The time has come to cross your fingers, as none of the title nominees want to face elimination against another giant from now on, when a few matches of the February and March UEFA Champions League round of 16 will be announced this Monday. shades will still be of the highest competition.
And undoubtedly the most rushed troop to meet their rival will be Paris Saint Germain, with the still fresh bitterness of being excluded from the biggest club tournament in the world last year, after a draw that had to be repeated due to “software” problems. “.
The undoubtedly black horse that will compose bowling “B”, the previous season could not with his very reckless team – the most expensive in the world -, led by nothing more than Lionel Messi, Kilyan Mbappé and Neymar, but to which he fell in later he relaunched Orejona, Real Madrid (14), in a shock and jump round 16.
Big teams like Bayern Munich, Madrid itself, Chelsea, Manchester City aspire to keep PSG away from their environment; but not even Napoli, a club that has undoubtedly carved its Praetorian armor with pure fire, being today the most sweeping rival of the Champions League, even without great figures.
Benfica and Milan
This is one of the editions with the highest degree of competition, which is why, with some exceptions, the round of 16 will have a touch of crossfire.
But not only the Parisians are very afraid: all the rivals crouched in bowling A, pray that the French ship does not touch them, today more lethal than ever thanks to its deadly trident.
Another of the teams “to avoid” in the round of 16 will be AC Milan, second most crowned in the Champions League (7), and despite having had bad hours at the beginning of the group stage, today they are in the lead after taking down a very stubborn intruder, like Salzburg.
Not for the given order is there one less dangerous than the previous ones. The case of Benfica, which, after reaching this Champions League in the round of 16, has shown that they have what it takes to give the biggest surprise of the tournament, thanks to a match with Swiss guard on all sides.
That Portuguese rival is not even wanted by any of the greats of the second round. There are also dangers like Inter, in addition to Leipzig, responsible for knocking down the unbeaten Real Madrid in the group stage, Tottenham and Porto, expert in knockout (2 Orejonas).
