After the break due to the national teams, the championships have returned and consequently the European Cups will also return. The eyes of fans and experts are focused above all on Real Madrid and Barcelona. The club coached by Carlo Ancelotti starts every year as one of the favorites for the final victory of the competition, coat of arms and history speak for the blancos, despite perhaps this year the club’s squad is not the strongest in the entire Champions League.
Barcelona, on the other hand, coached by Xavi after the golden years of tiki taka, would like to try to regain credibility outside of Spain and try to establish themselves in Europe too, as in the years of Lionel Messi.
This year the Blaugrana will be able to push forward in the Champions League to perhaps try to give themselves an opportunity to become one of the contenders for the final victory.
Real Madrid leads Group C with six points and full points, after the victory achieved away at San Paolo in Naples, the Spanish have a three-point lead ahead of the Italian team, which remained at 3 points tied with Sporting Clube de Braga. The Germans of Union Berlin are last with 1 point in the standings. Real Madrid is obviously the favorite to lead the group, from the Round of 16 onwards the Spanish will have to put their foot on the accelerator to have a serious chance of aiming for the final of the Champions League 2023/2024 edition. After the purchase of the English midfielder Jude Bellingham the Spanish are definitely the underdogs, in the season in which Luka Modrić could leave Madrid. The youngster arriving from Borussia Dortmund could at this point take up the legacy of the Croatian, who for years lit up the audience at the Santiago Bernabeu.
For the victory of the Champions League the two Spanish teams have fierce competition, the Top-rated experts in football betting online sees Manchester City as favorite for the final victory at odds of 11/5, the Germans of Bayern Munich follow with odds of 5/1, Real Madrid is third at odds of 13/2, Arsenal are at odds of 8/1, while Barcelona is in fourth position with odds of 9/1.
And speaking of Barcelona, the Catalans are always waiting for the return to the field of Robert Lewandowski, who is still in the infirmary after the injury suffered in the Champions League match against Porto. The Blaugrana will try to focus on João Félix, who after a negative experience in London with the Chelsea shirt, seems to have returned to his old self in Barcelona. The coach, Xavi, can also count on the other newcomer, İlkay Gündoğan, who arrived in Barcelona on a free transfer from reigning Champions League champion Manchester City, with the Turkish player, absolute protagonist of the Citizens. The player’s business card is very respectable, to make up for the possible lack of Polish striker Lewandowski, the Spanish could rely on the scoring streak and the insertions of João Félix and İlkay Gündoğan.
