OneFootball
Padraig Whelan·9 August 2020
OneFootball
Padraig Whelan·9 August 2020
At long last we finally have our quarter-finalists for this seasonâs Champions League.
And weâve decided to take a look at teamâs chances of victory from least to most likely âŠ
If Lyon are the least likely side to go on and lift the trophy, it gives you an idea of the strength of the sides remaining.
With Memphis, Houssem Aouar and Moussa Dembélé, they are packed with potential match-winners but Manchester City should have too much firepower for them (even if they did shock them a few years ago).
There is a lot of strength in this Leipzig outfit and in Julian Nagelsmann, they have a bright tactician capable of outfoxing the best of them.
But theyâve lost talisman Timo Werner and face the side who dumped out the champions. Things donât look promising.
It will take a Lionel Messi masterclass of epic proportions for the Blaugrana to have any chance and they were unconvincing yet again in the last 16 win over Napoli, as they have been for much of this season.
The fact that Bayern Munich lie in wait means their chances of even reaching the final four look grim.
Every neutralâs favourite side donât have it easy in their quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
Theyâll certainly cause the French champions problems and if they can overcome them, La Dea are capable of outscoring anyone else in their way.
Los Colchoneros may never have a better chance to finally put their European heartbreak behind them.
Their side of the draw is favourable but a prospective semi-final against a star-studded attack (whoever it is) could prove fatal.
After a disappointing defence of their Premier League crown, the Citizens will be fired up to end their campaign on a high.
The quarter-final match-up is favourable, with the toughest test likely to come from a potential Pep Guardiola reunion in the last four against Bayern, where a win would leave them on the brink of glory.
Things are set up nicely for PSG, whose long-time goal may be about to be realised.
With Atalanta and either RB Leipzig or AtlĂ©tico Madrid standing in their way of a final, it will be viewed as a big disappointment if they arenât contesting that game on 23 August in Lisbon.
Bayern are quite simply the best team in Europe and were both exciting and unstoppable last season.
Rustiness and their slightly longer layoff (although they picked up where they left off against Chelsea on Saturday night) seem like the biggest threats to Hansi Flickâs men winning the tournament for the first time since 2013.