Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 141. (Read 92666 times)

In the first half Manchester City really dominated the game but unfortunately, Manchester City was not lucky because Manchester City could not score a goal in the first half and it was Real Madrid who won at half time. With a result like this, it's possible that Manchester City still can't beat Real Madrid and if that's still going to happen at this moment, then it's no longer bad luck but maybe a curse.

Because it is clear that at this moment Manchester City has a better squad and if I compare with Real Madrid then at least Manchester City still has a chance to qualify for the final. But after the first leg is played, I don't think Manchester City can promise with certainty to qualify for the Champions League final this season, because it looks like Real Madrid still has a big chance of qualifying for the final.

To be honest, I rarely watched these two teams play their matches in the league. so, I can't review it thoroughly. however, based on their statistics and several matches in this competition. IMO, that Inter has a greater probability of winning than AC Milan.

Previously, these two teams were not counted in this competition even though they had big names. in fact, it's not uncommon for many of us to underestimate when Milan and Inter play their matches. but what happened, these two teams both toppled their opponents. we review some of the matches of these two teams, Milan against Spurs, Pioli's team was able to overcome it and qualify for the next phase. then, they met a team that was on fire, namely Napoli. which in the end, Milan was able to subvert their formidable opponent.

Meanwhile, Inter also presented something different. Previously, Benfica was superior to Inter Milan. whereas, Benfica showed a very impressive game. however, Simone Inzaghi's squad was able to topple Benfica. now, the two teams who are city rivals met in the semifinals of the Champions League. the question is, which team will dominate this fight more. referring to predictions on the line-up of the two players, there is no change in the formation pattern. but it seems that several players will be rotated, several other players are doubtful to start this match.
Well, back to what I said at the beginning of the post. actually, we kick that this match has the potential to end in a draw. even so, I have a prediction that Inter will win this match. apparently, there's nothing wrong with betting on Inter at odds @2.45

AC Milan vs Inter

You are right of course because football is a game, but also it is still very possible for me to find Manchester City failing to qualify for the final and win the second leg against Real Madrid. Even if Manchester City are playing at home, I think Real Madrid can be expected to play their best form to win. You know how dangerous Benzema and Vinicius are, both of whom are the best to shake off the Manchester City defence.

But if I can be honest, Real Madrid actually regretted the draw in the first leg because they failed to take advantage of their home ground to win the match. The gameplay is good, but Real Madrid gave Manchester City too many opportunities to develop their game. Madrid must adjust its strategy in the second leg if they want to reach the final in 3 consecutive seasons.


The Milan derby is certainly no less great than the Real Madrid vs Manchester City match yesterday. But regarding this match, Milan is expected to be able to maximize its home advantage to win. They have to win it and can't let Inter control the game. Maybe not many goals in this match, but I think 2-1 is a good score as my guess.

You have answered your own question. It's football and whoever scores the goals wins. Manchester City, for example, have never won a cup at all, but for some reason almost everyone believes they will win it this year. These are the final matches where you can expect any outcome. Milan now have a 25% chance of winning the Champions League. There may be no logic in the fact that they haven't won in a long time, but you can't deny that they're a contender to win.

Milan vs Inter

Both teams have been met plenty so basically they already know the weakneses of their opponents and Pioli said Milan is full of determination although Inter is the favourite but he will attempts bringing Milan to gets the winning results and if we talking about these teams actually this match is really hard to predicted because whether it Milan or Inter they are in the good shape especially in Serie A both teams have already successfully to beat their opponent last week

Rafael Leao has uncertain condition so probably he won't be available to play but if this is happened Pioli can played Saelemaekers as the replacement of Leao and Ibrahimovic and Tommaso Pobega still got injured but besides that all of Milan players will be ready to play and for Inter their conditions were slightly better because so far only Robin Gosens who unable to play

Milan and Inter probably will playing with their starting lineup because so far there were no serious problem for their squads and i have to say the chances to win the match for them is 50-50 but in my opinion as a host probably Milan will going to win the match but indeed this option is very risky because Milan this season has displayed unstable performance but if people want safe bets i think both teams to scores also good this option has odds @2.11

Overall I can admit that your opinion is correct, but not about the first half.
Manchester City dominated the first half by shooting many shots against Real Madrid's 1. But of course Real Madrid were quite effective in finishing as Vinicius found space and scored. Real Madrid played more aggressively in the second half, but Manchester City finally took advantage of their strategy where De Bruyne managed to repeat the same scenario as when Real Madrid scored.

But of course, the first leg of the semi-final was very tense as many have said. I expected Manchester City to win, while other people expected Real Madrid to win, but in the end the score remained 1-1 until the end of the match.

