Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 165. (Read 92693 times)

The Champions League semi-final this time will indeed be more difficult for Real Madrid. and I doubt there will be the same magic as last season. And actually last season Real Madrid got a miracle that I haven't seen in other matches. because actually the 3 goals in the second leg all happened in just 5 minutes, namely between minutes 90 to extra minutes 91 and 95. And last season was also a nightmare for Man City. So this season Man City will definitely try to avenge the painful defeat suffered by Man City in the semi-finals last season.

Even if Real madrid wins the copa del rey they won't still be satisfied because they have been targeting champions league,  their focus in the Champions league is what has kept them till this point. For the fact that Real Madrid has more interest in champions league, they stand a chance of winning just like the way they they won in previous season. People are using real madrid performance in laliga to assess if really they can win in champions league. Real Madrid's game in the finals will be different from what we have seen in laliga 

Indeed, last year Real Madrid had a very difficult time defeating Man City in the two-leg match. During the game at Bernabeu between Madrid and Man City, it seemed that Man City had the upper hand and widened the aggregate score gap to 5-3 in their favor. With only 17 minutes left, everyone was convinced that Man City would advance to the final. However, fate favored the home team greatly. In the remaining 17 minutes, Madrid was able to score 2 goals, and an additional goal during extra time.

Can Madrid hope for such luck again in this year's match? It is safer to bet on the number of goals rather than on who will win.

Their eagerness won't offer them an advantage in their ability to easily defeat Manchester City. To beat Manchester City, they must remain composed and play with very good positioning. Being at the top of the league standing is not what Manchester City strive for most; instead, winning the champions league is more significant to them.

In order to break Real Madrid's ties with the champions league trophy, I think Pep's team will be well-prepared. Although Real Madrid won their previous encounter with them in the Champions League, I believe this season is different because of the good numbers of talented players Manchester City now has.

That's why I said, that the situation that happened to the Madrid camp was not very pleasant. ahead of the Copa del Rey cup match, several Madrid players will be absent in the match namely, Luca Modric, David Alaba, who was hit by an injury. plus, Asensio's status is doubtful because it looks like he was having problems when Madrid played against Real Sociedad. So, like it or not, Don Carlo had to play the available players. what is certain, Kroos, Tchouameni, Ceballos, will be played again in the Copa del Rey final. or Kroos rested, Valverde will play instead. Vini Jr, Benzema again became the main starter. well, if the scenario is Madrid able to score goals in the first half with lots of goals. then Don Carlo will pull some of his core players to save energy.  even then, if the scenario goes according to plan.

Referring to what you said, to be honest I doubt if Carlo ancelotti will adopt a new strategy. whether it's the final match of the Copa del Rey, or in the semifinals of the Champions League. because, he tried it once and it failed miserably against Barcelona. so Don Carlo's priority is to maintain the fitness of his players. because, it seems like he doesn't have much choice.
As for City, they will also be preoccupied with a busy schedule. however City were luckier, as several second-tier players had qualities that were quite on par with the first team.

At least Real Madrid has a great chance of lifting the trophy in the Copa del Rey. but indeed it will not be enough for a big team like Real Madrid. So they certainly will be more aggressive in the Champions League. but since the beginning of the Champions League at the start of this season, Real Madrid has actually become a team that focuses on the UCL. so they become hard to beat in the UCL. but in Laliga sometimes they play badly.

I don't think who the opponent is. But I hope Real Madrid win and reach the final. Although I know Man City are a great team. They are very different from last year. Pep has very different players and I think stronger and they have a greater chance of winning. Last year Real Madrid went to the Etihad in the first leg and secured qualification for the second leg. This year is a little bit different and I think it's more difficult.

I feel like both Milan and Inter have equal chances to win this series, and this is why I am going to bet on home teams to win their own games, that is what I said before and that is what it will be like for my bets. I think the difference is negligible and they are not going to be overcoming each other easily. Obviously this is football and sometimes you have a bad day and you lose to teams you should not lose at all.

There are plenty of great teams who ended up losing as well, and that means whoever is as far as this much, should consider that as a good deal. I seriously believed that Napoli would have been able to beat Milan, it was a sad period when they lost, I lost a lot of money there, so I am going to be more careful this time around and not think it is in the bag.

Even though they have lost the title in La Liga, I think Real Madrid just needs to motivate their confidence to reach the Champions League final and don't need to be more aggressive. Moreover, their opponent is Manchester City, which has a monster goal scorer, Erling Haaland, Real Madrid should still be wary of this player so he can't move freely. Los Blancos' focus is divided into two, but the main and closest mission before the semifinal match is to play the CDR final match against Osasuna, so after the match is over especially if Real Madrid can win the CDR then they will have additional enthusiasm when they face Manchester City later.

Yes, after being eliminate from the top of the Serie A standings, Milan can focus more on the semifinals of the Champions League
As for Inter, they is under pressure from other teams in Serie A. It makes them confused and I think Inter need to sacrifice one in between the Champions League and Serie A to continue fight to the ambition of lift trophy this season.
The Inter vs Milan match in the semifinals of the Champions League will be much more difficult to predict

Even though Real Madrid can play aggressively, is it promising enough for Real Madrid to beat Manchester City and qualify for the final? Because for me, playing aggressively is still not enough for a team to get good results, you can also pay attention when a favorite team has bad luck. Because, even though a favorite team can dominate the match and or dominate all statistics in a match, but when the team is having bad luck, the dominance they have in the match still cannot make the team win.

