As Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern and Manchester City will be
the last four teams in this season’s UEFA Champions League competition if
Michael Owen’s predictions for the second leg of the quater-finals matches
happens. He stated those predictions via his BetVictor Column.
His respective predictions for the Chelsea and Manchester
City games are very much what is expected but the same can’t be said for his
predictions in the other two mouth-watering clashes.
For the first of the two which comes up this Tuesday, Michael
Owen stated in his prediction that he believes Bayern will overturn the tie by
beating PSG 1-3 at the Parc des Princes. With the Parisians leading 3-2 after
first leg, the expectation is that they will complete the job at home despite
the fact that Bayern did enough to show it is not over yet.
Although
Michael Owen predicted Bayern to win, he doesn’t expect this to be an easy game
for the Bavarians as he recognised the threat PSG carry upfront. With that in
mind, he stated what he believes will be the best tactics for Bayern if they
are to win.
“Even
though Bayern are trailing, I don’t see them going gung-ho from the outset. If
they are prepared to sit in and allow PSG to have some territory, it could
create opportunities at the other end, said Michael Owen.
Giving
his prediction for the game he added: “The first goal is so important here, and
if Munich can get it, I think it could send the holders on their way to another
famous victory. It’s 3-1 Bayern Munich for me”.
For
the second, Michael Owen predicted that Liverpool will beat Real Madrid 2-1 at
Anfield. If this happens Real Madrid will still qualify but most people will
not expect to see Real Madrid lose on the night giving how dominant they were
in the first leg.
Stating
his prediction for this game Michael Owen said: “Anfield has witnessed some
incredible European comebacks in the past, and although I think
Liverpool have enough to win on the night, I do believe they’ll come up just
short in the tie overall. It’s 2-1 to the home side for me”.
The
former Liverpool and Real Madrid forward also predicted Chelsea to beat Porto
1-0 and Manchester City to beat Dortmund 1-2 in Germany.
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