Even though Haaland, Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish were closely guarded by the Real Madrid defenders, but they still managed to find space to score goals and provide assists. Real Madrid's defense is not entirely good if Thibaut Courtois is not quick to save his net from 5/6 shots on target. Thibaut Courtois is even more worthy as man of the match, but I also think Vinicius is a player who can change Real Madrid's game yesterday.

I'll be looking forward to the second leg which is held at the Etihad Stadium, and I have to assume Manchester City are more chance to win than Real Madrid. Manchester City fans and players are optimistic about that, but Real Madrid is a team that cannot be underestimated wherever they play the match.

This is what happened when Haaland, who has always been used as one of the spearheads, was killed and indeed that was the right thing for Madrid to do because regardless of anything, it clearly made them quite lucky because Haaland's movement died there.
Their midfielders and wingers struggled when Haaland was properly marked but on the other hand, once again Manchester City did something that is a big risk as they did before against Leipzig.
Not a single player was replaced in this match whether they underestimated Madrid or Pep was really cruel to their players because it was the same case as in their last 16 first leg.

manchester city and real madrid are equal. There's no team that was dominating the match. Manchester city has more ball possession compared with real madrid but madrid is also playing so well with its defensive line against manchester city.
It can be seen how haaland could not leave from the guard by rudiger. Carvajal is also putting all of his focus in grealish.
Manchester city was not doing substitution during the match. I think that if pep is still keeping something private for the second leg. I hope that if ancelotti will have same thing as pep.
It will be so good if modric will able to play full game in the second leg. Vini is man of the match against city.


De bruyne has no choice other than made long shots against real madrid caused by the defensive line of real madrid is too good to be passed. Haaland's movement has been killed by rudiger.
De bruyne was taking a big bet by making a shot that was makingt he situation to be drawn.

But where is the twist in the logic that because they haven't won a cup in a long time, they are now more destined to win it? Lincoln City from League One in England also hasn't won a cup in a long time, perhaps it's their turn very soon?

In terms of Milan beating Napoli without difficulties, I think we watched different games or you are talking about a different year / season. Napoli was the better team in both games, but Milan scored the goals. That is soccer. But in the second leg Napoli had one of these games where you can do whatever you want, but you can't score. They dominated the game like they've never dominated Milan before ever. But Milan was able to resist the constant pressure with a lot of luck and won the game. Calling the second leg a win without difficulties could serve as a new definition for purely result oriented assessment of a game. The team won the game? Ok, then it was without difficulties, no matter what actually happened during the game. 

I was starting to think that Milan could win this Champions League because they really haven't won a cup in a long time. Now they have a good record of making it to the semi-finals. But I agree with you that Inter look better than Milan now, although the same was said about Napoli, but Milan were able to win without difficulties. It's hard for me to predict who will win tonight's game, but I think it will be Milan.

In Leg 2, it is certain that the two clubs will play far more aggressively than in Leg 1. It seems that both Madrid and Man City are trying to read each other's weaknesses, especially in the first half Man City controlled the field for more than 30 minutes. However, Haaland movements were strictly guarded by Rudiger, who never escaped his sight and continued to stick wherever Haaland went. As a result, anyone can see how throughout the match Haaland did not stand out too much. Therefore, in the second half De Bruyne role had to be further optimized by Pep Guardiola, and was able to save Man City from defeat. De Bruyne quality shot was so hard that Courtois couldn't brush it off.

yes, that's a good betting choice, this is a derby match and it will definitely be very fierce and also if you look at the performance of the two teams in the last few matches they have played very openly of course it is very possible for many goals to occur in this match.
even so, but I have other options in the bet, I want a big profit, the betting exchange gives @3.00 odds for AC MIlan to win, I think the possibility is worth taking and it really tempts me.

Manchester City did play very convincingly in the first half. In fact, they continued to try to penetrate Real Madrid's defense very actively. But Real Madrid's solid defense really deserves a thumbs up, especially the goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, who always manages to be a savior for Real Madrid very well in this match. The two teams actually continued to take turns building attacks very well. But both of them were able to keep their respective defenses solid. The 2 goals scored in this match all came from outside the penalty box. A solid defense makes it difficult for every attack to penetrate the penalty box area. But V.Junior and Bruyne managed to see a gap and shot from outside the penalty box so that it was a goal for each team. which makes this match end in a draw.

For the second leg I think the same thing could happen as in the first leg. Both teams must maintain the performance of each player so that they remain in good shape and avoid injury before the second leg later. Because if one of the mainstay players gets injured before the second leg then that might affect the team.

