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BOTH CLUBS HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE

Barça and Bayern are the only European champions of this 'final to eight'

Published:9/08/2020 - 21:21h

Updated:9/08/2020 - 21:22h

The 'eight final' in Lisbon will only have two teams that already know what it is to win the Champions League. Barça and Bayern, with five each, are the only clubs still in the tournament that have managed to win the Champions League

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This past Saturday decided all the teams that will be in the 'final to eight' of the Champions League that will contest in Lisbon from this Wednesday 12 August. FC Barcelona​ and Bayern of Munich, that will confront between them in quarter-finals, went the last teams in taking out the note for the Portuguese city, where already expected Athletic of Madrid, Leipzig, Manchester City, Olympique of Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain and Atalanta.

As they arrive all the clubs regarding game and physicist, seems that the Bayern is the big favourite to do with this Glass of Europe. Nevertheless, the Barça of Leo Messi always is one of the candidates, the PSG of Neymar Jr and Kylian Mbappé is more ilusionado that never, the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola arrives in shape and the Athletic of Madrid believes more than ever in his possibilities after deleting to the Liverpool in eighth.

Any one of the groups that have mentioned could finish raising the 'Orejona', but would not be necessary descartar of the all to Lyon, Atalanta and Leipzig, that have been the big disclosures of the tournament and will try to follow giving surprises. Nevertheless, any of them has experience in this type of parties and this could cost them very expensive in front of teams of the size of PSG, Atleti or City.

But no only to the three 'Cenicientas' of the 'final to eight' could shiver them the legs arrived to this point. It is necessary to say that dand the eight clubs that are in Lisbon, only two have conquered some League of Champions to date. Specifically, only Bayern and Barcelona know what is to raise the League of Champions, something that could give them advantage arrived to semifinals or to the big final.

Of the duel between the barcelonistas and the Bavarians could go out the champion of Europe if it takes into account the data mentioned. Both groups have won five Champions along his history. The muniqueses won in the 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001 and 2013, whereas the Barça did it in 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. The two carry quite a lot of years without triumphing in the maximum tournament of clubs in the continent and look forward to to do it this campaign.

Only the Athletic arrived to the final of the rest of clubs

It is necessary to stand out also that between the rest of teams only the Athletic has arrived to some final. The colchoneros lost two against the Real Madrid in 2014 and 2016, and also fell precisely in front of the Bayern in 1974. On the other hand, the Lyon and the City reached the semifinals in an occasion, and the PSG as a lot it has arrived to chambers. Leipzig And Atalanta never had arrived until the chambers, and in fact, the Italians not even had played the Champions until this course.

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