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March 01, 2024, 02:15:51 PM
Pep Guardiola have always been ready to face his challenges and overcoming them was no difficulty for them. Manchester City going in for another year to win the treble. The question is, can they win or not? Perhapes they successfully accomplished it last season and doing in again wouldn't be a problem. I believed the club are working entirely to improve all weaknesses. Pep Guardiola is becoming more serious this season, a with the looks of things, no one is stopping him from ascertaining greater heights with his club. Manchester City.

City has a big chance to win this competition again, especially now that their squad has recovered from injury. in the second leg, it won't be a problem for City to overthrow Copenhagen. well, as you asked, I'm not sure. maybe it could be that City repeats itself like last season, winning the treble winner. however, it looks like City's progress will be as smooth as last season, IMO. specifically, in the Premier League. although, their chances of overthrowing Liverpool's ranking are quite high. however, competition will get tougher as the competition ends. I mean Liverpool won't just give up, neither will Arsenal. the reason is, these three teams are only separated by a small point difference from overtaking each other. two of these three teams slipped, meaning one team will overtake them as the top of the standings. it could be that Liverpool will still maintain its ranking.

Well, speaking at this competition. It could be said that Liverpool on paper will qualify for the next round. we will see which team will be the opponent later. however, if City is able to beat Madrid again if they meet, their chance of winning the Champions League has a high probability.
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March 01, 2024, 01:40:48 PM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.
The defeat in the first leg must be answered with a landslide victory when Bayern Munich hosts Lazio in the second leg, one of the keys to reaching the quarter-finals is to improve their performance in this match. Bayern Munich is already eight points behind Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, it is very difficult to catch up with the points that Leverkusen has collected because their performance is very consistent.
The Bundesliga trophy will almost certainly go to Leverkusen, Bayern Munich must focus more on the UCL in order to open up opportunities to win this trophy. Their main key is to improve their defense, there is no need to doubt the sharpness of the front line, Kane is still able to make a good contribution, he was also the hero of Bayern Munich victory when they beat RB Leipzig.
Yes, because there is no other hope other than chasing the Champions League trophy at this time because in the Bundesliga Bayern Munich is not strong enough to compete with Leverkusen and the only hope is to beat Lazio after that qualify to enter the quarter-finals.
The problem is, if they can beat Lazio then will Munich be able to continue to be consistent in the quarter-finals, whereas in that round the obstacles will be even stronger because Bayern Munich will definitely be competing against stronger clubs and if this season fails in the CL and Bundesliga, it is possible that Bayern Munich's reputation will decline and of course this is Harry Kane's curse.

As long as there is still a chance, Bayern Munich must immediately return to the way it was at the start of the season so as not to lose any titles because winning the Champions League title seems very unlikely and it is natural that I or most people will be doubtful because even though it is a big club, if it is in bad form You definitely won't put your hopes on the wrong club unless the fans still continue to believe.
The match is getting closer and we'll see if Bayern Munich has difficulty scoring and if it does, it looks like they will have to lose the title in any competition this season.
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March 01, 2024, 01:17:15 PM
Tuchel currently under pressure because he have to bringing Bayern Munich to performing well for each matches in all competitions and if Tuchel unable to do that i am sure he will received plenty of criticism from Bayern Munich fans and after lost from Lazio i have to says Bayern Munich performance still not reach to their top performance again even several weeks ago they lost from weak team Bochum and indeed Bayern Munich have already to gets the winning results in Bundesliga by beating Leipzig but i have to says their performance on that match is not really impressive

Kane was became an Bayern Munich top scorer from all competitions but i don't know why although Bayern Munich has sharp striker as the replacement of Lewandowski but their performance is still not stable and sometimes unpredictable however about second leg against Lazio the bookmakers even provide low odds for Bayern Munich @1 28 and for Lazio @11 but i don't think it would be so easy because i am sure Lazio will displayed defensive strategy to avoiding conceded early and during this season Bayern Munich home matches records in Champion League is not so impressive because on group stages Copenhagen has successfully to gets draw result from them at that time so after considering this record i think there is a chance for Lazio to at least gets draw result from Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich haven’t been at their best behavior and performance this season as they haven’t been able to live up to how we expected them to perform. They’re quite performing at a very low state and it’s not what we know this club to be. From the way they’ve gotten out of most domestic league cups and even lagging behind on the league chase, means the pattern of the coach, Tuchel isn’t really working and it’s not the best for this Bayern team.

