Aston Villa in the top eight, that is just unbelievable, such an amazing feat for the club and everyone associated with them. At the start of the competition, nobody would have bet a single dollar that Aston Villa will make the top eight and qualify automatically for the round of 16, and that Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City will only be able to make it through the Play-off.
Villa looked better in UCL while they're bang so average at Premier League. It seems rarely played in the UCL has motivated them to played beyond our expectation. I was not even expecting them to qualify automatically without goin' throughout play-off. A little surprise.
As for the big teams, all of big teams are qualifying, and City might be out from UCL if they lost against Brugge, but managed to win it. How lucky they're.
It's really exciting to see how Madrid has progressed well after they struggled to win the game in UCL. I bet they're gonna win the UCL again soon.