{"id":9177,"date":"2025-03-13T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:14:35","slug":"barcelona-tipped-for-shock-champions-league-exit-against-borussia-dortmund-as-former-germany-star-claims-hansi-flicks-side-are-too-open-to-win-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/archives\/9177","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona tipped for shock Champions League exit against Borussia Dortmund as former Germany star claims Hansi Flick&rsquo;s side are too &lsquo;open&rsquo; to win the competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='\"article_content__4siWz\"'>\n<div class='\"article_header-wrapper__BdQpC\"'>\n<div class='\"tag-list_list__JJGGX' component-tag-list data-testid='\"tags-list\"'><span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>Champions League <span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>Borussia Dortmund <span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>Barcelona <span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>D. Hamann <span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>Bundesliga <span class='\"tag_content___okqm\"'>La Liga\n<div data-testid='\"tags-list\"'>\n\n<p class='\"article_teaser__rjxUK\"' data-testid='\"article-teaser\"'>Borussia Dortmund are set to face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals, and Didi Hamann is causing a stir with his prediction.\n</p><div class='\"article-body_body__ASOmp' body data-testid='\"article-body\"'>\n<div class='\"fc-player_fc-player__qByHT\"'>\n<p><span class='\"fc-player_label___n_vK\"'>Article continues below\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hamann makes surprise Barca claim\n</li><li>Believes Dortmund will beat Catalans\n</li><li>Criticised Barcelona&rsquo;s &lsquo;open&rsquo; defence\n<div class='\"hash-bar_hash-bar__frd6x\"' aria-label='\"Slide' inview>\n<h2 class='\"headline_headline__IQpss\"' aria-label='\"Headline\"'>WHAT HAPPENED?\n<div class='\"article-body_body__ASOmp' body data-testid='\"article-body\"'>\n<p>Former Germany international Hamann, currently working as a TV pundit for\u00a0<em>Sky Sport Germany, made a bold Champions League quarter-final prediction, backing Borussia Dortmund to beat Barcelona and book a berth in the last four. Dortmund progressed to the quarter-finals after overcoming Lille 3-2 on aggregate. Barca, meanwhile, beat Benfica 4-1 across two legs.\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class='\"list_slides__fMEgR\"' aria-label='\"List\"'>\n<li style='\"list-style-type:' none>\n\n<div class='\"open-web-ad_open-web-ad__pisFe' open-web-ad_desktop-background__wmgnu component-open-web-ad aria-label='\"Open' web ad>\n<div class='\"media_poster__cMDb_' component-poster data-type='\"Image\"' data-testid='\"media-image\"'><span class='\"credit' headline_image__57v3q component-image-headline aria-label='\"Image' headline><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"component-image\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/assets.goal.com%5C/images%5C/v3%5C/bltefa14b9b18536273%5C/GOAL%20-%20Blank%20WEB%20-%20Facebook(1986).jpeg?auto=webp&amp;format=pjpg&amp;width=3840&amp;quality=60%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/assets.goal.com\/images\/v3\/bltefa14b9b18536273\/GOAL%20-%20Blank%20WEB%20-%20Facebook(1986).jpeg?auto=webp&amp;format=pjpg&amp;width=640&amp;quality=60' https: alt='\"Emre' can borussia dortmund width='\"1920\"' height='\"1080\"' data-nimg='\"1\"'>\n<h2 class='\"headline_headline__IQpss\"' aria-label='\"Headline\"'>THE BIGGER PICTURE\n<div class='\"article-body_body__ASOmp' body data-testid='\"article-body\"'>\n<p>After securing a hard-fought victory to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a spirited performance at Lille on Wednesday evening,\u00a0Borussia Dortmund will now face Europe&rsquo;s top-scoring team, Barcelona, next month. Despite being in 10th place in the Bundesliga, Dortmund are widely regarded as the underdogs against Hansi Flick&rsquo;s men, who are arguably the best team in the world and the bookmaker&rsquo;s favourites to go all the way following Liverpool&rsquo;s elimination against PSG. However, Hamann is not ready to write Dortmund off and predicted a win for the Bundesliga outfit.