Who are you most optimistic about in this season's Champions League? In terms of strength and heritage, Real Madrid, who eliminated Manchester City, should be the first favorite. But the game has reached this stage, who would dare to give a ticket to a certain team? At the beginning, most people were optimistic that Manchester City would knock out Real Madrid, but the truth is the opposite. So, who would dare to say that Real Madrid will definitely eliminate Bayern?
Recently, due to the increasing noise of Mbappe joining Real Madrid, coupled with the fact that Grand Paris has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is a kind of speculation - will this season's Champions League champion be Grand Paris? Imagine that Mbappe led Grand Paris to win the championship, leaving a Champions League trophy for the club that he had played for 7 years, and then calmly left and joined Real Madrid. Isn't this kind of story very in line with the characteristics of Shuangwen? And Mbappe is the male number one of Shuangwen. After Melo, if there is a new king, it will be Mbappe. Joining Real Madrid is foreshadowing.
In fact, these speculations aside, Grand Paris can reach the Champions League semifinals, which is very inspirational in itself. You must know that after Paris lost Neymar and Messi, not to mention how much its strength declined, the superstar color of this team must have been discounted by at least five percent. In this case, the Champions League results of Grand Paris are much better than in previous seasons and are expected to replicate the glory of reaching the final in 19-20. What's more, from the perspective of the Champions League, Grand Paris has continued a tradition by reaching the last four. This tradition began in the 15-16 season.
Let's take a look at what the Champions League was like in the 14-15 season. At that time, the top four were Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern. What do these four teams have in common?
Okay, let's look at the Champions League semi-finals in '15-16. Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are both teams that have won the Champions League, while Atletico Madrid and Manchester City have not won the Champions League. Be careful not to put last season's Manchester City back in 2016, when they were not Champions League winners.
The tradition is that since the 15th and 16th seasons, at least one team in the last four of the Champions League has not won the Champions League. Examples from then are Atletico Madrid and Monaco in '16-17, Roma in '17-'18, Tottenham in '18-'19, Lyon in '19-'20, RB Leipzig, Grand Paris, Manchester City in '20-21, Grand Paris, Villarreal in '21-22 and Manchester City in '22-23.
This season's Champions League, Real Madrid, Bayern, and Dortmund all passed the thrilling test and reached the semi-finals. And Grand Paris faced Barcelona, in fact, there was not much advantage, and the first leg was lost 2:3 at home. However, in the second leg, a very cost-effective foul by Araujo led to a red card, so Grand Paris received a super package of 11 and 10 for a long time. In the end, a 4:1 game allowed Grand Paris to reach the semifinals as it wished. At the same time, they also became the only team in the last four who did not win the Champions League, a tradition that has continued for nine years.
The fact that a team that has not won the title and reached the last four means that there is hope for a new title this season. Isn't last season's Manchester City a typical example, if the Champions League has been won by those old giants, then it will slowly lose its vitality. Therefore, it is especially important for Grand Paris to reach the semi-finals. At the very least, it is possible to give birth to a new champion in the Champions League this season. As for whether Grand Paris can do it, it depends on their creation.