 Well after securing some key signings especially the addition of Harry Kane who’s one prolific striker, many expected them to have a very high level of performance and productivity upfront. The reverse happens to be the case as they have been struggling to even get the goals for the team in general. This is not really what is expected as they’re one big club not just in Germany but in Europe as a whole. Now they fell to a 1-0 loss to Lazio in a match which they real dominated but were unlucky.

 This kind of scoreline and going to Allianz Arena means there’s to play for in the 2nd leg. What’s the hope this Bayern team will be able to overturn this deficit and get qualification? It’s not going to be one easy match but I think it’s quite possible especially if they decide to be very determined. Tuchel is set to leave already and no matter the result, he’ll be leaving at the end of the season. This is one major reason, I don’t think Bayern will be giving their all in this match as to me my favorite option will be to double chance on Bayern at 90 minutes.
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March 01, 2024, 01:00:58 PM
I also think like that after seeing the achievements and strength of Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season, so it is quite possible that Arsenal has the potential to be a more serious threat to Manchester City than Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Because the tension in the Champions League is still quite high, a team that is experiencing internal problems will not be able to perform better in the Champions League, unless they are blessed with luck.

Champions League is wild, the teams you underrate are the ones you later see working well in the League and so many questions comes to your mind like, what's really happening. However, if there is any of the team I'm seeing in the final even before the conclusion of round of 16, it's Manchester City. These guys are in fire in the Premier League, very soon at the top, their game has recently just been improved and that was the intervention of Kevin Bruyne, the current best play maker of Manchester City and best in assisting.

Arsenal going through is what I'm not sure and confident about the team, they couldn't a single short on target for 90 minutes in the round 1 of their knockout, only lord knows what they are going to play next in the round 2, I don't don't know what to expect from them but my confidence in their Champions League has decline. Bayern aren't better either here and in their domestic league.
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March 01, 2024, 12:45:20 PM
I don’t think Bayern Munich will not win their match against Lazio, I have a very big confident for them that they will win this match and qualify for the quarterfinals. They just need to be extra prepared for the quarterfinals because they’ll be meeting a team that is more difficult to win than Lazio. They need to step up their performance and do better in the next round if not they won’t make it after this round of the competition with such performance.

Bayern has an advantage in the game compared to Lazio event they are behind 1 goal aggregate. I know, Bayern are not at their best in the Bundesliga, but even today theybayer on second positions, i believe Bayern still have a chance to get bundesliga too. Focusing on the UCL after today match, can be the main for bayern to get 3 points, and bring a player confidence for UCL next week. So I am sure that in the match against Lazio, they can perform better and scored 2 goals within 90".
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March 01, 2024, 12:31:26 PM
I also think like that after seeing the achievements and strength of Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season, so it is quite possible that Arsenal has the potential to be a more serious threat to Manchester City than Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Because the tension in the Champions League is still quite high, a team that is experiencing internal problems will not be able to perform better in the Champions League, unless they are blessed with luck.

Arsenal are quite doing well and playing excellent football at the moment and meeting with Manchester City in the champions league will be a big combat for them. I am not seeing that Bayern Munich won’t give them a tough time either when they meet with Manchester City because they’re experienced and understand the atmosphere of the game better than Arsenal who have not played in the competition for many years now. Internal problems will have effect on the team's performance but I don’t see it having much of effect on Bayern Munich as a team.

Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.