Therefore, even though at this moment Real Madrid will of course play their best in the Champions League, but I'm sure Real Madrid still doesn't have a big chance of qualifying for the final. But yes, even so I also don't consider Real Madrid to be weak or unlucky, because at this moment Manchester City are also in their best form and at least that will make Real Madrid not have a big chance to win.

As I said in the La Liga thread, Barcelona's victory is now 100% certain, so Real Madrid can let go and devote themselves exclusively to the cup.
I think Real Madris are a bit angry, I expect them to play aggressive

Both of these clubs have the ability to beat each other, and to be honest it will be difficult to predict who will win in this match. Many make AC Milan the favourite, but not a few also want Inter Milan to be in the final. As for the match, of course the match will be very interesting, we know they are rivals in Serie A so besides fighting for the final place here they will also play with very high prestige, and want to beat each other.




I understand that because we have different predictions and opinions about the 4 clubs that will compete in the semifinals to get 2 tickets to the Champions League final this season. Indeed, in terms of experience, Manchester City is no better than Real Madrid, but now their situation is enough to see which club has played consistently this season. Manchester City as a team looks more prepared than Real Madrid, but I don't know whether they will be mentally strong or not when they face Real Madrid. Real madrid themselves are mentally better, but I don't know if that will make them win this game or not.

The result against napoli can't be used as measurement to put ac milan as a favored club in this match. Intermilan is ever more dominating compared with ac milan when it came to the derby of milan. intermilan was always able winning against acmilan even though ac milan played so well by dominating the matches all time. Intermilan is always applying hybrid strategy which was aiming for the chance to create effective counter attack against ac milan. Ac milan was always losing once intermilan used this strategy.
Ac milan was always being so hard to creted more goals in the previous meetings. It appears that Intermilan has a much better chance of success than ac milan in the upcoming matches. Intermilan is always getting good result in serie a as well. This is also putting intermilan to be favored by bookies.
Bookies are not still seeing the result from serie a by duo milan. The recent match has proven if intermilan has better squad compared with ac milan.

I think both Inter and Milan teams have a chance to win the game. I really thought Inter and Milan would both win it, that's why it was so difficult for me to choose. It will be one or two individual errors that allow defenders to slip and concede so that can decide the outcome.

However, what is certain is that the two teams will play with high spirits and give a satisfying performance for their fans to. Regardless of who wins the match, for sure it will be an interesting and fun match to watch.

Real Madrid is known for having a strong mentality and experience at the highest level of European competition, but Manchester City also has great quality and has shown very good form in recent seasons. Because of that I can't bet against Real madrid, they are probably the only team in europe who have the mental x factor in them. That said Man City in current form is scary but I just feel they are not going to do well with Real Madrid this time around compared to last season.

Actually, if you look at Manchester City's current condition, it is quite complex and it would be very wrong if it was only about Haaland here, especially when we see Haaland scoring a goal, it cannot be separated from the contribution of the midfielders and wingers who always create space with several movements they have and with crosses. mature bait.
So in order to kill Haaland, apart from them having to guard it closely, on the other hand they also have to turn off the movements of midfield players like KDB or their wingers who are quite troublesome.

Modric is confirmed to be absent from the match in the first leg. Besides that, Madrid's concern is clearly more based on Benzema, who sometimes cannot be certain considering his injury, which always recurs every time.
At the moment apart from Modric, Vini and Kroos are also said to be injured although Ancelotti has already said that this is a minor injury but still this is very unexpected and hopefully he recovers in time.

I agree, that the clash of the two teams from Milan is totally open as they just seem to be pretty much on the exact same level at the moment. The draw of Milan in the Serie A is very unlucky for them obviously because the race for the champion League spots is very tight this year but i don' think this will mean that much for the Champions League match because this is a totally different competition and for both clubs probably the biggest match they had for at least 5 years or so.
That being said, it doesn't matter which one of those teams will advance into the final because either one would be the huge underdog against Manchester City or Real Madrid, but then again this is football and everything can happen in a final.

I know some Real Madrid players with injury challenge, if they haven't recover well it can be problem to them. The one way real madrid will resist Manchester City from winning is if the players are well fit. Manchester City players are physically fit that   is why it seems very easy for them to victory in every game. To be honest Haaland will be a problem to Real Madrid because man is always on fire,  does things in a mysterious way which seems difficult for opponent to resist him.

Me  too dream of a Real Madrid vs Inter final, but it won't be as simple as one thinks, especially for the Inter vs Milan semi-final, we also have to deal with the psychological stress that a derby brings, at the moment we are seeing a very more competitive and focused on goals, Milan instead is struggling a lot but I'm not giving it up, on May 10th we will really see how the situation will evolve! because I think the first leg of the semi-final is crucial to establish who will be able to go through

The dreaming and my predicting UEFA Champion League final Real Madrid vs Inter Milan

I don't underestimate with Manchester City on the top performance in Primer League but Pep Guardiola have less experience in Champion League after leaving Barcelona, he failed many time with Manchester City and actually Real Madrid are complete team with winning mentality for Champion League. For AC Milan why not favorite team will play in final depend on inconsistent performance in domestic league, current standing have dropped out from Champion League and Europe League spot placed after held draw by Cremonese and Milan should focus how to return back with top fourth standing if want participants in Champion League competition upcoming season.