Inter might be slightly ahead of Benfica in this stage but it is still a very competitive matchup for sure. The first leg in Portugal is really important for both sides. Porto weren't able to finish regular time ahead of Inter in Portugal. As Inter had a slight advantage that 0-0 draw was enough for them to advance. But this time Inter's job can be even more difficult to be honest.
Because Benfica are having a more successful season than Porto. They are running to the Liga Portugal championship currently. And I can say they are in a very comfortable situation which makes things easier for Benfica to focus on the Champions League fully as well. Inter had better leave this place with at least a draw.
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The draw made it possible for Napoli to have a very high probability of reaching the Champions League final. Of the Italian teams participating in the competition, Napoli appear to be the one with the greatest chance of success and will have to make the most of this opportunity. Although Milan have a more consolidated tradition in the Champions League, but this year Napoli seem to have a higher level team.
I hope is funny Champions League
(like this season in italian league)
We do not know if Inter will beat Benfica to be fair, and we don't even know if Napoli will beat Milan as well obviously, however I agree that Napoli is favorites to win against Milan and everyone expects Inter to beat Benfica.I hope is funny Champions League
(like this season in italian league)If you ask me Napoli will be in the finals, but they will beat Milan and then Benfica, because I believe that Inter hasn't been that good lately and they may end up losing to Benfica as well, still not a big trouble for Napoli and they should be easily beating any of those teams, all three look worse than Napoli so there is no trouble there. However the other side looks a lot more menacing, I think whoever comes from there may end up getting the title.
but I also predict that Inter will lose to Benfica. because Benfica's consistency at the moment is extraordinary. even Benfica escaped from the last 16 with ease. with high aggregate. while Inter Milan had to fight even harder to qualify from the last 16 to the quarter-finals. so I'm pretty sure Napoli and Benfica will qualify for the semi-finals.
Anyone willing to stake high on Chelsea to win against Real Madrid is a real risk taker and deserves recognition because comparing stats of both teams this season, Real Madrid are a better side than Chelsea and we know how Real Madrid perform in Champions league games. I doubt Chelsea will win and progress to the next round.
In terms of conditions and H2H, this is indeed very risky because even though at the moment Madrid is not very good for the domestic league, when talking about the Champions League, it is clear that this will be very different from a story perspective.Conditions from Madrid are very good for this competition and it is indeed very difficult for Chelsea to match Madrid's performance and betting even with good odds is clearly a very high risk.
oh you're right. In Laliga, it turns out that Real Madrid is already very difficult to win the title because Barcelona is currently at the top of the standings with a very large difference in points. so this will certainly make Real Madrid prioritize the Champions League more. and I personally also believe that in all respects Real Madrid is far superior this season. especially in the first leg which turned out to be Real Madrid will host the match. and we need to know that the result of the first leg is sometimes very important to build a better mentality for the second leg.
Real Madrid has experience and all the best form in the champions league. but yes anything can happen if they don't put in their best form when they face chelsea in the first leg of quarter final. I think that lately the performance of their attackers seems to have decreased in terms of scoring goals like Vinicius and Rodrygo in matches in La Liga, but I admit that the two Real Madrid stars have quite good quality and hope they can give all their strength in the first leg against Chelsea in Bernabéu Stadium.Everyone believes real madrid as the defending champion will be the strongest candidate team to win the trophy again and they will most likely do that if they are able to beat chelsea.
Anyone willing to stake high on Chelsea to win against Real Madrid is a real risk taker and deserves recognition because comparing stats of both teams this season, Real Madrid are a better side than Chelsea and we know how Real Madrid perform in Champions league games. I doubt Chelsea will win and progress to the next round.
Bayern Munich is not lucky with the draw this edition. On the one hand you could say that it is a fun and sporty challenge for this club. But I think Napoli have the easiest route to the final at the moment, assuming they get into the final from their half of the schedule. It would be nice to see what a meeting between Bayern Munich and Napoli will yield. I wouldn't be surprised if Napoli wins this edition of the CL. They have a favorable draw and Bayern Munich/City also have to deal with Real madrid in the semi-finals, which is certainly not a walk over. Napoli is having a great season this season and can still win all tournaments and competitions. No one is as dominant in the league as Napoli.
On paper, Real Madrid and Chelsea have the same chance to qualify for the semifinals. In the Local League, Chelsea performance was not too good, Real Madrid also experienced the same condition in La Liga, 12 points behind the leaders of the standings is not a good achievement for Real Madrid, who are the defending champions.
All possibilities can still happen over the two legs, preparations need to be made by both teams before this match starts. Defense is the focus of the two coaches because in the last game they both conceded two goals. The head to head of the two is very even, this season Real Madrid is in the favorite team, I will bet on Real Madrid win.
