well you already said it all and this was exactly what I needed to clarify about this whole thing about Manchester city and Real Madrid, firstly football is a game that is filled with so many surprises and no one can tell what might go wrong even as Madrid and Manchester looks so perfect. Like you said no one expected Dortmund and look what they did by reaching the finals and they shocked everyone on their wonderful season.
Dortmund reaching the champions league final is exactly the reason why I don’t predict the competition. Other than Real Madrid who seems to have nearly turned the competition to theirs, all other clubs including even the mentioned Manchester city are just regular competitors in the competition. The football world is evolving and as such it is very bad to underestimate some other clubs. Let’s take a look at Bayern Leverkusen even though people they did their league unbeaten in a farmer league I would say if they can replicate that form next season, they too will be in contention for the Champions League trophy next season