[SOCCER] RB Leipzig vs Man City LIVE@BROADCAST UEFA Champions League December 7, 2021

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Event: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2021-2022

Date: 07.12.2021

Moving on with our 2021/22 Champions League predictions, let’s talk about the best Bundesliga team! What can Bayern Munich do this year? The German national team couldn’t handle the heat against England on the EURO. Plus, their domestic league has fallen down to a one-team show with Borussia failing to get enough consistency even with a world-class talent in Erling Haaland.

But, that doesn’t take away from the fact that Bayern Munich are a great team! Yes, Alaba and Boateng are out of the equation, but Bayern have already brought in a stellar replacement in Dayot Upamecano. The brilliant French center-back is often labeled as one of the best youngsters in his position, and a price of €42.5 million definitely reflects that.

This group feels very familiar, with three of the sides having been drawn together last season (itself perhaps an indication of the stratification of European competition, with similar sides often in the same seeding pots). Back then, Real Madrid lost twice to Shakhtar Donetsk but still went through, while Inter finished fourth. If there is substance to Madrid’s bid for Mbappé, then that might change things, but for now Madrid looks like an aging squad struggling for consistency.

Although Inter won Serie A for the first time since 2010, it has since lost its manager, Antonio Conte, as well as two key players in Romelu Lukaku and Achraf Hakimi. Edin Dzeko has arrived, as have Denzel Dumfries and Hakan Çalhanoglu, and Simone Inzaghi is an intriguing replacement for Conte, but this feels like a club undergoing a major reset. Lassina Traore and Marlon were the two big arrivals for Shakhtar, whose run of four straight Ukrainian titles ended last season. It beat Monaco in the last playoff round, but only after another all-too-familiar error from veteran goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov. Sheriff beat Dinamo Zagreb in the playoff to become the first Moldovan side to reach the group stage and is the minnow of the quartet.

And while Bayern is a good team and I can definitely see them reaching far into the playoffs, I feel like they don’t have that extra something to win the title. Let’s put it this way – United at +900 and Liverpool at +800 have much more value than Bayern’s +650. There, enough said!