But in the Champions League things like this happen quite often. Even if we look at last season, we saw a surprise in the end because without our expectations we could see Dortmund reach the final even though they ultimately failed in the final. And it is possible that many surprising things will happen again this season where the competition will become fiercer with more clubs joining.
Real Madrid's defeat by Lille was very surprising and I think it was the most surprising thing this season. Which also makes us think that Real Madrid is unlikely to be able to reach the peak like last season again. But Real Madrid always rises at the right time and we have seen this quite a lot in the past.
This season’s champions league is totally different from that of previous seasons and the surprises we will be coming across in this season’s champions league will be worth more than expectation than we’ve seen in the past before. Dortmund reaching the finals last season was indeed a big surprise but with Real Madrid still in the competition, we were all certain they were not going to win the Champions League title.
This season, with the new changes to the format of playing in the champions league, the most consistent and the team that has that resilience in them can go far. It doesn’t matter now whether it’s a small or big team, if you don’t have that qualities in your team, you’ll not go far and you might be eliminated from the first round of the competition. More surprises are coming as we dive in more into the champions league games.