Even though Real Madrid is superior, they still have to think about the best strategy. To be honest, of the English teams in the UCL, only Chelsea often trouble Real Madrid, the match will not go easy for Real Madrid, even though Chelsea is not as good as last season, but remember also when 2012 Chelsea, which was not superior at all, was able to advance to the final and win. So you have to be vigilant last season Real Madrid lost 2-3 in the quarterfinals at the Santiago Bernabeu even though in the end Real Madrid advanced to the next round. My prediction is that whoever wins this quarterfinal match (Chelsea / Real Madrid) will likely come out as champion this season.All possibilities can still happen over the two legs, preparations need to be made by both teams before this match starts. Defense is the focus of the two coaches because in the last game they both conceded two goals. The head to head of the two is very even, this season Real Madrid is in the favorite team, I will bet on Real Madrid win.
I think Manchester City vs Bayern Munich will be the toughest and most interesting fixture amongst all four games because both teams are strong and eager to win the Champions league trophy this season. I think that Bayern will try to mark Haaland aggressively since he’s City’s top scorer, but Pep will be expecting this strategy. I would like to see what strategy the managers will be playing on match day.
This is the most intense match and it's a shame if you miss it, if I say it's like a final match it's too soon. For Bayer Munchen, this has been a very tough season in the UCL this season, from the start they entered the group of hell, met PSG in the last 16 and now meet Manchester City. For Man City, if they fail to beat Bayern Munich again, the UCL is just a dream for them. My prediction is 50/50 when you see the game and the squad they have. During the Champions League competition, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola seem to use the 4-3-3 strategy more often with Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez as the favorite striker since the group phase. While, Bayern Munich, 4-2-3-1 became coach Julian Nagelsmann's favorite formation
I think in the quarter-finals the two coach will make a few changes from usual, considering this will be the first meet between Manchester City and Bayern Munich during the 2022-23 Champions League season
Pep Guardiola coached Bayern Munich for several seasons before moving to Manchester City. I think Pep knows and understands the characteristics of several Bayern Munich players well and it is an advantage for Pep to find the right strategy.I think in the quarter-finals the two coach will make a few changes from usual, considering this will be the first meet between Manchester City and Bayern Munich during the 2022-23 Champions League season
Napoli must have been the happiest in this matchup because they know the Italian teams very well and they haven't lost this year apart from Lazio and Inter. I'm sure they will leave Milan out of the champions league. Milan, on the other hand, should be very upset to be paired with Napoli because Napoli are currently one of the strongest and in-form teams not only in Serie A but also in Europe.
Who would have thought that a day like this would come where we would be discussing about 3 itallian teams in the UCL quater finals with a possibility of seeing one of them play in the finals. I think it all started with Juventus they invested hugely though they didnt get the reward but one thing i feel stood out was the signing of CR7 gave a major boost to serie A as a whole and from then on the story has changed, theyre doing well in the area of scouting and most importantly keeping their talents.
During the Champions League competition, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola seem to use the 4-3-3 strategy more often with Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez as the favorite striker since the group phase. While, Bayern Munich, 4-2-3-1 became coach Julian Nagelsmann's favorite formation
I think in the quarter-finals the two coach will make a few changes from usual, considering this will be the first meet between Manchester City and Bayern Munich during the 2022-23 Champions League season
Pep Guardiola coached Bayern Munich for several seasons before moving to Manchester City. I think Pep knows and understands the characteristics of several Bayern Munich players well and it is an advantage for Pep to find the right strategy.I think in the quarter-finals the two coach will make a few changes from usual, considering this will be the first meet between Manchester City and Bayern Munich during the 2022-23 Champions League season
Apart from that, Haaland, who is a former Dortmund player, also seems familiar with Bayern Munich. He can help Pep win the match, but of course I hope the match against the two giants is better than Real Madrid against Chelsea. Manchester City are good at possession and creating goal chances, while Bayern Munich are the most dangerous team in terms of their counter-attack and defensive strength. This is a very interesting match, but so far both teams must focus on preparing well because they still have 20 days before the match kick off.
We do not know if Inter will beat Benfica to be fair, and we don't even know if Napoli will beat Milan as well obviously, however I agree that Napoli is favorites to win against Milan and everyone expects Inter to beat Benfica.
If you ask me Napoli will be in the finals, but they will beat Milan and then Benfica, because I believe that Inter hasn't been that good lately and they may end up losing to Benfica as well, still not a big trouble for Napoli and they should be easily beating any of those teams, all three look worse than Napoli so there is no trouble there. However the other side looks a lot more menacing, I think whoever comes from there may end up getting the title.
If you ask me Napoli will be in the finals, but they will beat Milan and then Benfica, because I believe that Inter hasn't been that good lately and they may end up losing to Benfica as well, still not a big trouble for Napoli and they should be easily beating any of those teams, all three look worse than Napoli so there is no trouble there. However the other side looks a lot more menacing, I think whoever comes from there may end up getting the title.