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today the match Ac Milan vs Inter Milan will take place. I favor Inter Milan for this fight. My prediction is 1-2 for Inter Milan's advantage.

Stating the obvious. Real Madrid played their best football yesterday in Santiago bernabeau, meanwhile Manchester city just got along and not their best. I feel the second leg at Etihad is completely up to guardiola, not about Real Madrid anymore. Manchester City are favourites obviously with their home form but I wouldn’t exactly rule out Real Madrid yet. I mean brentford went there and won. Everton went there and somehow drew. This Real Madrid team have more than enough quality. Do expect Manchester city do it though.

Manchester City did not collapse after the first goal of Real Madrid. It is a signal that they are stronger mentally and better than PSG. With stronger mentality, Manchester City kept that match very balanced and they even succeeded to have an equalizer goal in a second half. That goal is important and it does not only bring a draw for them but makes them feel more confident for a second leg match.

They actually gave up La Liga and totally focused on Champions League. I am sure they are very seriously with it and many players in Real Madrid know that they are playing very last matches in the club and in Champions League. They also are well aware of their possible last chances to lift Champions League trophy. They won many titles there but winning Champions League is something really big and addictive.

I don't see City playing in their usual form. despite dominating the game more, City played very carefully in last night's game. plus, the absence of Nathan Ake makes little difference to the system that Pep Guardiola employs. in the second leg later, it will be decisive for both teams to ensure passage to the next phase. but what needs to be remembered, City is not Liverpool who is experiencing underperforming. it could be, like what happened to Bayern Munich collapsing at the Etihad Stadium. well, all of that doesn't rule out the possibility, like Leipzig which fell with a landslide score, City had big capital when playing at the Etihad Stadium, their headquarters. also, considering that in this match City controlled ball possession at Madrid headquarters.

Even so, it is also not impossible that Real Madrid can repeat its impressive record when visiting England. they have capital in several previous matches, and the mentality is really very tested. it's just that, Ancelotti must have another strategy in the match later. because, Pep Guardiola will take into account the strength of Madrid from the first meeting. hopefully, in the second leg later.  the two teams will offer more fierce battles than the two teams.

What I expected from Manchester City wasn't what I see them display in their match against Real Madrid. They were less deadly in their counter-attack and defensive midfield than they used to be. Real Madrid's defense got hold of Manchester City front line players that even make it as if Haaland wasn't in the match. Although everyone was expecting a substitution of players from Pep Guardiola the way the Real Madrid coach did by substituting players that were down in the match. But Pep chooses not to and I see his reasons for that because he already has his first eleven in the match,  bringing Mahrez, Foden, or Alvarez into the match won't still make much impact on Manchester's frontline players. By the way, he doesn't want what happened to him last season in the champions league to repeat itself against the same Real Madrid.

In the second leg of the match, I don't expect much to happen because football is full of surprises. A team that you predicted to win might lose in the end. But if peradventure Manchester City wins the match against Real Madrid, that leads to their way of lifting the UEFA Champions League for the first time because as it seems they can't be stopped by either Milan or Inter

The first goal made Manchester City too weak, but with the help of De Bruny, they won the game draw. The next match will be very difficult because Manchester City is playing at home in the second leg, and they are very dangerous in games when it becomes a home game.
Real Madrid should treat the second leg of the match more seriously than the first in order to deny Manchester City's player a chance to win as they did yesterday. I think Real Madrid's defensive players can accomplish that in order to force a draw and choose how the penalty will be awarded.

Well, the big doubts turned into middle to small doubts. Or maybe small doubts is an exaggeration, but when I saw how Real Madrid played against Manchester City in the second half and how often they successfully came into the box and even finished their attack, I was impressed. I thought that Manchester City would have much more control over the game. Serious control, not this kind of fake control where you have the ball but you can't do anything with it. That is not really the control that Guardiola wants. He wants the opponent to become tired because you keep them at a maximum level all the time, but Manchester City couldn't really hurt Real Madrid. But the dangerous attacks from Real Madrid were really well played. That could be a promising take away for them for the second leg.

The fact is, Milan have a bad match record in the Derby Dellamadonnina both in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia. This match will be a tough game for AC Milan and I don't think they can be favourites for win. Inter dominated the overall Derby win and this will be a motivation for Inter players, especially since this match will take them to the UCL Final. Of course for Milan this result is also important because they last won UCL about 16 years ago. Despite losing H2H in the derby, they have to play their best to reach the final and maintain the chance to lift the UCL trophy again, even though it feels very difficult to happen.