I agree with you because the two favorite clubs to win the UEFA Champions League trophy this season are playing against each other in the quarterfinals. Any club that advances to the semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City will win this season's UEFA Champions League trophy.
If I had to speak based on statistical data then of course these two clubs, namely Man City and Real Madrid, are two clubs that should deserve to meet in the UCL final. But unfortunately they were unlucky because they had to meet earlier and one of them had to leave UCL in the quarter-finals. Maybe it is true that whichever club wins this match has the potential to win the UCL title this season. But that is if everything can happen based on currently available data, such as data on the performance of these two clubs compared to other teams. It's just that of course we're all used to it, right? Seeing the UCL which is full of surprises and even ordinary teams that don't get much attention can make us surprised because they could be lucky and actually go on to the final and win. So in the final quarter we still see everything unclear. Maybe in the semi-finals we will be able to start predicting which one will succeed as champion in the UCL this season.
Whoever wins this match will be the favorite to become champion this season, because the two teams that will meet in the quarter-finals are strong teams and they are indeed the 2 favorite teams in the Champions League this season. But as you said, it could be that things don't go as expected, for example they have to fall one by one before the final match, although that is something that is difficult for us to see.
Yes, we regret that they met earlier in this round, but what we expected could not match what happened because the draw results said something different from what we previously expected. Even so, I hope that whoever is in the final round will be able to show something extraordinary that will make the match very interesting for us to see.