Not sure about Benfica - in the end they finished first in the group with Juventus and PSG.
On paper, probably in a pair of Napoli - Benfica, Napoli will be the favorite, but I would not put money on it. By the way, in general it will be one of the most tragic semi-finals if it happens - for both teams it is something like a chance "once in a hundred years" plus this season both teams are unusually bright and deserve to reach the final. But for some reason it seems to me that we will not see such a semi-final - in such cases, no team gets what it "deserves", the sport is often unfair and we can see Milan - Inter.
Napoli must have been the happiest in this matchup because they know the Italian teams very well and they haven't lost this year apart from Lazio and Inter. I'm sure they will leave Milan out of the champions league. Milan, on the other hand, should be very upset to be paired with Napoli because Napoli are currently one of the strongest and in-form teams not only in Serie A but also in Europe.
Without a doubt this is bad news for Milan, when facing a difficult opponent a classic way in which you can level the playing filed is with the surprise factor, so if they were facing a team from a different league then this could be a tactic they could use, but this is not a tactic they can use against Napoli as they know them like the back of their hand, and as such if the chances for Milan to win this game were too low to begin with, now those chances are even lower as Napoli is not going to fall for any of their tricks. 
Pep knows Bayern well, is familiar with their football culture. I think that one of the teams that will go to the final can be the winner of this match.
Very tough game this is, fit to be a final in any season, but unfortunately we have to experience it in the QF this season, the two clubs have quite a lot of expectation on their shoulders, with the quality they have, they are expected to go all the way in the CL, but only one can progress to the SF.Having said that, Pep knows Bayern, but quite a lot have changed since he left the team some years ago, new manager, many new players, and of course new style of play, thus i don't think because he was a former manager he would know what to expect. City play the first leg at home, so they must use their home advantage to get the win, because it is always difficult in the Allianz Arena.
The draw made it possible for Napoli to have a very high probability of reaching the Champions League final. Of the Italian teams participating in the competition, Napoli appear to be the one with the greatest chance of success and will have to make the most of this opportunity. Although Milan have a more consolidated tradition in the Champions League, but this year Napoli seem to have a higher level team.
I hope is funny Champions League (like this season in italian league)
We do not know if Inter will beat Benfica to be fair, and we don't even know if Napoli will beat Milan as well obviously, however I agree that Napoli is favorites to win against Milan and everyone expects Inter to beat Benfica.I hope is funny Champions League
(like this season in italian league)If you ask me Napoli will be in the finals, but they will beat Milan and then Benfica, because I believe that Inter hasn't been that good lately and they may end up losing to Benfica as well, still not a big trouble for Napoli and they should be easily beating any of those teams, all three look worse than Napoli so there is no trouble there. However the other side looks a lot more menacing, I think whoever comes from there may end up getting the title.
but I also predict that Inter will lose to Benfica. because Benfica's consistency at the moment is extraordinary. even Benfica escaped from the last 16 with ease. with high aggregate. while Inter Milan had to fight even harder to qualify from the last 16 to the quarter-finals. so I'm pretty sure Napoli and Benfica will qualify for the semi-finals.
oh you're right. In Laliga, it turns out that Real Madrid is already very difficult to win the title because Barcelona is currently at the top of the standings with a very large difference in points. so this will certainly make Real Madrid prioritize the Champions League more. and I personally also believe that in all respects Real Madrid is far superior this season. especially in the first leg which turned out to be Real Madrid will host the match. and we need to know that the result of the first leg is sometimes very important to build a better mentality for the second leg.
You can ignore Real Madrid's performance in La Liga because it seems like they are very bad about their performance. Their chances in La Liga are getting slimmer, in fact I think they have failed since Barcelona are 12 points ahead.A different performance from Real Madrid in the Champions League can certainly be expected. The Champions League is Real Madrid's top priority this season as well as the Copa del Rey but both titles are equally important so I don't think they will give up on either one this season. But the thing is, how can we expect Chelsea to get beaten up like that?
I think Manchester City vs Bayern Munich will be the toughest and most interesting fixture amongst all four games because both teams are strong and eager to win the Champions league trophy this season. I think that Bayern will try to mark Haaland aggressively since he’s City’s top scorer, but Pep will be expecting this strategy. I would like to see what strategy the managers will be playing on match day.
During the Champions League competition, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola seem to use the 4-3-3 strategy more often with Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez as the favorite striker since the group phase. While, Bayern Munich, 4-2-3-1 became coach Julian Nagelsmann's favorite formation
I think in the quarter-finals the two coach will make a few changes from usual, considering this will be the first meet between Manchester City and Bayern Munich during the 2022-23 Champions League season
Napoli's path through the quarterfinals to the possibility of reaching the final is very easy, but maybe if there is an obstacle for them to reach the final it will be Benfica. We know that Benfica's performance in both the domestic league and the Champions League has won a fantastic victory and this could be a serious challenger for Napoli if later Benfica manages to beat Inter in the quarter finals. Meanwhile, in the other quarter-final charts, there are still many possibilities for teams to fill the final slots later and possibly between Real Madrid, Manchester City, or Bayern Munich. It's much harder to predict.
