The 2023/24 Champions League is reaching the business end with teams booking their places in the quarter-finals.
It’s one of the most open tournaments in recent years with plenty of European giants not at their peak. Bayern Munich and Barcelona are just two of the sides around the continent that have looked rusty this season.
However, no sides can be ruled out from contention in a competition as dramatic as the Champions League.
Here’s 90min’s ranking of teams most likely to win this season’s Champions League.
This is hardly a vintage Borussia Dortmund team.
While there is always some unpredictability about them, BVB only managed to draw 1-1 away at PSV in their round of 16 first leg but ended up winning the tie 3-1.
There aren’t many teams left Dortmund would be expected to easily beat and they are only inside the top four of the Bundesliga by one point. That race is really fierce and could be where their attention is ultimately best served.
Atletico Madrid have had some great patches of form this season and could feasibly finish second in La Liga, but it’s hard to picture them going too much further in the Champions League.
That said, Los Rojiblancos managed to overturn a one-goal deficit against Inter at the Wanda Metropolitano in the last 16 to reach the quarter-finals, which is no mean feat considering how well the Italians have been playing this season.
It’s never easy to beat Atletico Madrid over two legs, but one of the more favoured teams should manage it.
Barcelona comfortably eased past Napoli despite drawing in the first leg.
However, can they really be trusted against one of the better sides in Europe? Barca are some way off Real Madrid and capable of some really flat performances against teams previous Catalan sides would have swept aside.
It would be some story if Barca suddenly found their feet and went all the way, but they’ll be better served ensuring they stay in the La Liga top four.
It looked like Bayern Munich weren’t going to make the quarter-finals upon losing the first leg of the tie against Lazio, but they got the job done with an impressive 3-0 win at the Allianz Arena.
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