In the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals we will have 4 great games, although the so called glamorous teams from England are out but we still have eight superb teams from 5 countries from Europe. Spain represent 3 teams while Germany represent two teams and Turkey, Italy and France have 1 each and that makes 4 great ties. Scroll down to see the matches and our predictions for the event.
With no English team, the glamour is gone ?
Current European Champions Chelsea and Current Premier League Champions manchester City got knocked out from the group stages and that was a big surprise to many people around the world, specially Manchester City who just could not keep up with the Real madrid and Borussia Dortmund in the same group. That meant we had only two representatives from England in Arsenal and manchester United who both got knocked in the first knock out round against respectively Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. It is fair to say that with elimination of Premier League teams the Champions League have lost that glamour and some TV Revenue which might have come in bigger pay checks than Malaga vs Borussia Dortmund. But on the basis of football I think 7 of the 8 teams do deserve to be where they are at the moment.
Champions League 2013 Quarter Finals First Leg Matches:
Bayern Munich vs Juventus
PSG Vs Barcelona
Real Madrid vs Galatasaray
Malaga vs Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich vs Juventus First Leg QuarterFinal 2013 Predictions
Bayern Munich are the team to beat this year, they got through the group stages with relative ease while the put some humiliation to Arsenal in the first leg but crumbled in the 2nd Leg at home and just hanged on to make it to the next round. While Juventus are a team who are coming back to European Scene after a while they do have some great players but I think this is the last couple of Matches Juventus will play this season in Champions League. First Leg Predictions"
bayern Munich 2-0 Juventus
PSG vs Barcelona First Leg QuarterFinal 2013 Predictions
Barcelona are reinstalled as the favorites in the Champions league this season after their heroics win over AC Milan in the 2nd leg 4-0 after they were humbled at San Niro 2-0. They along with other spanish giants Real Madrid are now favorites to win the trophy on odds and they will be playing against PSG and I can see an easy route to Semifinal. First Leg Predictions:
PSG 1-2 FC Barcelona ( 2 Messi Goals )
Real Madrid vs Galatasaray First Leg QuarterFinal 2013 Predictions
I can not see anything other than an easy 2 leg aggregate win for Real Madrid, Galatasaray have some good players who have experiences and two former Champions League Winners but the difference of class between the two sides is huge and with Real Madrid in superb form of late it will take a brave man to put money on Galatasaray to get to next round. I am going with First Leg Predictions :
Real Madrid 3-0 Galatasaray
Borussia Dortmund First Leg QuarterFinal 2013 Predictions
Last but not the least two good hard working teams in the Champions League this season, German Champions who have been playing so well in Champions league this season, they outsmart Manchester City and Real Madrid in the group stage to finish on top of their group while Beat Shakhtar Dontesk in the next round. Malaga beat FC Port 2-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16 game and will be looking to go against the odds and make it to the next round. First Leg Predictions:
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Malaga
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