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All your predictions were right except for Liverpool, I always doubted Liverpool’s chances of winning over PSG after watching the first leg. PSG totally outplayed Liverpool in their game but were unfortunate to concede in the end. In the second leg PSG made sure that slip up never happened as they equalized Liverpool’s one goal and beat them in penalties.

After Liverpool failed to advance to the quarter-finals, the chances of an English team winning the UCL trophy are very small, now the EPL representatives are Arsenal and Aston Villa, in my opinion both teams will have difficulty when facing other strong teams such as Real Madrid and PSG. Liverpool were very unlucky in the second leg, they only needed a draw to qualify, but the goal scored by PAG at Anfield changed everything.

Yes soccer analyst and pundits might have gave both Arsenal and Aston Villa slight chances of qualification to the next semifinals of UCL, however I have a contrary view because the present Real Madrid squad is as formidable as they use to be except maybe Vinicius Jr and Mbappe other few players while Saka would be back for Arsenal so it's going to be a dicey match on a good if Arsenal are in top of their game they look unstoppable, while Aston Villa clash with PSG would also be a tough match because I expect Emery to do the needful by playing attacking football against the french champion rather than defending hopefully would come out with a favorable outcome.

English representatives' chances in the UCL league are very slim, although Arsenal are currently impressive in the UCL league but as long as Real Madrid are in the champions league it will be a barrier for them. It's not about the way they play, tactics, and of course the mentality they have. Stumbling in the league phase is common for Real Madrid because they often change players and when they reach the knockout stages Real Madrid are indeed difficult to beat (let alone unbeaten). That's Madrid, they are the kings of the UCL competition with 15 UCL trophies they have. Real Madrid is still Madrid, if you underestimate them and they will definitely prove that they don't deserve to be underestimated.

Of all the teams that have qualified, we can conclude that Real Madrid has a UCL mentality, Barcelona, and PSG are in a pretty good trend. Arsenal in this edition of the UCL also appeared different, Bayern Munich has a good squad but because Kompany is the coach, the hope is still 50:50. Inter's name is not so highlighted by the media but what is certain is that this team cannot be underestimated, and Aston is clearly a dark horse in this UCL. It will be interesting to see which team will provide a surprise.