The exciting quarter-finals

The exciting quarter-finals

By Sebastian Mihai Ionascu
The UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League is an annual competition and a prestigious tournament which gathers the best football clubs in Europe. All teams share the same objectives: win the famous trophy and be proclaimed the best club in Europe. There is also a great amount of money waiting for the champions. F.C Barcelona, A.S Roma, Real Madrid C.F, Juventus F.C, Liverpool F.C, Manchester City F.C, F.C Bayern Munich and Sevilla F.C are the teams fighting in the quarter-finals this year.

After the first leg and the victories of Barcelona (4-1 against Roma), Madrid (3-0 against Juventus), Liverpool (3-0 against Manchester City) and Munich (2-1 against Sevilla), the predictions are almost unanimous. All the games were stunning and thrilling, but the moment that stunned everyone was Cristiano Ronaldo’s bicycle kick goal for Real Madrid; the opposing crowd applauded him, the great Zinedine Zidane was impressed and many players like the goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon congratulated Ronaldo for his goal.

Everybody including Forebet and FiveThirtyEight says that all the teams (that have won the first leg of the quarter-finals) are going to qualify for the next round. Although, anything could happen until the last whistle of the referee, these great teams still have many tricks up their sleeve. May the best teams win!