Match Preview: Manchester City - Real Madrid

It doesn’t look too promising for the new La Liga Champions, Real Madrid, since they lost the first match at home 1:2 and will be without the suspended captain and talisman Sergio Ramos. Man City, on the other hand, are disappointed with their Premier League result where they missed out on the trophy, finishing second behind Liverpool.

We can still expect a tight affair, Real Madrid will have nothing to lose and are known for their ability to turn results around in the resent seasons of the Champions League.

PREDICTED LINEUPS:

Ederson; Walker, Laporte, Fernandinho, Cancelo; Rodri, De Bruyne, Gündogan; Bernardo Silva, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus

Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Militao, Mendy; Kroos, Valverde, Casemiro; Asensio, Hazard, Benzema

OUR PREDICTION:

Manchester City will control the match with possession and Real Madrid will try to score on the counter attack. The Citizens should be able to bulid on their home advantage and progress to the Quarter Finals. Result: 2:1 

Match Preview: Barcelona - Napoli

This one is very much open. Barcelona can be happy as Luis Suarez is back from injury and this will surely boost their chances of going through. Napoli, however, are no pushovers and will be hoping to get a result this season as they didn’t qualify for the next season of the Champions League. It is quite likely they will lose some of their key players (Milik, Koulibaly) in the transfer window so this is one last chance for a big result.

PREDICTED LINEUPS:

Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, De Jong, Sergi Roberto; Messi, Griezmann, Suarez

Meret; Di Lorenzo, Koulibaly, Manolas, Hysaj; Ruiz, Zielinski, Demme; Callejon, Milik, Insigne

OUR PREDICTION:

It will be a tight affair, but Barca should be able to overcome Napoli. They will be very dependant on Messi’s magic, but the return of Suarez will help, no doubt. If the defence holds,  which is very likely, given the top form of Ter Stegen, Barcelona will go through to the Last 8. Result: 2:0

UCL Fantasy is back!

The domestic leagues are over, only Italy has 2 more rounds to play, so the focus will finally switch to the Champions league again.

Here is the draw of the remainder of the 2019-20 UCL Season:

First, we will see the second leg matches of the Last 16, where Manchester City will try to defend their away win against Real Madrid, Juventus will try to overturn their 0:1 loss against Lyon, Barcelona will be hoping Messi can get them a good result against Napoli and Bayern only has to avoid a high loss in to reach the Quarter Finals.

RB Leipzig vs. Atletico Madrid and Atalanta vs. PSG are the confirmed Quarter finals which will be played between 12.-15. August in a one leg match on neutral grounds. 

This will be a really exciting end of a special season and anything is possible.

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Match Preview: Bayern - Chelsea

After a 3:0 win for Bayern in London, this match is more or less decided. It is hard to imagine the German Champions will have big trouble defending their lead, although an early goal for Chelsea could add some excitement.

PREDICTED LINEUPS:

Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Thiago, Goretzka; Gnabry, Müller, Coman; Lewandowski 

Caballero; Emerson, Christensen, Zouma, Rüdiger, James; Kante, Kovacic; Willian, Mount, Giroud

OUR PREDICTION:

Chelsea will put on a great fight, but Bayern are simply too strong. Result: 2:1