I don’t think Bayern Munich will not win their match against Lazio, I have a very big confident for them that they will win this match and qualify for the quarterfinals. They just need to be extra prepared for the quarterfinals because they’ll be meeting a team that is more difficult to win than Lazio. They need to step up their performance and do better in the next round if not they won’t make it after this round of the competition with such performance.
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March 01, 2024, 12:21:24 PM
Tuchel currently under pressure because he have to bringing Bayern Munich to performing well for each matches in all competitions and if Tuchel unable to do that i am sure he will received plenty of criticism from Bayern Munich fans and after lost from Lazio i have to says Bayern Munich performance still not reach to their top performance again even several weeks ago they lost from weak team Bochum and indeed Bayern Munich have already to gets the winning results in Bundesliga by beating Leipzig but i have to says their performance on that match is not really impressive

Kane was became an Bayern Munich top scorer from all competitions but i don't know why although Bayern Munich has sharp striker as the replacement of Lewandowski but their performance is still not stable and sometimes unpredictable however about second leg against Lazio the bookmakers even provide low odds for Bayern Munich @1 28 and for Lazio @11 but i don't think it would be so easy because i am sure Lazio will displayed defensive strategy to avoiding conceded early and during this season Bayern Munich home matches records in Champion League is not so impressive because on group stages Copenhagen has successfully to gets draw result from them at that time so after considering this record i think there is a chance for Lazio to at least gets draw result from Bayern Munich
Tuchel is actually not under pressure at all, he has the easiest job in the world at the moment. Because, it is obvious that he will be fired, so when you know that you are going to get fired anyway, then there is really nothing that you can do to make it look like you have tried your best. You can just relax and do nothing and you should be fine in the end as well.

I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just letting it be, and you don't even have to care about the results anymore. They can't really fire him neither, not at this stage at least and it wouldn't make sense, so he can lose the league, the UCL and every game and he would still be fine. There is no way he would keep his job unless he somehow magically wins the league and then UCL as well.
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March 01, 2024, 11:53:18 AM
I also share the same sentiment as you, I really don't see this current Bayern Munich as a threat to Manchester city quest for this year champions league glory, I expected arsenal to be in the mix because I think they will be more of a threat to Manchester city than this Bayern Munich you are talking about.

Another thing is that, I mentioned arsenal because, since it's a team of same league, they knows Manchester city the way Manchester city knows them, and if they are being pared against each other, it will be more difficult for Manchester city compared to this Bayern Munich team, if they can actually progress past fc Porto in the reverse fixture in the round of 16 match between them.
I also think like that after seeing the achievements and strength of Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season, so it is quite possible that Arsenal has the potential to be a more serious threat to Manchester City than Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Because the tension in the Champions League is still quite high, a team that is experiencing internal problems will not be able to perform better in the Champions League, unless they are blessed with luck.
City's dominance over Bayern last season makes it easy to dismiss Bayern's capacity to compete this season. Although Bayern has a lot of Champions League experience, I think its important. Their six titles demonstrate their expertise in this demanding sport. Even with Arsenal's dominance, the Champions League favors the experienced over the talented newcomer. Bayern's expertise could triumph over Arsenal even against Manchester City in the Champions League's unpredictability and pressure.

