Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 168. (Read 92693 times)

Regarding Inter MIlan and Ac MIlan, I think there won't be many people who want to bet for these two teams because the odds are very near and we know the 2.85 and 2.8 are not high enough for this game to take the risk because both teams have a good situation for this team and there is the same chance for both teams especially after we saw Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez back in Inter MIlan.

Seeing how Madrid playing situation in La Liga is quite apprehensive, the crushing defeat to Real Sociedad seems to be a reflection of their lack of enthusiasm for playing. It is possible that this position will be taken over by Atletico Madrid. Speaking in the Champions League, of course the opponents they face are much stronger, so Madrid hopes of winning the trophy again will be difficult this season. Even though we know Madrid is used to playing in the UCL, that doesn't mean they can feel completely safe. Man City's thirst for trophies is driven by players who are increasingly solid, and very supportive to win matches well.

I don't even care so much about the odds as the gap is pretty small. I care so much about the previous meetings that happened in this season. There have been 4 meetings in total since april last year between intermilan vs ac milan. Intermilan was winning three games in total and ac milan one game.
There are not lots of change in the squad and i think that the result from previous meetings still matter a lot to determine the result from the semi final of UCL between ac milan vs intermilan.
Intermilan was not owning the ball possessions but it can have better accuracy in making proper finishing to win the game. I will actually pick intermilan for at this moment over ac milan.
Lukaku and lautaro martinez look so promising as duet.


The opposite thing was just happening with juventus.

Ac milan and intermilan show good progress while juventus must have faced a lost streak. The problem is now if juventus faces a huge risk by losing a ticket for UCL through serie a. The bad result is always making the club become even difficult to defend its position from its competitors.

Although I am aware that Real Madrid made a mistake this LA Liga season by allowing some teams they can beat to defeat them, there is a good reason for that, and it has to do with the fact that they are preparing for their upcoming semi-final match against Manchester City. Real Madrid is the king of the Champions League, and when the team played in the Champion League they did it with all their possible best to succeed.
We should all be aware that games can change, that Real Madrid could surprise everyone by defeating Manchester City, and again one team can't be chasing two crowns at once. It will be very difficult to compete for two titles; you either have to face one and leave one.

Now looking at the actual conditions there are several other things including player injuries that must be considered.
Modric has been confirmed absent for the first leg this time due to injury. In the Manchester City camp there is also still no clarity about De Bruyne's current condition.
I think the conditions will be different if there are several core players who ultimately will not be able to strengthen the team when the match takes place later. In the follow-up match in La Liga yesterday, Madrid lost a lot of their players and you can't see it in the banch squad that was shown, this is a bit of a worry, of course, I think, considering that apart from experience, the condition of the players is also important.

The focus is the main factor this time.
Milan and Inter we know their performance is not too erratic in Serie A but when talking about the Champions League it is a different story of course.
The reason is because they are more focused here and of course no team wants to lose the chance to make the final especially for Inter and Milan in the Champions League, it's been a long time since they felt like they were in the final.

If we look at the odds, it's actually not that much different and this is definitely a difficult thing to predict when making a bet. Maybe if we bet on one team, of course it will be at risk of losing money, but if you look at the performance of these two teams who have the same strong defense it seems that the choice of under 2.75 goals is still pretty good, at least there will be 1 or 2 goals scored in the first leg later because the two teams will be very careful in determining their steps and don't want to be too reckless which could result in conceding first.

However, since Juventus' arrival in the top 4 of the domestic league has finally made these two teams make a few significant improvements which has made them even more excited to continue to achieve positive results and I think they will also do the same in the semifinals of the UCL later.

I'm optimistic that Real Madrid will triumph in the Semi-Final, but we mustn't overlook other important factors, you should know that previous success does not guarantee future success, and Real Madrid's recent performance in La Liga has been substandard. They even suffered a defeat to Real Sociedad in their last match, allowing their opponents to vie for fourth place. If Atletico Madrid wins their next match, Real Madrid will drop to third place. With this lackluster effort, do you think they have what it takes to prevent Manchester City from advancing to the final?

