Quote from: OcTradism on March 20, 2024, 03:45:54 AM

Quote from: Uruhara on March 20, 2024, 03:13:17 AM

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.

And sometimes there are even more surprises in the quarter-finals. Because actually almost all matches are very difficult for us to predict now. Even if it is a match between clubs who are favorites or not. Because Inter Milan could lose surprisingly in the round of 16. So it won't be surprising if in the end many of the favorite teams will also have to stop in the quarter-finals, leaving teams that we didn't expect to move forward at all. Because at UCL it's always like that. Last season, many people didn't expect Inter Milan to go further, but they were able to go further. And this season the opposite happened, that is, many thought that Inter Milan would be able to go further, but in reality they even had to be eliminated early, namely in the round of 16. And it looks like there will be more surprises coming in the quarterfinals. But it would be quite a big surprise if Man City could only reach the quarter-finals. Because this will create a unique moment where last season's runner up team was only able to advance to the round of 16. And last season's title holder also stopped in the quarter-finals.