The Round of 16 in the Champions League is done. All match results but one, I would say, were expected. The one many people didn’t see coming was Sevilla beating Manchester United. Manchester United came out with what some say was a bad game plan, which led to a 1-2 defeat even with the home field advantage. There were three games that looked won after the first leg and they were. These scores of the first leg, Porto vs Liverpool: 0-5, FC Basel vs Manchester City: 0-4, and Bayern vs Besiktas: 5-0, all showed that they would lead to a poor or boring second leg. Liverpool would go on to win 5-0, Manchester City 5-2, and Bayern Munich 8-1. The final match people weren’t anticipating, was not because of the first leg score but was because of the lack of big names. It was one of the few close games however, and Roma would win 2-2 on away goals after Shakhtar Donetsk lost strength with a red card. As covered in one of my other posts, Real Madrid beat PSG 5-2 with PSG handicapped after they lost their star player, Neymar. Another close one, Tottenham vs Juventus, ended 3-4 with Juventus winning the second leg 1-2 despite playing on the road. Lastly is Barcelona vs Chelsea, which looked to be a promising game, but Barcelona at home was too much to overcome for the English side and Barcelona would go on to win, 4-1 after a 3-0 second leg. In conclusion, the 8 teams that will advance to the quarterfinals are Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, Manchester City, Roma, Sevilla, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona. What matchups are you hoping to see in these quarterfinals? Who is your team you hope to succeed?

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