In the round of 16 their opponent will be Benfica who won the group, this is a game that will not be easy for both clubs. To be honest, I'm a little blind to the strength of Club Brugge and also Benfica. So who do you think will advance to the quarter-finals from these two teams?
Perhaps this is not such a big achievement, since Bayern were really in very bad shape, and Atletico are also going through hard times. I don't want to underestimate the achievements of Brugge in the least, they really had a great group stage, but Benfica will be an unbeatable opponent for them. These are clubs of different levels, it will be especially difficult for Brugge to play at Estadio da Luz, but even the first match away, Benfica is likely to win too.
- Dortmund are favoured by bookmakers for the first leg - 2.52 against 2.64. It is a small gap but still.
- Meanwhile Chelsea are favoured by them again for reaching the next stage - 1.57 against 2.25.
This is pushing me to think like Dortmund will resist in the first leg but we might be likely to see a draw and see both teams scoring. But in Stamford Bridge Chelsea can finish the deal by a decent win. I still don't expect a big score gap there also considering Chelsea's current condition. I just expect them to eliminate Dortmund anyway especially when we think of what they did to Milan in the group stage. I see Dortmund and Milan being at similar levels in the Champions League recently.
Well, in my personal opinion, I think Chelsea will be able to beat Dortmund, it's not that Dortmund is bad, or that it's bad, but I feel that Chelsea have made big changes and they are all very significant that I think they can totally make a difference, For me they will be able to win, they also have Joao Féliz in their ranks, which is a very good reference, I hope that this time he does nothing to get a red tardejat, although I think the referee exceeded himself, however the emotion of the moment he made the player take his card, I think the player should have learned his lesson by now.
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