Recently, Brazilian legend Rivaldo was interviewed by the media, he looked forward to Brazil's World Cup results, but also talked about the Champions League knockout match that will be restarted this week. He is optimistic that Brazil will eventually win the World Cup and believes that Manchester City can easily eliminate Atletico.
Bullish Brazil this World Cup end 20 years of waiting
Brazil ended their World Preliminary Round with two big wins, setting a South American points record and completing the World Preliminary Round for the first time unbeaten. So, it's a boost in the team's confidence, even though the World Cup finals are a completely different challenge for qualifiers.
I'm confident that Brazil can reach the final of the World Cup in Qatar and win the Hercules Cup again 20 years later, and for me, Brazil is a well-deserved favourite to win the title.
But the team must avoid overconfidence, looking back at the 2002 World Cup, Argentina played well in qualifying but were eliminated in the group stage – after their defeat to England. This is a reminder that a great World Cup performance can be meaningless. So Brazil must face each match with the utmost seriousness in order to celebrate the final moment of conquest.
Next week's Champions League quarter-finals
The Champions League will restart this week and I'm excited to see Chelsea face Real Madrid, which seems to be the most open and exciting match of the round.
In the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid is the most successful team, Chelsea are the defending champions, and both teams have a chance, so it will be an extremely even match.
At the same time, the manchester City and Atletico madrid matches will also be interesting, but Guardiola's team is stronger, although Simeone is a master of arranging and designing tactics for such games.
City are an invincible team and a well-deserved favourite to win the title, and if at their best they will eliminate Atletico without too much trouble.
（aliang）