Harry Kane's arrival at Bayern changes everything. One of their major problems was replacing Lewandowski, and Kane's instant impact might change their European prospects. I think a world-class striker can make all the difference, especially in matchups like the Champions League.
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March 01, 2024, 11:28:04 AM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.
Bayern Munich are under a lot of pressure at the moment, with the team failing to perform up to expectations in their own league and having to focus more on the Champions League, which means the pressure is on for them. Bundelisga Bayern Munich can't get past Leverkusen at all, which is why the Bundelisga title is getting harder and harder for Bayern Munich. If the points gap increases, recovering this point will be very difficult for Bayern Munich. As Bayern Munich have tried to strengthen their squad this season and they have strengthened their squad, they will have to work harder and try to take the result in their favour. The Bundelisga is as tough for Bayern Munich this season as it is for them to do well in the Champions League.
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March 01, 2024, 11:26:48 AM
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If you meant winning the treble again, then yes it would be unbelievable. City won their first CL title last season and made it even more special by winning the treble, but to do that all over again this season, something that has never been done, then that would be an unprecedented feat. Pep's men already have one foot in the CL QF, and they are still alive in both the EPL and the FA cup, so yes, anything can happen and if it does, it would cement Pep's and his players' legacies in football's history.
Pep Guardiola have always been ready to face his challenges and overcoming them was no difficulty for them. Manchester City going in for another year to win the treble. The question is, can they win or not? Perhapes they successfully accomplished it last season and doing in again wouldn't be a problem. I believed the club are working entirely to improve all weaknesses. Pep Guardiola is becoming more serious this season, a with the looks of things, no one is stopping him from ascertaining greater heights with his club. Manchester City.
Based on some teams on ground to win this UEFA champions league trophy with some excellent performance, show that Manchester city will not make it happen at the end no matter the kind players their coach will going to use through the tournament and, you can see that Liverpool has taken over the first position in the premier league table as a sign that many things will begin to happen to Manchester city in different tournament.

Since Manchester city coach is doing what their president and their fans want, I don't think he will be afraid of sack soon because he is doing what is giving the team joy in every season since the coach took over the position from their formal coach.
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March 01, 2024, 11:12:30 AM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.
The defeat in the first leg must be answered with a landslide victory when Bayern Munich hosts Lazio in the second leg, one of the keys to reaching the quarter-finals is to improve their performance in this match. Bayern Munich is already eight points behind Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, it is very difficult to catch up with the points that Leverkusen has collected because their performance is very consistent.
The Bundesliga trophy will almost certainly go to Leverkusen, Bayern Munich must focus more on the UCL in order to open up opportunities to win this trophy. Their main key is to improve their defense, there is no need to doubt the sharpness of the front line, Kane is still able to make a good contribution, he was also the hero of Bayern Munich victory when they beat RB Leipzig.
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March 01, 2024, 11:09:37 AM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.
I don't think Bayern Munich can win the CL this season, the team just hasn't clicked under Tuchel and that is why the club is parting ways with him at the end of the season. From the looks of things, this might be a trophyless season for Bayern Munich, something that has not happened in a very long time. Having said that, Lazio have the lead in this tie going into the second leg, and despite the fact that the second leg is a home game for Bayern, i still consider Lazio favorites to qualify at this time, they know what they have to do in this second leg and if they execute it perfectly, they'll be the team to progress to the QF.
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March 01, 2024, 11:09:27 AM
I also share the same sentiment as you, I really don't see this current Bayern Munich as a threat to Manchester city quest for this year champions league glory, I expected arsenal to be in the mix because I think they will be more of a threat to Manchester city than this Bayern Munich you are talking about.

Another thing is that, I mentioned arsenal because, since it's a team of same league, they knows Manchester city the way Manchester city knows them, and if they are being pared against each other, it will be more difficult for Manchester city compared to this Bayern Munich team, if they can actually progress past fc Porto in the reverse fixture in the round of 16 match between them.
I also think like that after seeing the achievements and strength of Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season, so it is quite possible that Arsenal has the potential to be a more serious threat to Manchester City than Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Because the tension in the Champions League is still quite high, a team that is experiencing internal problems will not be able to perform better in the Champions League, unless they are blessed with luck.
What is clear is that Arsenal and Bayern Munchen must first complete the second leg match, because the future scenario will never happen if the two teams fail to turn things around. Even though I personally predict that Arsenal and Bayern Munchen have a big chance of qualifying for the quarter finals, we have to be patient to see the final results of the second leg. On the other hand, even though Bayern Munich is experiencing an unstable season, Tuchel squad is still a threat to other contestants. Apart from that, in my opinion, Arsenal is also very likely to be a surprise team like Inter Milan last season, because Arteta has very good squad depth.