Manchester City played like it is their last match and Haaland play like a wild animal, I don't think there is anything that will stop him from scoring goals but hopefully, the usual formation of Real Madrid win them this first-leg, Vinicius, Rodrigo, and Benzema has a lot of work to do in 3 days to go.

@makishart domestic league wins count for nothing in the champions league, as the tournaments history has shown us that team’s that are underperforming in their local league’s can stun their opponent in the champions league. Also I believe that it’ll be an very emotional match between these two Milan clubs, and it’ll be really amazing if one of them can win the cup because they won’t be fancied to win it against the winner of City vs Madrid.

of the whole team Inter Milan does have very good strength this season and even I think it is better than AC Milan but Inter Milan's problem is consistency, they often play badly in several matches.
this is an important match for both teams, the semifinals of the Champions League and with history and also the rivalry of these two teams of course it's not only the quality of the players and the team's performance that will affect it but many things such as mentality and confidence are also very important for the team to face the match big game like this UCL semifinal.
I don't think that there is a favorite team between Inter and AC Milan because in my opinion both have the same chance of qualifying.

Manchester City have won 4 of their last 5 matches against Real Madrid. And Real Madrid won just one match. In the previous season's Champions League match, Manchester City won the first leg 4-3. But City were defeated 3-1 in the away match of the second leg.
It is easy to understand that the Madrid team is very strong at home. And so the first leg of this season will certainly require Manchester City to play very carefully if they want to qualify for the finals. If Manchester City is defeated in the first leg, it will be very difficult for Manchester City to win against an experienced team like Madrid in the second leg. And so Manchester City must play well in the first leg.

https://sempreinter.com/2023/05/02/gosens-miss-inter-milan-champions-league-first-leg-ac-milan/

The performance from manchester city has been improving a lot caused by the duet between lukaku - martinez are on fire right now. There is also another problem that was coming for intermilan. Gosens will not be able to play in the first leg against ac milan. It seems like that if intermilan has no choice other than keeping dimarco from the full game against ac milan. Intermilan is still having a lot of players but there's none that can replace gosens. Lukaku needs to work even harder now. Im seeing that if lukaku were just getting multiple roles in the club.
Lukaku has become the main striker and at the same time he was also going to get the ball pretty much the same as a winger. Im so glad if lukaku will be able to play in the multiple positions at this moment.

Martinez and lukaku are ready to face ac milan very soon. The ticket for this match is already sold out.

It seems that it is only the semifinal between Inter Milan and AC Milan that we can use the performance in the domestic league in the last few matches they have played as a benchmark for what happened in the first leg especially because in the second leg usually the team that is left behind will change strategy to be able to turn things around. Inter and AC Milan have started to look better recently and I suspect that was because there was an effect of the sanctions on Juventus which were cancelled, making Juve go straight into the top four and shifting and becoming a concern for teams who are securing tickets for the champions league next season.

AC Milan has not had success in the champions league for a long time and is not much different from Inter so this will be an exciting competition for both teams, and the bookmakers also predict this because Milan with odds @2.60 Inter @2.80 and a draw @2.85 will be very it is difficult to predict the final result of the first leg which is more or less 8 days away from the match, and Inter, although they still have one other competition that is just as important, is fortunate enough because the schedule is carried out after they have run two matches in the champions league, so they can focus more on get maximum results in champions league.

I think this match will mainly depend on the performance of Benzema and Haaland. The match will also depend on Guardiola and Ancelotti's strategy. The main players of both teams are Benzema and Haaland. Both teams are strong but they depend on these two players for scores. It is not possible to speculate about this match. Because both teams are very strong. Now they are in good form. But my favorite will be Manchester City. Because this team could not win the Champions League title even after trying hard for the last few years. I want Manchester City to win the title this time.

Correct. Inter Milan have managed to return to their best game this season. Even Lazio had to suffer defeat in Serie A by Inter Milan with a score of 3-1. And now Inter Milan has again managed to rank in the top 4 in the standings. Which proves that they really have made improvements in their attack line which is usually a fatal weakness in the Inter Milan team. So it's not just Inter's defense that is now solid. but Inter Milan's attacking and midfield lines are now much better. Although the accuracy of the attack is still not optimal. but it's much better than before.

