The biggest competitor for the Champions League title is currently Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. All of them have big chances to actually win the Champions League title. And I also believe that all three of them are going to be in the semifinals of the competition.
If we talk about Barcelona, I don't think they have any chance of winning the Champions League title, to be honest. I am not saying Barcelona is not a good team. They are better than a lot of teams, actually most teams in the world. But they are not Champions League material, to be honest.
I think Barcelona also deserves to be favorite along with Man City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen. It's not without reason that i say this, we can see that currently Xavi squad has wiped out three matches with a win and is at the top of the group standings with 9 points. If we look more closely, City has lost twice in the EPL, namely at the hands of Wolves and Arsenal, Munchen was beaten yesterday by a third division team in the DFB Pokal. Madrid has also been beaten by ATM and Barcelona also lost in the El Clasico match. So i think each favorite club has a negative record at their respective domestic levels.
Meanwhile in the UCL, four clubs lead the standings with perfect points without defeat, it is very likely that this positive trend can continue. So in my opinion, the opportunities currently available are still the same, although the situations they face are quite diverse. The knockout stage will be more difficult than we imagined, I think the tough battle will start at that stage.
Barcelona was not as strong as those clubs. This club is rarely winning UCL after it was losing its prime era. I meant look at how barcelona was always going out early unlike real madrid which is always surviving in the UCL till semifinal or even final.
That proves that if barcelona's level is still far below real madrid at this moment. Bayern is always humiliating barcelona once these two clubs will met. I think that barcelona is not a strong contender to win UCL this season.
The situation is uncertain right now, but I believe Barcelona has lower chances compared to clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern. People have been calling these clubs are strongest contender caused by their consistentcy in the UCL.
There's also a reason why barcelona is still far compared with those two clubs too. It's quite clear if people were not even favoring barcelona to win UCL this season. It's still underperform.