Artem Frankov: "There was some intrigue in only one Champions League quarterfinal pair"

Famous journalist and editor-in-chief of Football magazine Artem Frankov has prepared a forecast for the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinals between Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

Artem Frankov

- It just so happens that only one Champions League quarterfinal pairing has seen some intrigue, and even then, one team beat the other twice. I'm not sure that a similar event awaits us in Munich, but the advantage gained in the first game, an advantage that was well deserved despite Bayern's 1-0 lead, allows Pep Guardiola's team to feel relatively relaxed. Yes, three goals have been scored more than once in history - even during one match in the memorable Champions League final, but I remember recently having to be skeptical about miracles. Alas, I was right - I'll have to say it again.

Which further worsens Bayern's position: "City don't need to save anything - they had a great rest in the league against Leicester (3-1), and their super match against Arsenal is only a week away, while the match against Brighton (what a task!), scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed. On the one hand, Bayern's position in the German championship is better - it is in the lead, and the level of competition is not comparable, but in the last round Thomas Tuchel's team could not even beat Hoffenheim at home (1:1). All in all, we can only guess when the guests will score and finally turn the match into a high-stakes training session with a full house.

Losses: "Bayern has been without Neuer for a long time, Chupo-Moting (the team's only center forward) broke down, and Sadio Mane (the team's possible center forward) was suspended for attacking a teammate (atmosphere!) - at City, only Foden cannot recover from an appendectomy. This, by the way, looks strange, as if the English are unable to eliminate this rudimentary appendage of the cecum efficiently and without consequences, and they do not know the slogan "Cut without waiting for peritonitis!".

Oddly enough, the bookmakers are waiting for a shootout - TB 3.0 for only 1.87... Should we try to take advantage of this? I'm not sure. My bet: a City victory and TB 2.5 at 3.25," said Frankov.