Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 177. (Read 92693 times)

Manchester City are still the favourite for the Champions League title by a big odd margin. It isn't surprising to see at all as it has been the same since beginning of the first games here. They are going to need to get past technically the biggest obstacle among the teams remaining in the tournament. Real Madrid are literally the king around here as you know.

Manchester City were strong in the previous season as well maybe but now there is still a significant level of difference. Haaland's impact is big and he will be their best card against Real Madrid to have their revenge.

The UEFA Champions League semi final tie between the two Italian giants has left so many football faithfuls a with a very difficult predicting options. And that's one of the beauties of the beautiful game of football.
AC Milan was the least expected to eliminate their opponent in the quarter finals but they still still progressed while Inter Milan also won the both legs of their quarter final encounter with Benfica to reach this stage as well. But if you ask me, I think Inter Milan are gonna play in Istanbul at the expense of AC Milan

Real Madrid's focus is only on the UCL and Copa Del Rey, so it will definitely do everything possible to win. Meanwhile, Man City's focus is divided into three because all have the chance to win. So if Real Mandrid wins against Man City, don't ask again who won the UCL, it's definitely Real Madrid, and vice versa. Because if we look at its history, Real Madrid has always been a disaster for English clubs in the UCL. Will Manchester City be the next victim? Chelsea and Liverpool have been grounded.

Well ... pep guardiola might break that record easily in the future.

Despite for now it might be still far away but considering the current pep guardiola form with manchester city that pretty rare get a loss and especially in champions league that they pretty often get through the quarter final even semi final which if they do that repeatedly for the next 10 years ... pep could break that record in less than 10 years.

Yes, it seems that Inter and Milan's performances are not much different, in Serie A they are also not very consistent. Maybe if you look at the performances of these two teams since the group phase, the Nerazzurri are a bit more favorites because they were able to overcome difficult obstacles. But I agree that the match between the two teams from this city has the same opportunity. It is very difficult to predict who will qualify for the final. There are several factors that will later determine their steps, such as pursuing targets in Serie A. Pioli and Inzaghi certainly have to rack their brains to be able to provide the best for their team and which targets will be their top priority.

I don't understand why anyone thinks that Milan or Inter have an advantage in this match. In my opinion, these are two teams of equal quality and their match in the semi-finals of the Champions League will be completely uncertain and open.
In the Italian league, they are also very close to each other in terms of performance and are fighting a big battle for the Champions League.
In the previous round of the Champions League, they knocked out Benfica and Napoli, clubs that some saw as favorites even to appear in the Champions League final this year.
Milan and Inter have a great opportunity to play again in the final of the Champions League after many years, and they will do everything to achieve that result.

Who says that Inter has been much stronger than Milan this season? As far as I can see they are about as even as it could get in Serie A with respect to both the points and the goals scored and conceded. There isn't really much of a difference between them. Inter has beaten Juventus in Coppa Italia, which I think shows that they are definitely able to beat Milan as well in the Champions League. This is a 50:50 game in my opinion. None of the teams really has an edge over the other team. Inter has a bit more pressure in the league as well if they want to qualify for the Champions League. Even though I think they can beat Milan, I doubt that without tons of luck they could also win the title in this competition.

The Inter Milan team is doing a great performance in this league in Syria. But I can't say much about how they will play a role in the Champions League. I am very interested in Manchester City vs Real Madrid match. However, Inter Milan will try hard not to miss this chance of the Champions League.

it is difficult to predict between Milan and Inter while these two teams have similarities in recent performance but for me it is not Inter who will qualify for the finals but Milan who will qualify for the finals.
although many say that Inter Milan is much better this season than Milan, but I just can't doubt that Milan has pocketed more experience than Inter Milan. even though in the last few leagues maybe Milan didn't perform well but they seemed to be saving their strength to compete in the UCL.

I dominate choosing Milan over Inter.

Milan have many Champion  League trophies than Inter Milan but last performance Inter have better with last winning tittle season 2010 than AC Milan got tittle in season 2007. Its seems Milan have waiting since more than 16 years for qualifying to semifinal stage in Champion League than Inter last achievement with treble season 2010 or 13 years ago. Difficult for predicting who favored qualify to final stage because in domestic league between Inter or Milan underperformance and difficult reach to top fourth standings in this season.

Personally I favorite with Inter Milan will success lead to final stage Champion League than Milan, have better squad than Milan is my reason why Inter have bigger chance will play in final stage.

It's an age issue, I don't think it's wise to compare players who already have a lot of experience and have proven to help their team to success with young players. I mean their consistency is still questionable for this young player. Modric is without a doubt one of the best midfielders ever, only now he is declining due to his age. It's not the performance that's decreasing, but more the speed and aggressiveness. But I can still say he is a midfielder who gives comfort to his team.

