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Barcelona and Bayern Munich tipped to advance by Niall Quinn

Image: Xavi: Can help Barcelona squeeze past PSG

Barcelona have an awkward test against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.

Dortmund v Malaga (agg: 0-0)

This has been an incredible adventure for Malaga and they've done really well to get to this point. Their coach Manuel Pellegrini lived up to his reputation to get them to this stage - despite a little bit of good fortune in the first leg of this tie - and they can be proud of what they've done in their Champions League debut. But the facts are Dortmund should win the game. Dortmund had a nice win at the weekend in the Bundesliga while Malaga lost to Real Sociedad and saw their coach, Pellegrini, return home to Chile following his father's death. The Malaga players will hope to put in a great performance for their manager and the neutrals would like to see them do this. But I think this is a bridge too far. Prediction: Dortmund will progress

Galatasaray v Real Madrid (agg: 0-3)

Fatih Terim, the Galatasaray manager, is one of my favourite managers in world football. He speaks about the spirit of his team and how they will put on a good show but, reading between the lines, I think he almost wants people to assume they have an impossible mission. They'll hope for a bright start though and if they get an early goal that stadium will rock. They had a good win at the weekend so are in decent form - but unfortunately their opponents, who are already 3-0 up, had an even better win at the weekend, sinking Levante 5-1! It will be a calamity for a Real Madrid team under a superb defensive manager, Jose Mourinho, to not progress from this situation. Mourinho has proved against Barcelona when he was with Inter Milan just how well he can shut up shop when he needs to - and even if the game does open up, Real have too much quality for Galatasaray. Prediction: I can see a heroic Galatasaray effort failing to bridge the three goals but earning a lot of pride with a typical Fatih Terim team performance. They may just sneak a draw.

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