Napoli may have had the best half of the season of all. The defeat against Liverpool in the CL could also have been won. And with the draw for the next round, they also have plenty of opportunities as they have drawn Frankfurt. That might be the CL's biggest surprise to date. I think Napoli will easily continue, provided they can maintain the level of the past few months. Barcelona also choked on Frankfurt in the EL last year. And then hope for CL that they can keep their selection together in the winter.
I think that napoli didn't play seriously against liverpool in the last match on UCL caused by it will be qualified for the last 16. There's no need for napoli to play serious against it. I think that champion league gonna be very strict after the transfer season. Napoli itself may not able to play with the current formation caused by january will become the time for some players like osimhen to leave from napoli. Napoli itself already announced if it will be selling some players with very high price.
As long as another team could accept the price that being offered by napoli and napoli will try to tell their players to the another team.
if napoli makes the mistake of selling their very important players then they must be prepared to lose a lot of points, because i doubt that Napoli will be able to become champions if they sell their important players, from what i see most of the good teams on the rise fall just because of greed for money, they start selling their players and in the end they can't win anything and every season they just play to stay in the top positions without the ambition of winning the league, I hope napoli doesn't make that mistake bad, which can cost them not only this season but many seasons their performance will be very bad
Leipzig can really be the unluckiest team in this round now.
They are going to play against Manchester City and their chance of getting past the round is pretty slim. Manchester City are like the most favoured team for the Champions League title according to bookmakers. Even their closest opponent in this race has a much bigger odd than them. We can call this as "Haaland effect" maybe. Because since his joining the team I think Manchester City are fully complete now. Leipzig on the other hand have done a good job in the group stage. They even defeated Real Madrid in one of the matches. But things are more serious at this point and I don't expect Manchester City to lose in any of the legs.
I think that the current World Cup should be a good lesson for those who are confident in some results
City have been big favorites to win for several years in a row, but they still do not have a title. Every team has a chance and it would be great if Leipzig went further. I think City have enough of the title of the best club in the world - the shameful award they received at the end of last season
no team would ever get tired of being at the top, it makes them money, but of course for City to win the champions league is their main objective, I honestly like how city play, they are a good team they just have been unlucky in the champions league, but this time City were lucky, at least it's not a strong opponent like PSG or bayern, that opponent of theirs, is an obstacle they can win