The last time the title of the three major European Cups was mentioned was in the distant 1998/99 season, after that season, the European Cup winners' Cup faded out of the stage of history, and now, after 23 years, the three major European Cups have finally returned to the fans' vision, in addition to the familiar Champions League and Europa League, the establishment of the European Union has given small teams from many countries the opportunity to participate in European competitions
With the end of the first leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals, the end of the Europa League, the end of the Europa League play-offs and the results of the knockout matches, the major media and bookmakers have begun to send fresh odds to win the championship, which teams are considered hot? Let's take a look
First of all, the European Union (also known as the European Union Cup), this season is the first year of the European Union, with the departure of tottenham, Berlin United, Celtic and other strong teams, the trend of the European Union championship is becoming more and more clear, Leicester City with a winning odds of 5.0, Marseille with a 6.5 and Roma with a 7.0 composition of the first group, although Leicester City will face the Ligue 1 powerhouse Rennes in the quarter-finals, they are still the most optimistic teams that can win the UEFA championship, and there are three teams at the bottom of the odds, namely Ghent, Thessaloniki and Partisan Belgrade, both with odds of winning the title are 34.0
Speaking of the Europa League, this season's Europa League has been strong since the start of the play-offs, and after the Dortmund play-off, which was previously regarded as the first favorite to win the championship, Barca took over the top seat and ranked first in the Europa League championship odds with odds of 4.33. The team with the most europa League titles in history, Sevilla, finished second with 6.5, Leipzig 7.0 in third place, followed by Atalanta, Porto and West Ham United, while Barca's opponent Galatasaray in the quarter-finals was at the bottom with odds of 81.0. The Europa League quarter-finals will feature four exciting power-to-powered conversations, namely Sevilla vs West Ham, Porto v Lyon, Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen and Real Betis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Finally, the most important Champions League, after the first leg of the 1/8 final, the Mirror used the supercomputer FiveThirtyEight model to predict the probability of each team winning the title, of which Manchester City ranked first with a 26% probability, which is the fifth consecutive season Manchester City is regarded as the champions league favorite, in the first leg of the 1/8 final they won 5:0 away to Portuguese Sports, the promotion is already a nail in the coffin; the second and third are Liverpool and Bayern, the two teams have a 21% and 18% probability of winning the title. Liverpool are currently in good shape, with nine consecutive wins in all competitions, while Bayern are suffering from injuries and were forced to draw 1-1 in the first leg by Salzburg; defending champions Chelsea and youth Ajax are in fourth place with a 10% chance of winning the title, although these two teams are not absolute favourites, but obviously no one wants to touch them
It is worth mentioning that the Champions League thirteen champions Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain with a super luxurious lineup each have a probability of winning the title of only 3% and 4%, so the slim possibility is indeed surprising to the outside world, in the 1/8 final the two teams have met in advance, the first leg of Paris sits at the Parc des Princes stadium to completely suppress Real Madrid, and with Mbappe's 1:0 win to take the lead, the second leg moved to the Bernabeu, the two teams will also carry out the final showdown for the quarter-finals; the probability of Manchester United winning the championship is only 1%, They drew 1-1 away to Atletico in the first leg and returned to Old Trafford in the second leg for a showdown