City, Country – Di UEFA Champions League don show face again as football fans dey wait for di action wey go start on 16 September. Na 71st edition wey dem dey go, and e go get plenty drama! Last season, wey FC Bayern München carry di trophy, gather dem first Champions League title by giving dem a 5-0 chopdown pass di final show.
This season na different style as dem don change di format. Instead of di usual eight groups, na one league stage now we go sabi all di 36 teams dey play each other. So if your team fit make am to di top eight, dem go carry dem straight go di knockout stage. If you fall below dat level, you gatz pack your load and waka home (no more safety net o!).
Last season, di goals wey dem dey score don off di charts as dem average 3.27 goals per match. Dis season, England dey shine with six teams inside di competition, while La Liga drag five enter. Serie A and Bundesliga dey flex with four teams each, meanwhile some new kids dey show face like Pafos, Bodø/Glimt, and Kairat Almaty wey just enter di league phase through di qualifiers. No be small win!
So, who go lift di trophy dis season? Our pals for di Opta supercomputer don run di calculations 10,000 times and no surprise say Liverpool dey top di list with 20.4%. Dem finish strong last season, even beat di defending champion Real Madrid for Anfield. Arsenal dey trailing dem small with 16%, while PSG come third with 12.1%. PSG wan make history by winning di trophy back-to-back – grinding like say dem na di first French team wey go do am.
Manchester City dey fight dem demons, as dem don dey get some struggle since last season, yet dem still dey carry a 8.4% chance of winning. Barcelona and Chelsea be di next big boys for di chart closer to each other, while di infamous Real Madrid don dey look from above with 5.8% chance. Everybody sabi say dem na di kings for dis competition!
Ayo, if your fantasy manager dey plan, make you no forget to check players like Konstantinos Tzolakis from Olympiakos, wey don shine well dis season. Plus, another defenders like Yann Sommer from Inter and di high-flying Pedro Goncalves from Sporting CP fit give you some sweet points dis Matchday 1. No forget Vinicius Junior wey dey make wave for Real Madrid, as dem dey chase di goals dis season.
As di UCL dey waka, make all di fantasy managers sharp up because e go scatter ground! Di season dey set to deliver some serious action, so grab your palm wine and put your padi with you, because we go dey gist plenty as di season dey unfold.
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