Real or bust
Champions League Quarter Finals | Chelsea vs Real (Tue) | Bayern vs City (Wed)
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Real or bust
If I was a City fan I would be booking a flight to Lisbon now. They are guaranteed to draw Benfica and have an easy route through.
They might as well get the Istanbul hotel bookings on the cheap from scousers.
City love to self-choke.
Obviously every one wants to play Inter, AC or Benfica. They are by no means bad teams. The others just look more dangerous.
In the last 2-3 years I would argue Liverpool, Barcelona, Chelsea, PSG, and (somewhat) Juventus have all been knockout regulars with better teams than they have now. I would argue Bayern are also no stronger than they have been in the last 5-10 years.
So will you guys support last English teams (Chelsea and MC) in the UCL? EPL prestige and so on
Most storied CL draw, imo would be the following:
City v Napoli - Pep to go into a full OCD mode in his tactics to avoid Napoli's counter. Battle of the CF's in VO vs. EH. Stylistically this makes for a great match-up.
Inter v Milan - A massive Derby that ensures one of the Milan teams a SF spot. Will raise debates as to whether Italian football is back.
Chelsea v Benfica - Enzo returns to Lisbon after breaking his promises. Can another Portugese team slay a PL team?
Real v Bayern - The two biggest aristocrats of football left. However, in one corner the bad face in Real who want to a SL and in the other Bayern, who are the good face with their ownership model and rejection of the first SL.
City v Napoli - Pep to go into a full OCD mode in his tactics to avoid Napoli's counter. Battle of the CF's in VO vs. EH. Stylistically this makes for a great match-up.
Inter v Milan - A massive Derby that ensures one of the Milan teams a SF spot. Will raise debates as to whether Italian football is back.
Chelsea v Benfica - Enzo returns to Lisbon after breaking his promises. Can another Portugese team slay a PL team?
Real v Bayern - The two biggest aristocrats of football left. However, in one corner the bad face in Real who want to a SL and in the other Bayern, who are the good face with their ownership model and rejection of the first SL.
NO!
Who cares about EPL prestige, especially given there is no threat to the Uefa coefficient at all.
Absolutely no chance and rightfully so. That's insane behaviour.
They are not English teams anymore. Just like United.
League prestige is only discussed online as banter to other leagues, but barely anybody cares about it in real life, as long as you team wins.
Pretty sure Man Utd fans were happy in the 90s ,when the rest of english teams were very bad in Europe.
I have never been more indifferent to who I'd like to win the CL. I guess Napoli? Such a boring competition this has become.
Europa league is where it's at!
No. Only English club (other than United) I'd support in CL are Spurs, like I did in 2019. Though that was to large extent because of Pochettino as well.
So Bayern, Napoli Real and Chelsea in one half of the draw and City in the other.
Only Germans do this. It isn’t actually a thing.
The Dutch do it too. Everyone supporting Feyenoord yesterday, but with the Ajax Feyenoord match coming up this weekend, now it’s back to rivalry
Real - Chelsea
Good luck Potter...you will need it
Inter - Benfica
City - Bayern, damn 
Hopefully Real/Chelsea and City/Bayern in the Semis.
Hell no, feck them 2 clubs
AC Milan v Napoli
This.
Of course this draw ain't fixed 
So when the QF is up Bayern will have played Inter, Barca, PSG and City. Fantastic.
Crap. But also nice. But also crap.
One of Napoli, Benfica and the two Milan clubs will be in the final.
one finalist out of Real, Chelsea, City, Bayern
and the other out of Inter, Benfica, Milan, Napoli
what a shitty draw
and the other out of Inter, Benfica, Milan, Napoli
what a shitty draw
Imagine..
QF & SF draw
The quarter-finals:
Real Madrid vs Chelsea
Benfica vs Inter
Man City vs Bayern
AC Milan vs Napoli
The semi-finals:
AC Milan/Napoli vs Benfica/Inter
Real Madrid/Chelsea vs Man City/Bayern
When are the quarter-finals?
11/12 April and 18/19 April
When are the semi-finals?
9/10 May and 16/17 May
When is the final?
Saturday 10 June
Real Madrid vs Chelsea
Benfica vs Inter
Man City vs Bayern
AC Milan vs Napoli
The semi-finals:
AC Milan/Napoli vs Benfica/Inter
Real Madrid/Chelsea vs Man City/Bayern
When are the quarter-finals?
11/12 April and 18/19 April
When are the semi-finals?
9/10 May and 16/17 May
When is the final?
Saturday 10 June
Nice
Milan, Napoli, Inter or Benfica in the final
Okay that's pretty much a perfect draw!
Bayern-City second leg being in Munich could be decisive. Do your job Bayern!
Madrid May as well play in the FA cup at this rate
Also Napoli is already in the final. Perfect draw for them
Also Napoli is already in the final. Perfect draw for them
Milan, Napoli, Inter or Benfica in the final
Nice, path open for Napoli!
Napoli for the win