Quote from: Salahmu on Today at 11:13:28 AM

Quote from: tusandii on Today at 03:08:15 AM

The Champions League schedule for the play-off round has been determined, I did not expect Real Madrid and Man City to meet in this play-off round which means we will not see one of them in the last 16 because only 1 can qualify for the next round, I think Real Madrid is more favored in this meeting because as we know Real Madrid has started to return to its best performance and their dominance in the UCL is unquestionable, although Man City is also starting to improve their performance little by little, but Man City is still not fully recovered.

I also didn't expect real Madrid and Manchester City together on the knockout phase, the people I had I mind was real Madrid and Bayern Munich instead, is actually sad to see one of my favorite going home on this lockout phase, however at this time who can we say between real Madrid and Manchester City will win? Because this may not be like there last time, however AC Milan may be the one we would see on the last 16 round because Feyenoord will have to go home and wait, however if all the big teams keeps meeting it will make the champions League final not to be humorous.

In my opinion this is a positive element of the new CL mode. I know some people don't like it, but this time it was more exciting because no team was able to relax during the group stage as they used to in the past when they had only weak teams to play against. Now it is a group stage or league stage, but on a different level for everyone. I think this makes it more fun and it is not the new mode that is to blame, but Real Madrid and Manchester City because both had lots of games to play to make sure they don't end up in the playoff region of the table.