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Surprises in the champions league isn't new as it's something that happens almost often although it's on the final stages of the competition that things begin to take sharp and the usual clubs that we know are the biggest begins to win and finally lift the trophy. The last time an underdog won the trophy was when Chelsea won it against a very strong Manchester City. Since then It has always been the best teams that wins it. Dortmund tried last season but Real Madrid were just better than them and with their many years of experience and a very experienced manager, it helped them to lift the torphy, we're going to have more surprises this season but I don't think we'll get new winners.

That's why the Champions League is interesting because this competition has many surprises, even the underdog team can advance further in this competition, even if you look at the history of the Champions League, the dark horse team or the underdog team can become champions. Moreover, this season with the new format, of course there will be many surprises, the match has only been running for two matches and there have been many surprises, Real Madrid lost to LOSC Lille and Bayern Munich lost to Aston Villa and surprises like this will continue to occur in the following matches.

This surprise occurs because all the best teams in each league in Europe are represented in the Champions League, of course each team often meets, there are also teams that have never met even once, so each team cannot read their opponent's game, so it is not uncommon for us to see surprises in the Champions League, big teams lose to small teams.

What is clear is that this new format is very interesting because besides there being more matches, all the main players or reserve players are automatically fielded because of course each coach will rotate. So with this new system, it will also be a new challenge, maybe this season a new champion will emerge who has never won the Champions League trophy, this could happen.

Champions League surprises have always been a great highlight of this competition. With the new format-now creating more matches-an underdog win is now more possible than ever before. Big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can slip up; this happened this season when they lost against underdogs like LOSC Lille and Aston Villa.

Another factor that makes the Champions League so difficult to predict is the diversity of teams from various top European leagues. Since they rarely meet each other in domestic competitions, doing so at this late stage, it makes it hard for coaches to fully understand the opponent's strategy- surprises often occur. With an intense player rotation system, the underdog teams also have every possible chance of doing better. This season, it could very well be that there is a new champion who has never lifted the Champions League trophy.