Champions League 1/8 final! Manchester City has no suspense in advancement, Chelsea Hotspur is full of confidence, Liverpool want to cry!
After the emergence of the Champions League round of 16 this season, the Premier League once again showed its overall strength advantage, the four teams participating in the group stage, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham, all successfully broke through from the group to the knockout round, of which only Liverpool did not qualify for the top place in the group because of the disadvantage of goal difference, due to the principle of avoiding the same league in the 1/8 final draw, their four teams cannot stage a Premier League civil war, so who can be lucky enough to draw a weaker opponent, It has become the most concerned topic for fans! With the end of the UEFA group draw ceremony, the Blue Moon team Manchester City continued the good fortune of recent seasons, they met Leipzig from the Bundesliga, while Chelsea and Tottenham were also lucky, meeting Dortmund and AC Milan respectively, only Liverpool wanted to cry in the Premier League Final Four, and they were met by their own bitter Champions League king Galaxy Real Madrid!
Manchester City is not only the luckiest in the Premier League Final Four, even compared with all the teams that have reached the Champions League round of 16, their luck is one of the best, the reason is that their group of matchups is the smallest suspense of the eight groups of knockout rounds, and the Blue Moon Army is competing for the quarter-finals is Leipzig, the latter after the core players left one after another, the overall strength has been greatly weakened, in the Bundesliga is only ranked sixth, now Manchester City has Haaland, who killed all sides in the Bundesliga, it is not difficult to eliminate Leipzig to advance to the quarterfinals, Moreover, Manchester City have won 14, drawn 2 and lost 1 in the past 17 times against German teams, and although the only defeat was against Leipzig, Manchester City also won 6-3 at home in the group stage that season.
As Manchester City's main rival in the past few seasons, Liverpool's luck in the group draw is undoubtedly the worst in the Premier League's top four, but this is also their failure to win the first place in the group, the probability of encountering a strong opponent in the knockout round is more related, they met the old acquaintance Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, although Liverpool has shown good fighting power when facing strong opponents this season, but it is not easy to beat the king of the Champions League, the two sides have been unbeaten in the past 6 direct talks with 5 wins and 1 draw, These include beating Liverpool in two Champions League finals to win the title.
Compared with the lucky Manchester City and the extremely bad luck Liverpool, the draw results of Chelsea and Tottenham are completely acceptable, Tottenham's opponent in the Champions League 1/8 final is last season's Serie A champion AC Milan, the style of the two teams is similar is defensive counter-attack, and in the past meeting record, Tottenham advantage is very obvious, 4 times in European matches, Tottenham Hotspur with 2 wins and 2 draws to remain unbeaten, but all fans know that Conte is the worst at directing European matches, which is also Tottenham's biggest weakness.
Chelsea's opponent is Bundesliga bumblebee Borussia Dortmund, this is the first meeting in the history of the two teams, although the two sides are now compared with the peak of the fighting power of a certain gap, but the Blues still have a slight advantage in terms of overall strength, which is why many fans are optimistic that they can qualify, in addition to Chelsea's early inspection, is also a major attraction of this group of matchups, after the end of the season, Chelsea hope to bring in Borussia Dortmund's midfield core Bellingham, This knockout set is also a great opportunity for the Blues to test Bellingham's ability to adapt to the Premier League confrontation and rhythm!
