Jamie Carragher and Peter Schmeichel, two past champions of the UEFA Champions League, have chosen the winners for the 2022-23 season. Real Madrid is looking to defend their title this season, which has reached the quarterfinals. Manchester City and Bury Milan beat Bayern Munich and SL Benfica in the separate first legs on Tuesday, April 11.
Carragher and Schmeichel shared their anticipated brackets for the remainder of the UEFA Champions League season prior to the two first-leg matches.
Carragher picked Manchester City to beat Bayern Munich and Genuine Madrid to beat Chelsea. He then selected the Cityzens to exact revenge on Los Blancos, who defeated them in the semi-finals to advance to the championship match last season.
Carragher predicted that Benfica would defeat Inter Milan in the quarterfinals and that S.S.C. Napoli would defeat AC Milan in the other bracket. He then predicted that Napoli would defeat Benfica in the semis.
The legendary player from Liverpool chose Manchester City to win the UEFA Champions League for the first time this season.
Schmeichel, on the other hand, has Bayern Munich as his pick to win the trophy this year. In the quarterfinals, he predicted their victory over Manchester City. The Dane predicted that Real Madrid would defeat Chelsea, but he thinks Bayern will defeat them in the semis.
The legendary player from Manchester United then predicted that Inter Milan would defeat Benfica and AC Milan would defeat Napoli in the quarterfinals to set up a Milan derby in the semifinals. Schmeichel has predicted that Bayern Munich will face AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final if the German team goes all the way to win it this season.
After Manchester City’s victory over Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League, Pep Guardiola had an exhausting night.
Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-0 at the Etihad Arena in the primary leg of their quarter-last conflict on Tuesday, April 11. Rodri, Bernardo Silva, and Erling Haaland scored goals to give Pep Guardiola’s team a big advantage in the match.
The Spanish manager acknowledged how exhausting the game had been for him afterward. Guardiola said (by means of Manchester Nightly News):
“It didn’t feel good. Genuinely I’m obliterated. Today marks the end of ten years for me. It was a very difficult game. Now I need to unwind, the guys get a day off, and get ready for Leicester City.
Added he:
“I am completely aware of what you need to do there. In the event that you don’t perform all around well they can score one, two, three. I know that. That is known by the players. It’s a fantastic outcome, but we need to play our game with a lot of personality.
On Wednesday, April 19, Bayern Munich will host the match’s second leg at the Allianz Arena.