Quote from: QueenVera on Today at 05:35:55 PM

Quote from: Egii Nna on Today at 06:18:07 AM

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The UCL round of 16 is sef to kick off next month and for some teams, it's going to be a serious tussle and for some it'll be a minor jump through to the next stage. Judging based on team strength, City has a better chance to advance than Copenhagen, so does PSG, Dortmund and Bayern. For the remaining fixtures, the teams are strong and the result is just unpredictable.

Arsenal and Porto are in good form, same performance range, the probability is shaky, thesame with Napoli and Barcelona. For Madrid and Leipzig, one would say Madrid are in a better position to advance but the German side shouldn't be underrated though, they're also good in their own way. For Inter and Atletico, it's going to be a serious battle, none of them would allow the other to just go freely without making it tough. Hopefully these teams would use their home advantages wisely and to the best of their ability too.

The picture of the round of 16 this time presents a match that brings together equal strengths and some that don't. Overall, to get a glimpse of the clubs that can advance to the quarter finals, we can only refer to their respective domestic leagues to assess their latest performance, but of course this cannot be a complete reference. We understand why Madrid, Man City and Bayern Munchen are very favorites when playing in the UCL, besides that we also cannot ignore the surprises that might be created by clubs that are not so favorites.

Among all the contestants in the round of 16, in my opinion Napoli is the team that has the lowest chance of qualifying, because their performance in Serie A is very unstable. Moreover, the opponent they faced was Barcelona, even though Xavi squad was not much of a favourite, it was difficult for the Italian representatives to win the match. On the other hand, maybe Copenhagen fate will be the same as Napoli, but their scenario of qualifying from the group phase yesterday was better than PSG, but they had to face the defending champions which made their chances of qualifying very low.