Champions League quarter-final bracket and predictions

It’s the halfway stage of the Champions League quarter-finals, which is the perfect time to pause for breath to reflect.In football parlance, the job is only ‘half done’ for Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, all of whom go into the second leg next week with a lead.As for Real Madrid, Liverpool, Sporting CP and Barcelona, they ‘have it all to do’ to reach the last four.Here, The Athletic reflects on the story of the first leg in all of those ties, including what went wrong and what went right for each team, and also predicts the clubs most likely to be celebrating reaching the Champions League semi-finals next week.Advertisement