This Friday took place the draw for the next stage of the European tournament, which will offer attractive matches.
This Friday took place the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Thus, the eight best clubs in Europe met their rivals in the quest to lift Orejona.
Among these duels, the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City stands out since two of the main candidates to win the trophy will have to compete in this event.
Pep Guardiola’s men claimed a 5-1 aggregate victory in the semi-finals last season, so the Meringues will now attempt sporting revenge for what happened.
The draw also determined that the Atlético de Madrid, who eliminated Alexis Sánchez’s Inter, will have to face Borussia Dortmund . On another side, Barcelona will face PSG and Arsenal will do the same against Bayern Munich .
Of course, that wasn’t all, because in the same case the semi-finals were drawn. There it was determined that the winner between Atlético and Borussia Dortmund would face the winner between the Parisian team and the Catalans.
In the other direction, the winner between Arsenal and Bayern Munich will do the same against the winner between Real Madrid and the current reigning champion Manchester City.
The matches in these Champions League quarter-finals are scheduled between Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday April 10, while the rematches will take place on the 16th and 17th of the same month.
Artificial intelligence prediction
Before the draw, the Marca newspaper published a prediction made using Opta’s artificial intelligence, according to which the Spanish teams would be those with the least chance of winning the trophy.
The Colchoneros are eighth, with 4.19%, while the Blaugrana are seventh, with 5.38% . Then, further up, are the two teams from the Bundesliga: Dortmund has a 5.62% chance of winning the Orejona and Munich has a 10.75% chance.
Kylian Mbappé’s PSG follows with 11.8% of options and in the first three places are the one that is still a candidate – Real Madrid – and the two representatives of the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal.
The Gunners would win the bronze medal (13.09%), the Meringues would be in the final (16.87%) and Pep Guardiola’s City would win the double championship (32.3%) .
In any case, they clarified that these percentages can vary depending on what ultimately happens on the field and not in a program.
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