Champions League down to 8

[Fk_Pitt]

How about financial strapped Serie A got 3 teams into the final 8? They’re like the ACC of European Soccer.



3 Serie A teams (ACC)
2 EPL teams (B1G)
1 LaLiga team (Big 12)
1 Portuguese team (Mountain West)
1 Bundesliga team (pac 12)
0 League 1 teams (WCC)

 

[Allan McMurray]

i'm rooting for Benfica. Be nice to see a team from a non super league win it.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Here is your CL draw for the Qtrfinals.

 

[Allan McMurray]

Favorable for Benfica

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Favorable for Benfica

Yep because if they advance, they get one of the Italian teams in the semi. The big money teams are all on the other side.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

In the betting odds before the draw, that is the tournament favorite (City) versus the second favorite (Bayern), the third favorite (Real) playing number five (Chelsea), the fourth favorite (Napoli) playing the rank underdog (Milan), and number six (Inter) playing number seven (Benfica).

After the draw, City and Bayern are still one, two, but their odds to win have gone way down (obviously). Napoli's odds are way up and they are now third, Real slightly down in fourth, Inter, Benfica and Milan have doubled their odds, but are still fifth, sixth and eighth respectively. And Chelsea drops all the way down to seventh.