Manchester City faces Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final (Reuters)

After the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and knowing the matches for this round and the semi-finals, expectations and calculations began for the two sides of the final of the continental competition and its champion as well.

The draw resulted in:

  • Arsenal, England x Bayern Munich, Germany.

  • Atletico Madrid of Spain x Borussia Dortmund of Germany.

  • Real Madrid of Spain x Manchester City of England.

  • Paris Saint-Germain of France x Barcelona of Spain.

The British newspaper "The Sun" quoted experts in football statistics as saying that they used a supercomputer to help them make predictions based on scientific foundations.

They simulated the matches about 100,000 times and obtained the following results:

In the quarter-finals

  • Arsenal defeats Bayern Munich and avenges a 10-2 defeat in the 2017 edition of the tournament, noting that since 2000 the two teams have met 12 times, the Gunners lost 7 of them.

  • Manchester City defeats Real Madrid and advances to the semi-finals to face Arsenal.

  • Paris Saint-Germain defeats Barcelona and qualifies for the final.

semi final

  • Manchester City defeats Arsenal and faces Saint-Germain in the final.

Final

The supercomputer awarded widely varying percentages to 3 teams:

  • Manchester City (32%) and maintaining its title for the second season in a row.

  • Arsenal (14% wins the title).

  • Saint-Germain (11%).

The ancient Wembley Stadium in the British capital, London, will host the final match of the main continental championship on the first of next June.

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