{"id":1302394,"date":"2023-03-17T22:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1302394"},"modified":"2023-03-17T22:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T22:26:58","slug":"rio-ferdinand-champions-league-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/rio-ferdinand-champions-league-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand makes bold Champions League quarter-final prediction \u2014 and picks his semi-finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has given his prediction on who will progress from the Champions League quarter-finals this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draw was made on Friday morning at UEFA&#8217;s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, with Premier League clubs Manchester City and Chelsea finding out their fate in the final eight of the 2022\/23 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On the same side of the bracket, Chelsea were pitted against Real Madrid, while Pep Guardiola was drawn against his former club Bayern Munich, meaning the winner from both contests will meet in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/champions-league-outright-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/champions-league-outright-odds\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Champions League 2022\/23 Odds: Who are the favourites after the quarter-final draw?<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One Italian club is guaranteed a place in the penultimate round on the other side of the bracket, with reigning Serie A champions Milan taking on current Italian league leaders Napoli, while Inter square off against Benfica in the other quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>When assessing the last-eight landscape, Ferdinand took to his Twitter account to make his prediction for who he believes will qualify for the semi-finals. 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It doesn\u2019t mean I agree with that, but, absolutely, I\u2019ll be judged on that,&#8221; Guardiola said about the pressure on him to win a European trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1up63on\">&#8220;Since I arrived here, ahead of the first game in the Champions League, the first time sitting before the media, people said I was here to win the Champions League. I said: \u2018What?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1up63on\">\u201cIf I was manager of Real Madrid \u2013 that is not going to happen \u2013 I could understand it, but here, I don\u2019t know. But I accept it. As much as I go through it\u2019s not going to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea meanwhile booked their ticket in the quarter-final after overturning a one-goal deficit to eliminate Borussia Dortmund. The triumph against BVB provided Graham Potter some much-needed respite with the pressure growing on his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Blues<\/em> famously met Real in last season&#8217;s quarter-finals, with Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s men losing the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-1 thanks to a Karim Benzema hat-trick, before crumbling in the final 10 minutes at the Bernabeu after leading 4-3 on aggregate at one stage.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has given his prediction on who will progress from the Champions League quarter-finals this season. 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