{"id":1145,"date":"2026-04-16T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:15:09","slug":"arsenal-and-bayern-favorites-for-the-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1145","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal and Bayern, favorites for the Champions League final"},"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\">If this Champions League quarterfinal phase has made anything clear, it has been the humanization of the top favorites to win the highest continental distinction. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Although Arsenal has started almost from the beginning as the top contender, and the <strong>Bayern Munich<\/strong>with its roller at the ready, stood as the second in contention, both Sporting CP and Real Madrid have taken them down from their dream pedestal. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Both Lisbon and Madrid have shown that the semi-finalists <strong>you can beat them<\/strong> and that, for various and specific reasons, that previous superiority has not been as much as previously stated. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/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\">Bayern Munich 4-3 Real Madrid  Resumen Champions League<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Even so, the predictions of the Opta Supercomputer have been correct to date except in the case of <strong>Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong>the only Spanish team in the running and that will have to face an Arsenal that, at this point, is in suspense in the Premier and is not convincing in Europe. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">The prediction<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">As it is, the Champions League comes to a boil&#8230; and there is already a verdict.<strong> With Arsenal, Bayern, PSG and Atl\u00e9tico in the semi-finals,<\/strong> The Opta supercomputer has spoken clearly: there are two teams that start with an advantage and two that will need a feat.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">The data that shakes the board is that of<strong> Arsenal: 73,40%<\/strong> of options to play the final. An outrage. Arteta&#8217;s men sweep the simulations despite failing to convince on the pitch. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/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\">Liverpool 0-2 PSG Champions League Final<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">In his wake appears the <strong>Bayern Munich, with 61.28%<\/strong>. The Germans almost never fail when the Champions League anthem plays. <strong>They know how to play these qualifying rounds\u2026 and the model confirms it<\/strong>. They are, along with Arsenal, the rival that no one wants to face right now. However, Real Madrid showed at the Allianz that they are not as impregnable as they were made out to be.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Next is the Germans&#8217; rival: the other side of the coin.<strong> PSG, with 38.72%<\/strong>leaves behind despite his enormous talent. He has dynamite up top, yes, but he will have to show that he can knock down a giant when he burns the ball the most. He already did it last year, and<strong> He has already warned against Liverpool: they are going for their second Orejona.<\/strong><span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/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\">Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid 1-2 FC Barcelona 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\">The hardest blow is suffered by Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. <strong>Only 26.60% probability. The supercomputer does not believe in Simeone&#8217;s<\/strong>. But be careful&#8230; because if Atleti has shown anything in Europe, it is that it lives better when no one bets on it.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\"><strong>The figures draw an Arsenal-Bayern final.<\/strong> The perfect script\u2026 on paper. Because in the Champions League, the numbers don&#8217;t feel pressure, they don&#8217;t step on the grass and they don&#8217;t hear the roar of a semi-final.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If this Champions League quarterfinal phase has made anything clear, it has been the humanization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","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\/1145","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=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}