\n\n</p><h2 class='\"headline_headline__IQpss\"' aria-label='\"Headline\"'>WHAT DIDI HAMANN SAID\n<div class='\"article-body_body__ASOmp' body data-testid='\"article-body\"'>\n<p>The former Bayern and Germany international, himself a Champions League winner with Liverpool in 2005, said\u00a0<em>on Sky\u00a0on Wednesday: &ldquo;Barcelona are wide open at the back and I don&rsquo;t know if that will hold up in the long run. They score a lot of goals, of course, because they have some incredible players up front, but Dortmund know what it takes, they showed that last year. I think they&rsquo;ll knock Barca out over the course of the two games.&rdquo;\n\n<section class='\"most-read_most-read-shell__X_W_N' dynamic-shell_dynamic-shell__gf_bc dynamic-shell>\n<section class='\"list_most-read-section__TpGwg' full-width-section>\n<div class='\"most-read-section_most-read-section__pT2VW\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read\"' data-testid='\"most-read-section\"'>\n<h2 class='\"fco-most-read__title\"' data-testid='\"headline\"'>Most Read\n<div class='\"fco-foldable-section\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-foldable-section__wrapper\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-foldable-section__content\"'>\n<ul class='\"fco-most-read__list\"'>\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>1Messi&rsquo;s popularity with MLS fans &lsquo;at an all-time low&rsquo;\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>2Wrexham blow huge promotion chance with surprise loss at Reading\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>3&lsquo;Don\u2019t love it for NWSL&rsquo; &ndash; Donovan on Girma move to Chelsea\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>4Martinez explains why Ronaldo is still in Portugal team at 40\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>5CF America vs CD Guadalajara: Stream, TV channels &amp; where to watch\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>6Alvarez penalty incredibly disallowed by VAR for double contact\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>7Disaster for Darwin, Jones: Liverpool crash out on penalties\n\n<li class='\"fco-most-read-item\"'>\n<div class='\"fco-most-read-item__container\"'>\n<p><span class='\"fco-most-read-item__number\"'>8Why Reyna is in, Aaronson out: Takeaways from USMNT call-ups\n<div class='\"media_poster__cMDb_' component-poster data-type='\"Image\"' data-testid='\"media-image\"'><span class='\"credit' headline_image__57v3q component-image-headline aria-label='\"Image' headline><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"component-image\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/assets.goal.com%5C/images%5C/v3%5C/getty-2203980546%5C/crop%5C/MM5DGMRRGI5DCOBQG45G433XMU5DAORSGY4A====%5C/GettyImages-2203980546.jpg?auto=webp&amp;format=pjpg&amp;width=3840&amp;quality=60%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/assets.goal.com\/images\/v3\/getty-2203980546\/crop\/MM5DGMRRGI5DCOBQG45G433XMU5DAORSGY4A====\/GettyImages-2203980546.jpg?auto=webp&amp;format=pjpg&amp;width=640&amp;quality=60' https: alt='\"FBL-EUR-C1-DORTMUND-PRESSER\"' width='\"3212\"' height='\"1807\"' data-nimg='\"1\"'>\n<div class='\"hash-bar_hash-bar__frd6x\"' aria-label='\"Slide' inview>\n<h2 class='\"headline_headline__IQpss\"' aria-label='\"Headline\"'>WHAT NEXT FOR BARCELONA AND DORTMUND?\n<div class='\"article-body_body__ASOmp' body data-testid='\"article-body\"'>\n<p>The Catalans will turn their attention towards La Liga, where they are currently in first place, level on points with Real Madrid. Flick and Co. have a game in hand, though, and they visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday in what could be a potential title-decider.\n</p><p>Meanwhile, Dortmund will take on sixth-placed RB Leipzig on Saturday as they look to close the gap between them and the top four.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Champions League Borussia Dortmund Barcelona D. 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