The team that has qualified for the quarter-finals is the best team, whatever they have been through, what is certain is that the team that got here is the best of the opponents they have eliminated.
A slight difference is normal but not excessive so that any team will not be too favored or there will be no team that is easy to predict to qualify for the semifinals.
All the matches in the quarter-finals will be interesting and fierce and indeed the match between Manchester City vs Madrid is a little different in terms of prestige or tension because these two teams were previously favorites to win the UCL this season but have met before and that happened yesterday. This season makes the battle in the quarter-finals this season even more interesting.
Yeah I agree with you that is a fact but sometimes there are teams that are always lucky so they can reach the highest level, for example a team that is in an easy group with weak opponents well, sometimes we see moments like this in several tournaments. Arsenal is one of the teams that is in the easy group and is also playing against weaker teams but when they reach the quarter finals then we assume all opponents are equal. Next month Arsenal will have to fight against Bayern Munich there was no other choice they had to go all out.
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. 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.
I still think that Manchester city will still be the bookmarks favourite to come out victorious here due to the debt and experience in their squad, but with the performance of Manchester city so far in the premier league and even the champions league, they haven't been that impressive as they were last season, or I will put it this way that they are not as good as they were last season, so I think that real madrid might get their revenge and knock them out of this year champions league if they on their very best when the time comes.
And as for the arsenal vs Bayern Munich game, it's really going to be a fascinating encounter between them, but I believe that Bayern Munich is going to win this one here, because in this competition, experience is key, which I know that this arsenal team lack, so I believe that Bayern Munich will definitely make their experience in this game count, and that will be enough for Bayern to progress to the next stage of the competition.