The direct elimination stages of the UEFA female Champions League are there, and there are successful success.
Barcelona are the current competition holders, having overcome Lyon in the final last season, and they are undoubtedly among the favorites. The three English clubs, Chélat,, Arsenal And Manchester Cityhave reached the quarter -finals, with two regimes to compete in the next round.
The two best German clubs, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg, have progressed, while eight Lyon winners have also succeeded in the group phase and will be determined to win their first title since 2022.
90 minutes predicts the result of the links in the quarter -final and which will progress in the last four …
The first equality will see Super female league Giants Arsenal takes Real Madrid. The best race of the Spanish club in the competition occurred in 2022 when they reached the quarter-finals, while Arsenal raised the trophy in 2007 and was semi-finalists as recently as the 2022/23 campaign.
After a bad start to the season under Jonas Eidevall, the Gunners have been strong since Renee Slegers took care of in October. They exceeded their group in the Champions League And also overturned their national campaign.
Real Madrid remains second in Liga F behind Barcelona, but they have proven their quality in the group phase with close defeats against Chelsea. It will be a closely disputed tie, but on two legs, Arsenal should have enough to progress.
Winner of Tie predicts: Arsenal
Then, eight Lyon winners will face Bayern Munich in the last eight. After falling in Barcelona in the final last season in Bilbao, Lyon is back with a point to prove.
The status of the French club as a best team in women’s football has been challenged in recent years by the rapid rise in Barcelona, but they will be determined to recover their crown. The best finish of Bayern in the competition was the semi-finals in 2020/21. However, they have not exceeded the quarter -finals in two of the last three seasons, and have not managed to get out of the last group phase last quarter.
The Frauen-Bundesliga title race is extremely tight, with Eintracht Frankfurt at only three points behind Bayern, forcing them to balance their priorities. Lyon, on the other hand, remains undefeated in the female division 1 and has a more comfortable advance, allowing them to focus fully on the Champions League, which should be enough to see them.
Predicted liaison winner: Lyon
The draw could not be much more difficult for Wolfsburg while they are preparing to face Barcelona, who won three of the last four titles in the UEFA Champions League. The German team was narrowly beaten 3-2 by Barcelona in the 2023 final, a defeat that will always be fresh in the minds of their players.
It is undeniable that Wolfsburg is the outsiders of this tie, but they kiss this status with open arms. The pressure is firmly on Barcelona because most expect them to progress.
That said, Barcelona did not seem so invincible this season, suffering from defeat against Manchester City in the group phase and losing once at Liga F. which offers Wolfsburg a glow of hope, but on two legs, the Spanish side should have enough to overcome the line.
Predicted liaison winner: Barcelona
The most appetizing tie of everyone is between the English giants Chelsea and Manchester City. For Chelsea, this season looks like the perfect occasion to go to the end in Europe and compensate for their final defeat in 2021 against Barcelona.
Under the new director Sonia Bompastor, who has experience by winning this competition with Lyon, the London Club looks like a different force this season. They reinforced considerably, adding Lucy Bronze in summer and Keira Walsh in January, who both raised the trophy with Barcelona in 2023 and 2024. The arrival of Naomi Girma, undoubtedly the best defender in the world, also gives them an additional advantage when they enter the last stages of the competition.
City, on the other hand, has never progressed beyond the quarter-finals, and their deposit in the reigning race WSL suggests that they find it difficult to compete on all fronts. March will see these two parts compete four times on several competitions, adding an additional layer of intrigue to this equality.
This unpredictable dynamic made of that of the most difficult quarter -finals to call, but if you had to support a team, the greatest Chelsea experience in Europe simply gives them the advantage.
