Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 181. (Read 92693 times)

I actually agree with @Coyster because, at this stage of the Champions League competition, I don't think there is going to be any favorite. Unless it is Real Madrid we are talking about. A lot of people might think that Inter is not performing well in the Italian League. That's why they might not be able to perform in the Champions League as well. But I will say that Inter will perform well in the Champions League because they are not performing well in the Italian League.

They will privatize the Champions League a lot more because the performance of them is not good in the Italian League. And that is going to make this match a lot more interesting and competitive. A classic Milan Derby. And let's also not forget that it is going to be a two leg match.

Manchester City is a team that can be said to be one of the strongest teams this season as representatives of the Premier League in the Champions League. Apart from playing in the semifinals of the Champions League, Manchester City has also established itself as a team that is playing in the FA Cup final and has the opportunity to shift Arsenal from the top of the Premier League standings. A treble winner is the most realistic target for Manchester City so far, but I think in the Champions League they have to play their best when the opponent is Real Madrid.

I don't think Manchester City are having fun with their current form but this team is built to achieve more success in multiple competitions consistently. Real Madrid have to be careful with the possibility of Manchester City winning, but I don't think the first leg will benefit Pep Guardiola's men.

Milan just has the heritage in champions league and thats one of they reasons they advanced. Inter has better team but I'm afraid cause Milan is known for it's Champions League performances.

To be honest we expect Napoli to qualify for the semi-finals and can get rid of Ac Milan in the two quarter-final matches yesterday. Maybe we are more assuming because in Ac Milan is much more experienced in the League and gives wider chances to win yesterday, now Inter and Ac Milan meet again the two are tough Rivals, we will see who deserves to go to the next round.

These are quotes for the first game where Real Madrid plays at home and therefore it is not very clear how much the bookmakers consider City as a favorite. Here are quotes for the outcome of the confrontation:

To Qualify

Real Madrid 3.35

Manchester City FC 1.32

A huge bias in favor of the City, it is almost 75% to 25%. Perhaps this is a fair estimate, but still I will hope that we will see exactly the 25% where the City will be knocked out again.

The combination of Toni Kroos and Valverde is believe to be able to cover Luka Modric's contribution, if he is completely absent in the semifinals of the Champions League this season.
In my opinion, coach Carlo Ancelotti's dependence on Modric is not what we imagine, coach Ancelotti already understands the situation of his players, moreover Luka Modric is already 37 years old.
This will be a good opportunity for the oppose team, Manchester City

If Luka Modrich is injured and cannot play against Manchester City, it will be a big bad news for Real Madrid. Luka Modrich is the most important midfielder in Real Madrid's squad. He is an amazing player. Ancelotti desperately needs Luka Modric to strengthen the forward's link with the team's midfield. Without Luka Modrich or Benzema in the squad, Madrid's overall performance slows down a bit. The match against Manchester City is two weeks away. Hopefully Luka Modric will recover in the meantime.

Without a doubt this is a terrible blow against Real Madrid, even with their full squad Manchester City was already the favorite, now that they are losing one of their key pieces then Real Madrid is going to face a very difficult match, now they may have other good players on their roster but they will lack the chemistry Modric already had with he rest of the players, all in all Real Madrid needs to do their best to tie the first leg or at least not lose in a disastrous way so they can have a chance once Modric recovers.

I second this, the game is fairly even at 50-50 and i absolutely don't think there is any favorite in this game. AC Milan and Inter Milan are quite erratic and unpredictable this season, they could lose when you expect them to win easily, and win when you think they are definitely going to lose, it has been an up and down season for the both clubs, and they are really fortunate and lucky to be in the SF of the CL. This match is going to be decided by fine margins, i prolly even think it will go into extra time, that's how close i think it'd be, but if i must pick a side, i'd say AC Milan would progress to the final, just because i think they have a game changer in Rafel Leao and a great goalscorer in Olivier Giroud, they would both help AC Milan to just edge Inter Milan.

Napoli's decline in performance was completely sudden. They were consistently performing well. But suddenly Napoli conceded a 4-0 defeat against Milan in Serie A. This was a completely unexpected result. And in several matches after that, we saw erratic performances from Napoli. Napoli's performance against AC Milan was also poor in the Champions League match as well. And so Napoli failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Both Inter Milan and AC Milan seem equally likely to win. The performances of these two teams have been erratic in Serie A this season as well. So there is no way to say for sure which team will qualify for the finals.

