Champions League: The eight quarter-final contenders

 
Barcelona
How they got here: It hasn't been the amble to the quarter-finals that abounding expected. Barca won the accumulation admitting a shock accident at Celtic, and addition defeat in Milan in the endure 16 looked as if it would be fatal. The 4-0 win over the Italians at the Camp Nou was thrilling, but offered affirmation of the arete and the flaws of Tito Vilanova's ancillary in according measure.

Real Madrid
How they got here: It's been hard. Afterwards arising from a boxy accumulation featuring Dortmund, Manchester City and Ajax, they awkward accomplished Manchester United in the aboriginal knockout round. The aperture bold with City has been their European division in apple - sporadically brilliant, but active dangerously.

Malaga
How they got here: Perhaps the atomic absurd of all the teams in the endure 16, Malaga belted out Porto with an accomplished additional leg improvement adjoin the accomplished Porto. The Andalucians were - forth with the Portuguese champions - the aboriginal aggregation to authorize from the group, afterwards just four games.

Bayern Munich
How they got here: In rather beneath appearance than they hoped, with a 2-0 home defeat in the additional leg adjoin Arsenal seeing them through on abroad goals. Bayern belted their accumulation from a aggressive Valencia side, afterwards convalescent from a shock defeat to BATE Borisov in their additional outing.

Borussia Dortmund
How they got here: Via the hardest avenue possible, frankly. Dortmund topped a accumulation absolute Premier League champions Manchester City, Real Madrid and Ajax, traveling unbeaten. They again removed aphotic horses Shakhtar Donetsk with a analytic affectation in the additional leg in north-west Germany, acceptable 5-2 on aggregate.

Juventus
How they got here: The endure 16 win over Celtic looked easier on cardboard than it was in reality, abnormally in the aboriginal leg at Celtic Park, but it was a breeze afterwards a boxy accumulation stage. Antonio Conte's aggregation emerged top and best from a accumulation absolute ascendant champions Chelsea and beautiful Shakhtar Donetsk.

Paris St-Germain
How they got here: The 3-2 accumulated win over Valencia in the endure 16 was tighter than it should accept been afterwards an accomplished aboriginal leg affectation in Spain. Carlo Ancelotti's aggregation had already won 5 of their six accumulation amateur to end with 15 credibility - the accomplished absolute of any team.

Galatasary
How they got here: By the derma of their teeth. Galatasaray don't apperceive the acceptation of the byword 'easy route'. Afterwards a cutting alpha to a accumulation absolute Manchester United, they accept progressed to the quarter-finals on the aback of three alternating abroad wins. The last-16 achievement at an in-form Schalke was assuredly the a lot of absorbing of the trio.

Out of the eight clubs listed who do you think will be the champion of europe

Did you think Barcelona can win the Champions league?

Not even die-hard Barcelona admirers would accept believed that their angel club would angry the tie about in their favour “ not with that amount of goals. But it happened. Barcelona accept risen aloft their antecedent defeats decidedly by Milan and Real Madrid to put up beauteous achievement adjoin AC Milan Tuesday night at Nou Camp.

After defeat in the San Siro three weeks ago, Xavi Hernandez acicular out that the alone affair this bearing of Barca players were defective afterwards three leagues, two Champions Leagues and two Copa del Rey titles over the accomplished four seasons was a celebrated European comeback. That they did altogether endure night adjoin Milan.

Two goals from Lionel Messi led a beauteous Barcelona fightback as they chaotic a 2-0 first-leg arrears adjoin AC Milan with a 4-0 annihilation of the Italians at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night. That’s something for the admirers to acclamation for.

However, the catechism is: Does this present Barcelona aggregation has what it takes to win the champions league?

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Can Barcelona upstage AC Milan today?

 
Following their poor achievement in the Champions Alliance endure 16, aboriginal leg a fortnight ago, Barcelona now face an acclivous attempt to about-face the tie about afterwards they were clumsy to get an important abroad ambition at San Siro.

Ghanaians Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari both denticulate in a active additional bisected as AC Milan inflicted a shock 2-0 defeat on Barcelona in the aboriginal leg game.

Following Barcelona's lacklustre achievement in contempo important matches, abounding soccer followers accept amorphous to agnosticism Barcelona's adeptness to exhausted Milan and authorize to the next stage. They aswell appraise whether the contempo poor achievement of the club could mark the end of it's administration in apple football.

Though, admirers of the Catalan club still accept that their angel aggregation accept all it takes to exhausted Milan and ability to the final of the championship.

However, the catechism now is: Can Barcelona about-face the tie about in Nou Camp today? What association will it accept if the almighty Barcelona abort to ability the final of Champions alliance for additional time running? What are your predictions for today's tie amid Barcelona and AC Milan?

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