Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 128. (Read 92693 times)

Nothing is lost yet for Real Madrid as we are still speaking about Real Madrid and not Elche or Getafe. I think everyone agrees that Real Madrid isn't going there without any chances. They are too strong and the result was a draw, not a loss by 3 goals.

But Real Madrid missed the chance to put themselves into a good starting position for the second leg. Especially when the first leg ends closely like a draw or a 1 goal difference only, I think it is a significant advantage if you play the second leg at home. That's not like a walkover into the next round, but it is an advantage.

You went back to the year 2000 to find an example that comes close to the conditions now between Manchester City and Real Madrid. The reason is that more often than not the home team is winning. But nobody who followed the Champions League in recent years forgot what Real Madrid did in this competition.

I still believe that Real Madrid will win at the Etihad Stadium, even though City have dominated everyone at this stadium. I can't say that the task is easy as City beat Schalke 7-0, Arsenal 4-0, Liverpool 4-0, Bayern Munich 3-1, Chelsea and Tottenham 4-1 each. So yes, City is terrifying at home.

But that's not the whole story, when Real Madrid went to Manchester in 2000 to face the strongest team in the world at the time (Manchester United) after drawing 0-0 in Santiago Bernabeu, they were told: you can't win at Old Trafford because the Reds had not lost at home that season, nor had they lost at their home stadium for a year and a half!

Real Madrid's response was to lead 3-0 in 53 minutes, then win 3-2, qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League and then win the title.

Winning away from home is Real Madrid's specialty, you could ask that to Liverpool at least, this season they only lost at Anfield to Leeds United but lost to Real Madrid, or ask Barcelona how they lost the Copa del Rey after a 4-0 defeat at the Camp Nou, even though they had only lost once before in a match that didn't affect anything.

In short, City is very strong at home but if anyone can stop them it's Real Madrid and the matter is conditional on Karim Benzema returning to form, without him Real Madrid will not qualify and none of their best players are performing well.

And from our knowledge of Benzema, he's really capable of returning.

Everything is open in the return match, can't wait to see how things will go but I'm pretty sure it'll be such a really good game.

Manchester City will win the second leg. Madrid may be a different breed in the champions league but they won't be able to overpower Man City this time around. City has the advantage of playing at home, and no matter how people may argue it, there is a home advantage in football.
A team playing in front of 40,000 of their fans shouting their names is way more motivating than playing away, especially in competitions like this and at this stage. Madrid are big boys and are very experienced but with the way Man City play with the backing of their fans, they will be near impossible to stop.
I expected City to win the first league but they didn't and I wasn't too surprised. Madrid is not a team that loses home and away too often. 
It's an exciting fixture and I would love to see how it plays out.

It must be on europa league speculation thread and this is not a correct place to put your post.
I guess that if you were not reading the title before. As roma rarely played in UCL. This is not the right place to talk about europa league. I hope that you can be more thorough when posting your post.

Many predicted that Manchester City would beat Real Madrid in the first leg, but in the match Real Madrid ended the match without defeat. What's even more impressive is that Manchester City's attackers, who are known to be very tough, don't seem to move in front of Real Madrid's defenders. I think now that Manchester City has a secret weapon, because in the first leg they played without changing strategy by making substitutions. There are still Manchester City players who can become their ace in the second leg later, that's what Real Madrid must watch out for in the second leg later.

I don't think Manchester City is favorite team in the second leg Champion League semifinal against Real Madrid, however first leg City success getting draw but Real Madrid have winning mentality in Champion  League than Manchester City less experienced and Pep Guardiola miss long time with UCL trophy. Optimistic with Real Madrid achievement last several season success winning Champion League tittle back to back for three time and winning this season will make another new record for Real Madrid.

Manchester City has ambition with Champion League tittle because have participants many time always failed and the best achievement when qualifying to final stage but defeated by Chelsea.

I like the way the first leg ended because I don't think that any of the two teams have an advantage over the other. You might say that because Man city is playing at home,therefore, they have an upper hand over Madrid but I don't think so because, there is nothing like home when Real Madrid is in a stage like this. I just hope the there should be a clear victory between this two teams and let it not lead to a PK after 120mins. Man city hardly has lost at home against Real Madrid,which makes it more interesting to see how the second leg game will end. When it comes to time like this Real Madrid are always lucky to in their match.

This away game will also prove again that Madrid still has Champions League DNA. I'm sure Ancelotti will really consider all possibilities for his players to show maximum results. Playing at home to Manchester City right now might not be easy, but as we have seen Madrid mentality has been formed and they are used to playing wherever they are against. Seeing how Vini Jr, Rodrygo, and Camavinga are no longer players who are not used to big matches. They may be young but in Madrid, it's clear that a lot has been going on. Even during Leg 1, everything looked pretty good and there was nothing to worry about. Haaland, who was expected to stand out, was not seen at all in Leg 1.

This game is getting interesting and now in the second leg, both teams got the same situation. I was thinking Manchester City win the game in the first leg against Real Madrid because of the better situation they have but now I expect to see Manchester City winning the match.

I personally would also favor Manchester City in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid. But even so, I'm also not really sure about the superiority of Manchester City, which will host the second leg later. Because Real Madrid does have a different mentality from other teams. They will literally fight to the last second. Even last season Manchester City had to swallow a very bitter defeat because Real Madrid managed to turn things around in the last minutes in the second leg of last season's semi-finals.

But I really hope that at least for this season I want to see Manchester City finally able to stand in the final round and lift the trophy for the first time. Because there have been too many hard struggles for them to run aground in the middle of the road. This season even I see Manchester City have a better level of play than last season.

