Champions League quarter-finals offer exciting duels at eye level. Predicting an outcome is almost impossible - our sports editorial team tries anyway.

SPIEGEL forecast – Bayern Munich is eliminated, Borussia Dortmund advances. Real Madrid vs Manchester City is a test of strength of superlatives, even in the quarter-final. Paris Saint Germain vs Barcelona is the first time in four years that Barcelona are in the last four of the Champions League. The defending champions of the tournament will throw the defending champions out.