Regarding Manchester City chances, I think it will be very easy for them to get through to the quarter finals, and Copenhagen will need a miracle to turn things around. If Manchester City faces Arsenal in the quarter finals or semifinals in the future, I think Pep Guardiola squad will be able to beat Arsenal in the Champions League, even though in the Premier League Manchester City can be beaten by Arsenal. But again, we have to wait to see who is successful in the second leg, to advance to the next stage.
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March 01, 2024, 10:54:04 AM
Lazio I think have prepared for it all, yes they will prepare something that allows them to defend solidly in defense. Because they must also predict Bayern Munich will appear to attack and that can exceed what they did in the first leg. 1 goal is not a safe distance for Lazio, that's what they should be aware of. They must be really focused in important matches like this, because the level of their opponents is also actually at a better level than them. I don't know which one is more favorite to go to the next round, what is clear is that both clubs still have the same chance to be in the Champions League quarter-finals this season.

But isn't it quite risky for Lazio to only survive in the second leg?
I actually think Lazio will not fully defend and will try to attack because that way at least Lazio can minimize the aggressiveness of attacks from Munich, So far we have known Italian football with the Catenaccio style which prioritizes defense and up to now there are still many Italian teams that still play with that style , like as Lazio adopted this style of play when they were ahead, but if you look at the quality of Munich current wingers and attackers, it seems like defending is not an effective way for them to maintain the advantage they have.

We must have heard the term said by Ferguson: The best defense is attack, and I think Lazio can apply this to at least make it difficult for Munich in the second leg, I think with Lazio 1 goal advantage at the moment it is not a safe enough opportunity for them can continue their journey to the next round and Lazio should be able to score a goal against Munich so that their  advantage can be very safe in the match.
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March 01, 2024, 10:46:07 AM
Being a coach for the biggest club in the world must force pep to be ready to face anything. It would be an incredible experience to see Manchester City become treble winners once again. I can't even deny that how manchester city performing very well last season. It may able to repeat again this season.
Manchester city is still competing for the three trophies now and these trophies are EPL,FA cup and UCL. Pep has already bought some players to improving the performance from manchester city. Pep did aware if city should not need to revamp its attacking line.

The defensive line of city is still weak enough but the new players can't still perform properly in city. Nathan ake and walker are still becoming the main defenders that kept city from any attacks. Are you doubting city unable to get back to back UCL trophy again this season.
The most important thing to remember if there were no big changes happened to the club. As of now, Manchester City still retains ownership of top players such as De Bruyne, Haaland, and Bernardo Silva. These guys were still becoming the best attackers in the UCL.

Without a shadow of a doubt, I firmly believe that Manchester City has the potential to emerge victorious in the UEFA Champions League this season. It's caused by haaland and de bruyne are keys to win the competition this season.
yep, because making changes to the attack line will have a bad impact on the performance of Man City attack line and on the one hand, Man City attack line is already very perfect, it doesn't need any changes, so it's enough to look for more qualified reserve players or replace defensive players because I see there are a few weaknesses in the defense line.
looking at Man City performance in the UCL now, it looks like they could win the title again like last season, but we have to see first in the semi finals who Man City opponent will be because in the semi finals this is what will determine whether Man City will make it to the final and if In the final round, you have to face Real Madrid, maybe there will be lots of surprises.
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March 01, 2024, 10:28:11 AM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.
I also expect Bayern to focus more on the Champions League this season. Because in the Bundesliga Leverkusen already leads the standings with a difference of 8 points from Bayern. But that doesn't mean Bayern has to give up in pursuing Liverpool in the Bundesliga. But for now they really have to prepare their squad to be able to beat Lazio who will come to visit Bayern's headquarters. Tuchel must be able to create the best strategy for Bayern for this match. Because if Bayern loses then not only will Bayern be eliminated from the UCL but Tuchel's reputation will also fall as a coach there.

