CITY, ARSENAL AND MADRID ARE THE FAVORITES

FC Barcelona, out of the list of great favorites to win the Champions League

Published:14/03/2024 - 18:58h

Updated:14/03/2024 - 18:58h

The Champions League enters its decisive phase and will experience some very exciting quarterfinals with eight teams that want to win the 'Orejona'. FC Barcelona does not start as a big favorite, but wants to surprise

The Champions League promises a decisive phase very thrilling. To the quarter-finals have classified eight teams that have had to 'litigate' by the place and that are in conditions to litigate by the title. This Friday 15 March, from the 12:00 hours (12:00 PM CET) will take place the draw of the chambers and semifinals of the competition. They are many the expectations that exist by the crosses.

The houses of bets already have to the big candidates to carry the trophy. The FC Barcelona, that has classified to the quarter-finals for the first time from the season 2019/2020, when it fell deleted in hands of the Bayern of Munich in the 'bubble' of Lisbon with a goleada (2-8), does not split between the favourites. They come of years very 'toneless' in Europe in which they have prevailed the early eliminations and humiliations, by what have a lot for showing.

The ones of Xavi Hernández have the aim to litigate to the end and give the hit on the table that so much needs the team after so many seasons remaining in a second flat. In the eighth, left very good feelings against the Naples and, in the party of turn in Montjuïc, the youngsters took the reins of the party with Pau Cubarsí, Lamine Yamal and Fermín López like leading maxima. The three can be key in the next eliminatory, without place to doubts.

Who are the favourites in the Champions?

Those who yes lead the list of favourites to carry the Champions League are the Manchester City, the Arsenal and the Real Madrid. The ones of Pep Guardiola come to win the trophy in the past season and have not gone down the foot of the accelerator in the present edition. They deleted to the Copenhagen in an eliminatory that finalised 2-6. Although they have not been able to do with the leadership of the Premier League, are the big 'terror' of Europe and the team that seems more prepared for arrasar, by second consecutive year. In the second place is the picture of Mikel Arteta, whose power in England can move to Europe. They deleted, with sufimiento, to the Port wine in the previous phase carrying them until the penaltis and showed to be a reliable picture.

It follows them a Real Madrid that, although it did not sign a good eliminatory against the RB Leipzig, has reigned in Europe in the last years. They have reached the semifinals of consecutive way in the last three editions (2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023), winning the title in the final of the Stade of France in 2021 in a historical season in which Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois arrasaron with the best teams in this moment: PSG (eighth), Chelsea (fourth), Manchester City (semis) and Liverpool (final).