Meanwhile, it can be said that AC Milan's pattern of play has not yet seen a significant increase. There is even a slight decrease in Ac Milan's attack pattern. and Ac Milan was also unable to beat Rome. even though Roma is a strong team but actually Rome is also not in good condition. so that Ac Milan should have been able to play better and win the match. AC Milan's attack line is a bit problematic at the moment. they have a hard time creating chances. In fact there was only 1 shot on target against Roma.

but you are right that the performance of Ac Milan and Inter Milan in Serie A cannot be a measure of their abilities in the UCL. because like in the quarter-finals and the round of 16. Inter and Ac Milan managed to surprise us. but for this semi-final match I will probably favor Inter Milan.

Well, in that order of ideas, I doubt very much that they will let themselves win, because as far as I'm concerned for now,Madrid's objective is to win or beat UCL, because the League doesn't see them very well, and although they have already been able to beat Barcelona that seemed invincible, it is something that they have already passed, this undoubtedly gives more confidence,I do not want to say that City is easy, but City is only Haalan and Pep, and Pep is not playing, so this is reduced only Haaland and with 2 or 3 defenses that stand up well in front of him, any decision to attack is reduced to zero.

Real Madrid is clear, they know what they want, and City will come with all their might, it cannot be denied, I also know that Pep Guardiola will have his Ace up his sleeve, which is Haaland, for me Ancelotti already has the correct strategy for That Haaland does not make disasters, with 2 or even 3 players marking him may be the good strategy, however Madrid has many variants, they go badly in La Liga, but in the UCL they fly, I don't really know how they do it, but For me, the one who will win the UCL will be Madrid.

Pep Guardiola still difficult for getting Champion League tittle after leaving Barcelona, Bayern and Manchester City are the team failed giving Champion League tittle by Pep Guardiola as his career manager. He has been six years started from season 2016 until right now difficult bring Manchester City with Champion League tittle although has spent much money for recruiting many star players. This another chance with Pep Guardiola after success made City qualifying to semifinal stage and he has bad memorize last season Real Madrid success eliminating Manchester City in semifinal stage.

Pep Guardiola still not special manager although he has many domestic league tittle in his career from La Liga, Bundesliga and Primer League because he failed get Champion League tittle with difference team.

Mate, a team that starts to perform poorly in its own local league or domestic league doesn't mean it will also perform poorly in the Champions League, because you won't find a more specific assessment for this. Because if you think about the bad performance recently experienced by Real Madrid, what about AC Milan's condition, which is currently in the semifinals of the Champions League ?

Even though in its own domestic league, AC Milan is not in the top four or the UCL zone, which in general is worse than Real Madrid, which until now is still in the runner-up ranking, even though it is likely to be overtaken by the rivals under it now (Atletico Madrid).

Whilst my money is on City progressing to the final, my decision has nothing to do with Real Madrid's bad form in the la liga, mind you that it is almost certain that Barcelona are going to be crowned la liga champions in Spain, thus Real Madrid know they are not playing for anything else in the la liga, that is why they have the liberty to rest some of their players, and the reason why they are dropping points so cheaply, it no longer matters to them. Having said that, the CL (and copa del rey) is all that's left for them to play for, thus they'll do everything within their power to keep their players fresh to battle it out with City, a City side still in three competitions and struggling with fatigue.

It's me. It's better if you are doing deep analyzation before. Real madrid has been suffering the loss in the la liga once it was not performing with the full squads. There have been many schedules happened with short gap. Ancelotti needs to make sure if its main squad is only ready for the important match. City will have two matches that will determine whether the club will get trophy or not. It will be better if you are seeing the squads first before try to say that.
Real madrid as a team with most of UCL trophies and how can you say like that? it looks like you said that if real madrid has no chance to beat manchester city which didn't even make sense for me to see that.
Real madrid was only losing two times agaist girona and recently sociedad. It must be noted if there are so many key players were not even playing in this match.