Champions League is Back!!

Here it is the Champions again!! The Main Event...

Today we have two games of the round prior to quarter-finals. Lyon - Real Madrid and Milan - Manchester

In Madrid´s game we can see at Betfair that betting that Madrid will win its at 2.1. For me, this are very very good odds. Madrid is playing really well, it seems like the puzzle is starting to fit and Pellegrini has found the style of play that he wants. Albiol, Ramons and Arbeloa are playing brilliantly and Marcelo is doing really well at defending (which was one fo his weakness), this factors make that would be really difficult to score to Madrid (and Casillas is the goalkeeper...). Xabi Alonso is the best one in his position and he is playing well, and to score goals Cristiano Ronaldo can do it alone. The only player that has some doubts about his play is Lass, he is not playing as well as he did (but he still has a lot of credit). Higuaín is scoring a lot of  goals and is in good shape (although in Champions he has not play as well as in a la Liga the past years).
Lyon is not the team of past years, they are at 8 points of being leaders of France championship and a lot of people are putting in doubt their performance.
If we also take into account that Real Madrid´s motivation is a lot higher because the final of Champions League will be in Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid´s stadium) and that Mr. Florentino Pérez has put a lot of enfasis on winning the 10th Champions. The only thing that is playing against Real Madrid is climatology, a -5º temperature and snow might make it harder to play soccer (this always goes against the team that has the ball and dominates the match)

Prediction : Real Madrid
Odds: 2.1