same thing. It would be a shame if City faced one of these two teams early, because I hope that can happen in the final.
On the other hand, we know that currently the transfer window is open, all teams are evaluating their weaknesses to recruit new players, this will have an impact on their strengths in the future. I feel like time is running slow to get to February, can't wait to see UCL roll again.