Oh yes, today Bayern has a match against SC Freiburg and I think in this match Bayern will win easily.
In terms of quality, Bayern is much stronger than Freiburg, so if there are no big surprises that happen, Bayern will win the match against Freiburg and that is quite important for the mentality and confidence of the Bayern players as they look towards the Second Leg in the middle of the week.

Bayern will of course be quite focused on the UCL because in the Bundesliga they no longer have a big chance of winning the title so I am very confident that they can turn things around in the second leg.

Bayern Munich is 9 points behind Leverkusen. It doesn't look like Bayern Munich will be able to close such a big points gap. The probability of this is very low. So Bayern Munich should now fully focus on the Champions League match. But Bayern Munich will probably win against Freiburg. Freiburg are not in good form. They have lost 4 of their last 5 matches and drawn only one match. So Munich's chances of winning this match are high.

Bayern Munich team can't win against Lazio in Champions League match. They lost the match by 1-0. In the match of the second second leg, Munich must win by 2 goals. Thomas Tuchel should plan how to win big against Lazio. Thomas Tuchel will soon lose his job if Munich can't do well in the Champions League.
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March 01, 2024, 10:19:40 AM
If you meant winning the treble again, then yes it would be unbelievable. City won their first CL title last season and made it even more special by winning the treble, but to do that all over again this season, something that has never been done, then that would be an unprecedented feat. Pep's men already have one foot in the CL QF, and they are still alive in both the EPL and the FA cup, so yes, anything can happen and if it does, it would cement Pep's and his players' legacies in football's history.
Pep Guardiola have always been ready to face his challenges and overcoming them was no difficulty for them. Manchester City going in for another year to win the treble. The question is, can they win or not? Perhapes they successfully accomplished it last season and doing in again wouldn't be a problem. I believed the club are working entirely to improve all weaknesses. Pep Guardiola is becoming more serious this season, a with the looks of things, no one is stopping him from ascertaining greater heights with his club. Manchester City.

Being a coach for the biggest club in the world must force pep to be ready to face anything. It would be an incredible experience to see Manchester City become treble winners once again. I can't even deny that how manchester city performing very well last season. It may able to repeat again this season.
Manchester city is still competing for the three trophies now and these trophies are EPL,FA cup and UCL. Pep has already bought some players to improving the performance from manchester city. Pep did aware if city should not need to revamp its attacking line.

The defensive line of city is still weak enough but the new players can't still perform properly in city. Nathan ake and walker are still becoming the main defenders that kept city from any attacks. Are you doubting city unable to get back to back UCL trophy again this season.
The most important thing to remember if there were no big changes happened to the club. As of now, Manchester City still retains ownership of top players such as De Bruyne, Haaland, and Bernardo Silva. These guys were still becoming the best attackers in the UCL.

Without a shadow of a doubt, I firmly believe that Manchester City has the potential to emerge victorious in the UEFA Champions League this season. It's caused by haaland and de bruyne are keys to win the competition this season.
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March 01, 2024, 10:14:09 AM
I also share the same sentiment as you, I really don't see this current Bayern Munich as a threat to Manchester city quest for this year champions league glory, I expected arsenal to be in the mix because I think they will be more of a threat to Manchester city than this Bayern Munich you are talking about.

Another thing is that, I mentioned arsenal because, since it's a team of same league, they knows Manchester city the way Manchester city knows them, and if they are being pared against each other, it will be more difficult for Manchester city compared to this Bayern Munich team, if they can actually progress past fc Porto in the reverse fixture in the round of 16 match between them.
I also think like that after seeing the achievements and strength of Arsenal and Bayern Munich this season, so it is quite possible that Arsenal has the potential to be a more serious threat to Manchester City than Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Because the tension in the Champions League is still quite high, a team that is experiencing internal problems will not be able to perform better in the Champions League, unless they are blessed with luck.
Manchester City last season eliminated Bayern Munich from the German Bundesliga in one of the most humiliating styles and because of the performance of both teams this season, a lot of people are of the opinion that Manchester City are still going to easily eliminate Bayern Munich from the European Cup should they meet each other again this season and now someone is saying that he considers Arsenal as a better team to withstand Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League than Bayern Munich can do but I don't think that's how it works in the UEFA Champions League competition. In the UEFA Champions League, a team's experience in the competition plays a vital role and for Bayern Munich that's won the competition in six different occasions, they surely know how to participate in it. Despite their inconsistent performance this season, I think Bayern Munich will eliminate Arsenal should the two teams meet each other in the league but for Manchester City against Bayern Munich, it'll not be an easy tie for Manchester City like that of last season.