Yeah i do know that. It seems like that ancelotti is still trying to make its record to be even bigger.

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2022/11/02/ancelotti-is-the-coach-who-has-won-the-most-champions-league-games-ever

Ancelotti has surpassed ferguson. I think that ancelotti will not try to mis the golden opportunity to win the UCL again this season. The key is to beat manchester city. As long as real madrid will able to beat city and it will become an easy task to beat the winner from the duel of duo milan.

Ancelotti is very happy right now and he was aiming to increase his winning count in UCL. It will be so good to him if he will able to win another UCL trophy again.

It's zidane who has been winning UCL three times in a row.

I agree that there is nothing exaggerated regarding a Luka Modric. because I am really always amazed by Luka Modric's performance. well, even in the world cup, he became the caretaker in Croatia's success in making it to the 2022 world cup semi-finals and won third place. But it is undeniable that Luka Modric has experienced a slight decline in performance in recent times. but his contribution to Real Madrid still gets appreciation. and I think that the injury to Luka Modric, who may not be able to play in the Champions League Semi-finals, will have a slight effect on Real Madrid's performance. and would be a pretty big loss for Real Madrid.

The game will be a shock to many people,  many people always think Manchester City can always do better than Real Madrid,  this same way people concluded about Manchester City but Real Madrid won the  game. This time  it won't still be easy for Manchester city,  Real Madrid is  not  as easy as people thought.

First of all, I would say that experience plays a major role in Champions League matches. It is much tougher to perform well in the Champions League if the squad is not experienced enough. And we have seen proof of this in various past matches. And so Madrid needed an experienced midfielder like Luka Modrich in this match. Ancelotti cannot fill Luka Modric's void with any other player.
But if we compare Manchester City vs Madrid midfield then I would say City midfield is stronger. City has talented players like De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, and Phillips in their squad. Everyone is a great player. But Modric and Toni Kroos are very experienced. Madrid's midfielder duo is also capable of excellent performances.

It's like Ronaldo who was the the best player in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, also one of the best footballers in Real Madrid, but now he's already nothing. The difference Ronaldo and Modric is, Ronaldo's contract wasn't get extended and Modric is still get extended.

It's true if experience is important especially he's play at central midfielder position, but he get beaten by a prime and younger midfielders if we talk about the speed and stamina. On the other hands, Manchester City's midfielder have all of those criteria.

That's why, Real Madrid is a good club, but Manchester City is better than them.

I never thought Luka Modric was overrated. He is an excellent player. He is one of the key players in the Real Madrid squad. Croatia also performed well in the World Cup. And thanks to Luka Modric, Croatia's performance was steady. I don't think this player is overrated at all. However, his performance has slightly deteriorated compared to last season. Because he is now 37 years old. Yet the world has few experienced midfielders like Luka Modric.

Manchester City's great advantage is that they don't just depend on a single player to play well, they all have very good players, even when Haaland isn't playing they manage to get good results, and Real Madrid have problems in defense, that's enough. we see that in the last la liga games real madrid has conceded at least 2 goals, with this bad defense of theirs it will be an open door to concede a lot of goals when they play against Manchester City, but there is another important point, the Manchester City coach without a doubt that he will keep his focus on winning the premier league, as soon as he reaches a situation where he has the same points with arsenal and there are few games left for the premier league final

so the manager of Manchester City will be forced to spare players to win the premier league, I saw an interview on the tv channel where he explained about it, and said that the premier league was more important to win so it was clear that if they are in a situation where who have to choose the premiership and the champions league they will spare players in the champions league game, while real madrid doesn't have much chance of winning la liga this season because yesterday barcelona won and see that barcelona scored 4 goals and conceded none

it is true that barcelona benefited because Betis was left with 10 players at 33 minutes, but real madrid conceded 2 goals, before that game they conceded 4 goals, in two games real madrid conceded 6 goals and against weak teams

these two teams are equally strong it will be difficult to determine who will be the winner but yes they have clear differences in their squad. Even for Manchester City they have Halland which can provide important meaning for their progress this season. but one of the difficult things for them is beating real madrid at the bernabeu stadium because the first leg is the most crucial match for both teams.

I see Real Madrid's performance this season is quite strong in the Champions League. They have eliminated two teams from the EPL and they have strong ambitions to be able to get rid of Manchester City in the semifinals.

The Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester City will not be easy for Manchester City as many people has thought. This is because the same style of football, which you say that Manchester City play is the same type of ball that Madrid plays also.
If you look at both teams, they all play forward passes and they are also fast and they have very good finishers and good midfeeders.
It is really going to be a difficult one for Manchester City even if Bookmakers have chosen them to be the favourites.