And sometimes one thing we have to remember in the quarter-finals is that there are always more surprises and the outcome of the match will be more difficult to predict. Because yes, I also agree that those who can get to this stage are those who are the best team, both in terms of performance, mentality or in terms of luck.
Coming to quarter finals, there is no weak team and competitiveness level in quarter final matches is very high. One moment can change eventual result of a quarter final pair a lot and we already witnessed what happened in the pair Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid.
Inter Milan nearly nailed the pair as a winning for them by scoring a goal in the second leg and expanded difference in aggregated result to 2 - 0, but Atletico Madrid scored an equalizer to keep up their hope. Even so, after that Inter Milan had a few chances to score a winning goal but their players wasted those opportunities. We knew what happened after all, Inter Milan lost.
But of all the matches, the Man City vs Real Madrid match is actually the most interesting and gets the most attention. And actually this match is also the most difficult match to predict. Last season Man City beat Real Madrid with a large aggregate. But in the current season we don't know whether Man City will be able to do the same thing or not. Or Real Madrid will take revenge and make Man City lose surprisingly. Well, everything is still difficult to predict even though I actually already have the teams that I will favourite.
Two matches between Manchester City and Real Madrid will be most exciting in quarter finals. Manchester City are the current champion and defend their title this season. Real Madrid are the all time most successful club in Champions League. We will have two big matches between two giants in Europe and it's like an early final match in Champions League.
Till their quarter final meetings, there will be changes in their player resources like injuries, and I will wait till their available player resources before a first leg match to see chance of each team.