Ac milan gonna be the next opponent for napoli. Seeing how often napoli defeats ac milan and im feeling so confident to go all in napoli. Simeone inzaghi must be so careful when it will be facing napoli. Osimhen may able to make lots of scores against napoli. Im hundred percent with napoli rather than ac milan. Osimhen and kvarat will be destroying napoli.
I was seeing ac milan as an easy team but it seems like that spalletti as a coach from napoli was having different perspective. I meant he didn't wanna try to underestimate its opponent even though napoli was always dominating the match against ac milan.
Napoli must have been the happiest in this matchup because they know the Italian teams very well and they haven't lost this year apart from Lazio and Inter. I'm sure they will leave Milan out of the champions league. Milan, on the other hand, should be very upset to be paired with Napoli because Napoli are currently one of the strongest and in-form teams not only in Serie A but also in Europe.
Though this is football and we shouldn't underestimate Milan in the game. I think that it will be possible this time for Napoli to reach the finals if they meet inter in the semifinals. I will love to see the outcome of that match. This is a good season for Napoli to win the UCL if they are determined but there are still clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern who are desperate this season for the trophy.
Napoli's path through the quarterfinals to the possibility of reaching the final is very easy, but maybe if there is an obstacle for them to reach the final it will be Benfica. We know that Benfica's performance in both the domestic league and the Champions League has won a fantastic victory and this could be a serious challenger for Napoli if later Benfica manages to beat Inter in the quarter finals. Meanwhile, in the other quarter-final charts, there are still many possibilities for teams to fill the final slots later and possibly between Real Madrid, Manchester City, or Bayern Munich. It's much harder to predict.
Ac milan gonna be the next opponent for napoli. Seeing how often napoli defeats ac milan and im feeling so confident to go all in napoli. Simeone inzaghi must be so careful when it will be facing napoli. Osimhen may able to make lots of scores against napoli. Im hundred percent with napoli rather than ac milan. Osimhen and kvarat will be destroying napoli.
I was seeing ac milan as an easy team but it seems like that spalletti as a coach from napoli was having different perspective. I meant he didn't wanna try to underestimate its opponent even though napoli was always dominating the match against ac milan.
Napoli must have been the happiest in this matchup because they know the Italian teams very well and they haven't lost this year apart from Lazio and Inter. I'm sure they will leave Milan out of the champions league. Milan, on the other hand, should be very upset to be paired with Napoli because Napoli are currently one of the strongest and in-form teams not only in Serie A but also in Europe.
The draw made it possible for Napoli to have a very high probability of reaching the Champions League final. Of the Italian teams participating in the competition, Napoli appear to be the one with the greatest chance of success and will have to make the most of this opportunity. Although Milan have a more consolidated tradition in the Champions League, but this year Napoli seem to have a higher level team.
I hope is funny Champions League (like this season in italian league)
We do not know if Inter will beat Benfica to be fair, and we don't even know if Napoli will beat Milan as well obviously, however I agree that Napoli is favorites to win against Milan and everyone expects Inter to beat Benfica.I hope is funny Champions League
(like this season in italian league)If you ask me Napoli will be in the finals, but they will beat Milan and then Benfica, because I believe that Inter hasn't been that good lately and they may end up losing to Benfica as well, still not a big trouble for Napoli and they should be easily beating any of those teams, all three look worse than Napoli so there is no trouble there. However the other side looks a lot more menacing, I think whoever comes from there may end up getting the title.
well, we still can't underestimate Chelsea in this match. and actually there is still about 3 weeks before the first leg of the UCL quarter-final will be held for the Chelsea vs Real Madrid match. so Potter still has time to prepare the best strategy for Chelsea later to face Real Madrid in the first leg which actually seems to be held at home to Real Madrid.
but to be honest after seeing how Chelsea is this season. so I think whether it's in the first or second leg I still see Real Madrid will be favored. even Liverpool had to suffer a crushing defeat at home to Real Madrid, who were guests of the match. so what I can say is that Real Madrid always performs optimally be it home or away games. but yeah this is football where surprises happen more often. even in this month alone I have been surprised by many unexpected results. so it's not impossible that Chelsea will surprise us.
In addition, the Champions League is Madrid's top priority after their chances of La Liga are running low. Madrid coach, Ancelotti certainly will not waste opportunities, because his fate is also at the end of the horn. If it fails to offer a trophy, it is likely that it will be removed.
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