{"id":1102,"date":"2026-04-09T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:39:35","slug":"the-supercomputer-leaves-the-door-open-for-the-european-miracle-of-barcelona-and-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"The Supercomputer leaves the door open for the &#8216;European miracle&#8217; of Barcelona and Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">With all the first leg matches of these Champions League quarter-finals concluded, European football enters its most decisive week in six days and, as almost always, the focus on Spain points to two proper names:<strong> FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. <\/strong>However, in this case both face scenarios in <strong>those who are forced to row against the current <\/strong>if they want to stay alive and reach the semifinals.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\"><strong>The blow of Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid (0-2 in the first leg)<\/strong> It completely changes the initial panorama raised at the beginning of the tie. And here comes the key data: before the first match, the supercomputer gave Bar\u00e7a a 68.29% chance of winning the duel compared to only 31.71 for Atleti.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-player\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Barcelona 0-2 Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid Champions League Summary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">With the current disadvantage, that favoritism has evaporated and the comeback becomes a much more complex mission. The red and white team has a <strong>79.98%<\/strong> to go to the semi-finals, while Barcelona<strong> 20.02%.<\/strong><span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Even so, the cul\u00e9s would have an argument to cling to: <strong>If the model already saw Bar\u00e7a as superior under normal conditions<\/strong>the predictions do not close the tie, although it requires an extreme context: <strong>early goal, high pace and zero concessions.<\/strong><span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">The rest, behind<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">The results of the first leg have left everything open for the return, but<strong> the goal difference is so small<\/strong> that, at this stage of the competition, anything can happen. <br \/>\u200b<br \/>\u200bAlthough PSG was absolutely superior to Liverpool, the English at Anfield are capable of anything. But Opta gives you a <strong>15.34%<\/strong> going to semis. The same thing happens with Real Madrid: from yesterday to today, they have risen half a point. <strong>From 12.52% to 13.08%<\/strong> that it has at the moment, according to the latest update of the Supercomputer.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>The one who would have the least options would be <strong>Sporting CP,<\/strong> who obtains 8.36% to accomplish the feat of beating the <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> in London. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the first leg matches of these Champions League quarter-finals concluded, European football enters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}