Seventy-seven teams who entered this season’s Champions League tournament have been whittled down to just eight, with all of them now beginning to believe that it could be their year. A few of the most prestigious and famous clubs in Europe are still standing, but somewhat surprisingly, there is NO English team in the last eight. Liverpool failed to make it past the group stages, while Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City all suffered exits in the last 16. There is no English team in the last eight of the second tier Europa League competition either (first time it’s happened in over 20 years!), but that’s a subject we’ll touch upon later.

If we analyse the quarterfinalists, we can see that Spain have three- Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Bayern are the solitary German team standing, with Dortmund, Leverkusen and Schalke all bowing out in the last 16. France, whose stocks in international football have fallen in the last decade, surprisingly have two clubs- Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. Portugal and Italy have one representative each in the form of Porto and Juventus respectively.

Which one of these eight will be crowned champions in Berlin?

Berlin awaits for two of the quarter finalists who produce the quality when it matters and make it all the way to the final in May Continue reading →