I think Manchester City is having a good time this season and they're enjoying a decent form too both in the champions League and English premier League. They are one of the best team when it comes to the performance of teams in the champions league but Real Madrid has falled to perform well in their league and they are strong contenders in the Champions league which they have always been after even when the team is in bad shape so rating thier form this season I think City deserves to win them but the experience is another point that Real Madrid has than Manchester city. Though Pep Guardiola has learnt from the last defeat he got against Madrid last season and playing against them again he may not really ask his defenders to concentrate only on Benzema knowing that both Vinicious Junior and Rodry can score from any angle.
Manchester city can win against Madrid and yes Madrid can also trash City if they fail to work on their defense even as they will want to attack Real Madrid just to get an early goal and Madrid will also not forget how they conceded goals against City last season so the two teams will be ready not to repeat the mistake they made last season but at the end there will always be a winner. With Haaland and KDB feet to play for City I think they should have a very good midfield and attack against Madrid but am still not sure they have good defense yet.

Real Madrid @3.10, Draw @3.50 and Manchester City @2.20. Even if you bet on Manchester City though, the fact is you will still get good odds and it will still be fun when you do. After all, what kind of trick do you mean because in reality, Real Madrid in La Liga was also not as good as last season so I don't believe in a trick just to increase the stakes.

After all, Real Madrid is a big team, of course, fans and non-fans, of course, will be able to enjoy matches with their usual bets. So yes, Real Madrid and Manchester City certainly have a chance to win, but of course it's always going to be the teams that are going to win and lose the game and because of that, I'm leaning more towards Manchester City.

Its seems not relevant comparing with domestic league performance and Champion League because all participants teams left will all out in semifinal stage, we can see what happen with Napoli after eliminating by AC Milan although managed on first standing position in domestic league and AC Milan on 4th placed in Serie A. There are not difference strategy from Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid however still not consistency performance in La Liga but sure with their experienced in Champion League have more confidence for eliminating Manchester City in semifinal stage.

Manchester City seems on the quit well current performance, they have chance winning domestic league this season after defeating top standings team last games Arsenal and give positive impact for semifinal stage in Champion League.

City and real madrid is still 50:50 right now. Manchester city was almost beating real madrid last season but rodrygo has become a savior for madrid. I heard that if luka modric potentially will not able to play against city. His injury was also making him absence from final copa del rey against osassuna that will come very soon. There is still enough time for modric to recover from his injury. Missing copa delrey is far better rather than missing UCL. UCL has become very important trophy for real madrid.
I can't deny that if modric was contributing a lot to the real madrid. Played without him like played without someone who was able controlling the midfielder for madrid. This can also become advantage for manchester city but real madrid is still having some good midfielders that are ready to replace him.

I am really looking forward to enjoy Real Madrid vs Manchester City match. Because both teams are one of the best. As a result, both teams will attack and defend each other, making the match competitive. I can't really predict with certainty which team will win.

ouch ouch ouch
then they know very well that Real Madrid are stronger, they just played a trick like this to up the ante!
It's a very difficult match to predict so the rates are high in any case! Very difficult but potentially fun

Bad news, I hope Luca recovers in time for the game. If I'm not mistaken, bookmakers have already reacted to this news:

3.15 - 3.55 - 2.24

City became even more clear favorites in the first game. Although this may not be due to this news, but to the results of the teams' games lately, where City obviously performs more successfully.

A team with experience in the Champions League doesn't guarantee they will win every year. I always believe in football there are always surprises that can break all the initial predictions before the match. Real Madrid is considered the leading team in the race for the Champions League title because of the success they achieved last season, but their performances this season have declined slightly due to several factors that have befallen the team.
The strength of Man City and Real Madrid is almost even, these two teams need to work hard over two legs to ensure qualification for the final. In terms of being consistent in every match, Man City is superior to Man City, moreover Man City goal productivity this season has been very good since Haaland arrival.

For me, comparing results in the domestic league and the Champions League for Real Madrid is not that relevant. I've seen how difficult they are in La Liga, but they don't seem to have any problems in the Champions League. I don't know if this is the impact of their weak opponent or something else. Now they have a very tough opponent, even said to be a tougher club than they are at the moment. I want to see what strategy Carlo Ancelotti will demonstrate, we know that he is a coach who has many doubts who is branded as a coach with a lack of strategy.

I think that if anyone watched the result from the old matches and they did know that easily if intermilan was always winning the game against ac milan. Ac milan was winning the game but it's not as much as intermilan. Ac milan looks like inferior compared with intermilan. I meant in term of attack, accuracy. intermilan had better result compared with ac milan. People can know that easily by seeing how bad the game by ac milan against intermilan. Ac milan was always dominating the possessions combined with passing accuracy but it's always having bad finishing against intermilan. It seems to me intermilan had very strong defenders compared with intermilan at this moment. You shall take a look at the previous meetings. that will give you correct answer about intermilan at this moment.