Stronger ? Not sure how to rate that. If money is the gauge used , yes Madrid are just shy of 1 billion in value vs Pool at $ 550 million. If you look at the draw Pool had by comparison , its hard to argue that they had a bit of an easier journey. Pool beat City 3 - 0 at home and again 2 - 1 in Manchester. They slammed Roma 5 - 2 at home while Real Madrid were fortunate to even advance after losing 3 - 1 at home to Juve ( very dodgy Pk called in 90 + min ). I also firmly believe that Bayern were the better team in both legs but gave away a goal in each game on crazy blunders. Hard to gauge who played better in the build up to todays game , but i would have to say that Pool were definately the more deserving side imo.