King of comeback, manchester city shall always remember that. It's very hard to beat real madrid. Even though when madrid was in a critical condition and it can still leave from it. The history has been telling us about how madrid is able making comeback at the end of game so many times. Manchester city has seen that in the previuos UCL. Rodrygo was making a goal which was giving real madrid comeback. The king of comeback is not only an ordinary name for real madrid but it's also based on the history of real madrid.

How real madrid was able comeback against any big clubs at the end of match after it was getting under pressure. Real madrid is not only having good players, but it has also good mentality as well.
That's why when people said that madrid will be losing against city and i just try to remember if madrid was king of comeback. I do believe if madrid can do a magic that will change the situation drastically in a short time.
People called real madrid king of comeback based on the result in the past and how madrid was able making dramatic comeback many times.

Even the coach Pep Guardiola has great respect for Real Madrid because he knows that his opponent is not an arbitrary team and always has a history in this highest European competition. We can see in the first leg when Manchester City had an away match against Real Madrid, there Pep Guardiola did not replace a single player in the second half, even though it was already seen that several of his players were already experiencing fatigue, but Pep Guardiola still forced his players to survive until the match was over. It was so clear that Pep Guardiola was very wary of what Real Madrid would do if he changed any of his players and he didn't want that to happen, luckily they held on to a draw.

The second leg will be a proving ground for these two teams, but Manchester City is still the favorite to qualify for the final round, while Real Madrid, as usual, is not the favourite. I think Real Madrid will still qualify for the final even if it is an away game because they don't differentiate anywhere, as long as they have 90 minutes they will do everything to win.

Yes, you are right, it seems that in the first leg match AC Milan lacked motivation in the game, so it was difficult for them to catch up after they conceded 2 goals in the first 15 minutes. If this continues in the second leg, then this is a very profitable thing for Inter Milan, because they only need to get a draw in the second leg match later to qualify for the final round. Even if they lose, if their loss is 1 goal, then they will still have their two feet in the final.



Manchester City in this case remain the favorites to be able to step both their feet into the final, this is because they will act as hosts in the decisive match of the second leg later. But on the other hand Real Madrid is a club that cannot be underestimated even though this is their home match, because we know their history in the second leg match, in the first leg they lost, but when playing in the second leg they seem to want to show that they are the masters of the Champions League with the surprise surprise they did. It's not easy to predict this game, even though we know now many people choose Manchester City.

the 2-goal victory became a huge capital for Inter Milan to play the second leg more calmly, now the pressure is on the AC Milan team and for Inter Milan it will be very comfortable with the advantage of the 2-goal Aggregate.
If you look at the performance of the two teams in the last few matches, it is clear that Inter Milan is currently much better apart from their standings in Serie A, but I say this because I saw the last few matches of the two teams.

for the second leg later I even predict that Inter Milan will be able to return to win the match, they are in their best form at the moment, and it is inversely proportional to AC Milan.

I agree, remember .. Milan score 4 goals in the Italian championship Napoli
it's a great result for a team that we're giving up for dead
who knows, it would be nice and fun, unfortunately I see Milan badly
Inter is an unpredictable team


Man City - Real Madrid got everything open with a simple 1-1

Even we have good win for the Inter in this match against city rivals AC Milan but still it's not guaranteed for them to have place into final because we have history of the big upsets into Champions League matches which create amazing fightbacks from the teams which lost in their first leg matches so here it's all possible even AC Milan is having chance for return of their star player which will help them for having improved attack.

Manchester City vs Real Madrid is also still open game even bookies are many punters are feeling it's free money to place bet on Manchester City due to their recent performance which is more than amazing but Real Madrid is also capable of having fight back and qualify for the second final in two years.

Inzaghi is a good coach, he did well for Lazio and I feel like saying it's not all his fault.
Inter is a beast that is difficult to tame and understand, every time I bet on their matches I lose.
Even if I have this little dislike I recognize that he played better.

Inter completely in control after having good lead from first leg match but as we all know how things works in Champions League and AC Milan is also second most successful team here with this all anything possible in coming days we have very impressive start of this season from start but suddenly after end of first half things gone from bad to worse which is surely just because lack of quality now they are having tough time with fifth into Italian league and out of final mean things not good hopefully they will give their best in last chance for having better end of this season.

Inter which have good change in their performance are also having good results in last few matches which are bringing better results and hopes for the impressive end of this season for them because their start was also not good, but they fight back in style for having good success.

But I hope that in the second leg later these two teams can play even better. especially AC Milan which was very disappointing in the first half. as if they lack experience in the Champions League. Even though, as we know, Ac Milan is the second record holder for the team that has won the most trophies in the Champions League. I think Inter Milan will not be easy to qualify for the Final. Because in the second leg there will be many surprises from Ac Milan.

Agreed, Intermilan has been winning the first leg with very good aggregates against acmilan. Intermilan has more than 80% to be qualified for final. Ac milan was losing a lot since leao was injured. He may not also able to ply for the second leg against intermilan.

Im so glad that if my choice based on the previous matches was coming true. It's very good to see that ac milan shall go out from ucl as soon as possible.
Im dreaming if intermilan will be able to win UCL this season to beat manchester city / real madrid in final. It will become a great achievement for lautaro and lukaku in intermilan if it will able to win the match against one of the strongest team in europa.

The next leg gonna be a tough game for intermilan. It's caused by ac milan used its last chance to win against intermilan. Ac milan needs at least to make the result to be drawn.
That will force inter to do penalty as a way to choose which one from both that will go to the final.