Quote from: marcous on February 28, 2024, 09:13:00 PM

Quote from: Patrol69 on February 28, 2024, 03:42:48 PM

If Xavi has said that he will resign if Barcelona win the Champions League title this season, then it is certain that Xavi is going to be the manager of Barcelona. Not to say that Xavi is bad as a manager, if this manager had financial freedom he might have been able to fulfill Barcelona's dream of winning the Champions League title for a long time. The teams that are currently in the Champions League competition are very tough and it is even more difficult for Barcelona to win the Champions League title by beating those tough teams. Teams like Real Madrid Manchester City and Bayern Munich will do well this season and I think any of these three teams will win the Champions League title.

It can be understood that Madrid, Man City and Bayern Munchen are the favorite teams to have the potential to win the Champions League this season, it's just that Bayern is currently in a bit of doubt about being the best in Europe. In my opinion, Madrid and Man City deserve to be placed on equal footing, and Bayern is below these two teams, unless Bayer shows a different performance between the Bundesliga and the Champions League. Bayern condition for qualifying is now a challenge, because Lazio won 1-0 in the first leg yesterday, Tuchel team must work hard to turn things around if they want to win the UCL trophy. However, that doesn't mean I underestimate Bayern, it's just that City and Madrid consistency this season is better than Bayern. Therefore, we cannot underestimate the chances of other dark horse teams, each contestant has a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals, depending on how they manage their team.

Regarding Barcelona, it seems that Xavi will be able to bring his fleet through to the next round, because they will act as hosts. In the first leg they drew 1-1 against Napoli, I think Xavi can beat Napoli in the second round. The financial crisis means that Xavi cannot have his dream squad, because their finances are unable to recruit good players, and currently the Blaugrana chances of advancing to the final will be very small, unless the favorite team experiences a setback.

When Bayern Munich joined Hary Kene, we compared this team to the strongest team but recently this team failed to perform as we expected which is why we consider this team slightly below Real Madrid and Manchester City for the Champions League. Right now, if I were to rank the top three teams for the Champions League, Real Madrid would come first, Manchester City second and Bayern Munich third. Barcelona may go to the quarter-finals but from the quarter-finals this team will go to the semi-finals.

Barcelona and Napoli drew 1-1 in the first leg of the Super Sixteen, so Barcelona are likely to win against the team at home. If Barcelona can win against this team, Barcelona can go to the next round. Even if Barcelona can advance to the next round, it will not be an easy task for them to reach the semi-finals.