One of the most disturbing issues for Bayern Munich last season was because they didn't have a big and lethal striker that'll fill in the boots of their former striker Robert Lewandowski but they were able to sign Harry Kane last summer who also was able to kick the ground running immediately he arrived the club. Bayern Munich narrowly lost to Lazio in the first leg of their round of 16 tie against the Italian club but will play host to them in the second leg that'll be played at the Allianz Arena and I'm very hopeful that Bayern Munich are going to win that particular game and progress to the next round of the competition.
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March 01, 2024, 10:02:02 AM
Bayern Munich needs to focus on this competition, seems like the Bundelisga is going to the Leverkusen hands (until Leverkusen dont do a Borusia Dortmund clasic finish), so they need to win this key against Lazio, setled down and think and prepare the quarterfinals in a very serious way.

Maybe some key player can return from injury and that can help a lot.
There is no other option for Bayern Munich but to go all out in this match, they are behind and there is no time for them to relax in this match. at least they have to create a quick goal to equalize the aggregate, after that maybe their pressure will be a little less. If they struggle to score quickly then they might get frustrated and that could actually harm them, as they might lose confidence for the next few minutes.

Lazio I think have prepared for it all, yes they will prepare something that allows them to defend solidly in defense. Because they must also predict Bayern Munich will appear to attack and that can exceed what they did in the first leg. 1 goal is not a safe distance for Lazio, that's what they should be aware of. They must be really focused in important matches like this, because the level of their opponents is also actually at a better level than them. I don't know which one is more favorite to go to the next round, what is clear is that both clubs still have the same chance to be in the Champions League quarter-finals this season.
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March 01, 2024, 09:49:19 AM
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What do you mean, it's not as expected?  I mean both teams have had some lackluster rallies this season and a draw is probably a very fair result for both teams. Apart from that, the second leg will be more interesting because Napoli status as a visiting team means they have to perform better if they want to win. Teams from Serie A often provide obstacles to teams from Laliga representatives so it is not surprising that the second leg match will be full of surprises. Indeed, Napoli is not very strong this season, but if Osimhen is again wild in scoring goals, it is possible that Barcelona will fall in the round of 16.

I still support Barcelona to win the second leg but because their performance is less stable, I doubt they will be able to finish the second leg easily. Lewandowksi is our hope because he is one of the players who is full of experience in the Champions League and I hope he can find his sharpness to score goals and give us victory.
Weren't they strong team last season, both of them were champions in their respective competitions and of course they will show good game but we all saw that their game was really not as good as expected.
Draw clearly made everyone feel unsatisfied in watching it, if the draw was with big score like 3 - 3 or 4 - 4 then this was fierce match but their draw was only 1 - 1.
But it cannot be denied that both of them performed with almost equal performance in possession of the ball and also opportunities in the attacks they carried out, Barcelona was superior in the attacking game but they failed to gain the advantage.

In the second leg match, Barcelona will be the favorite because in the home match.
So far Barcelona has only relied on Lewandowski as player who looks very competitive and of course this is one of Barcelona weaknesses in winning.
They don't have players who can become goal machines who can make many contributions to achieve victory.
If there is player other than Lewandowski who can play very well up front then it is clear that making Barcelona as favorites is the right choice but in their current condition I really have doubts about Barcelona.
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