Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 218. (Read 92666 times)

Ups and downs in a team is a common problem and can happen to any club.  and right now, that drop is with Chelsea. there are many problems in the Chelsea camp, not only because of the coach, but also the problems with the players. look, how they have changed coaches, even up to four coaches at once. although, two of them are interim coaches.
The problem is not just the coach, but more the whole thing, whether it's Todd Boehly as the owner, the technical director who doesn't know football, the coach who doesn't control the locker room, the players who have problems scoring goals.

IMO, this is complex, we only see from the outside, what happened to them, we actually never know. imagine, there are 11 Forwards there, not to mention the other players. but for sure, every player wants to play his part and be a starter. that is, it is likely that there will be polemics in the Chelsea locker room. which in the end, only adds to the row of problems that occur to them. yes, as we see today.

Speaking of last night's game, I tried to take a risk to bet on Chelsea, even though I really know that the probability of Real Madrid is very high to win the match. as a result, I lost.
To be honest, I'm quite satisfied watching this fight even though I'm a little annoyed. because, they couldn't score a goal, even though there were several opportunities that should have been maximized. but, at least Chelsea has shown its best version, especially in the first half.
next, Chelsea just need to fix the center forward players. plus, getting a potential trainer. and, congratulations to Real Madrid who have the right to qualify for the next phase.

The manner in which Chelsea played yesterday was nice, but they could not score which is disheartening. I believe people must have some kind of compassion for the club due to this as they deem it more deserving than Real Madrid which used a better goal-scoring sense against them. Besides, the Napoli incident is another one, the hope was high yesterday as Victor Osimhen played, and he managed to score once, but the guy cannot kill himself. That has gone, and more opportunities will come for these clubs, especially Napoli which has never reached the quarter-final before.

Chelsea record defeat home and away and it's definitely not a surprise to me, real Madrid took the better accolades than the blues. Napoli got knockout from the quarter final against AC Milan, it was a top game. My expectations for such good performance from the Stefano Pioli's men and they will do more better in the semi final. Victor Osimhen was tied down in the game, not having good scoring opportunities on the pitch, but he managed to net the goal post injury time, there was no time to levelled the game.

Napoli are indeed in their heyday again in Serie A. But in the Champions League Napoli are a little unlucky. because they had to lose in the quarter finals due to defeat in the first leg. and the defeat was due to several of their mainstay strikers who were injured and unable to play in the first leg. and when they recover and are able to play the second leg I think still Milan are trying hard to hold their advantage. Napoli played very well for this second leg. but as we can see Osimhen in the second leg was really heavily guarded and couldn't do much. even so I am still amazed by Napoli. because it has made the Champions League this season a little different with their presence. although it's a shame they had to stop until the quarter-finals. but now Napoli must focus again on adding superiority in Serie A.

Chelsea outcome of the game was not a surprise and Chelsea had many opportunities but it was of no used to them. What I didn't expect from the Champions League game yesterday is the Napoli and ac milan game, normally ac milan has been playing quality games against Napoli in Italian League but I never thought it will be the same in Champions league.  Napoli have been really good from the beginning of the season, so difficult for them to win their games this period.

Ac milan will obviously get a pretty tough opponent in the next game, even if I see them facing a team of candidates for the Champion title. But for that we will see the results of today's matches where Bayern Munich vs Manchester City and Inter Milan vs Benfica.

maybe for today's match I have confidence that Manchester City and Inter Milan will advance to the semifinals. So if that happens there are two teams from the representatives of Italy who will enter the semifinals and I hope they will not meet in the semifinals, I mean Ac milan vs inter milan.

They had to score that penalty. What a travesty! Napoli had a good chance of playing the semi-final for the first time. I don't understand how they beat Milan easily in Serie A but lose in Champions League. The teams are same, only the platform is different. That shows Champions League arena is way different than any other tournament. Only the name is enough for teams to stay out of their routine.

No lucky wins. Even Spalleti admits Milan is more experienced. Milan had many chances but they failed, still you think Milan is lucky? You should admit Milan are more experienced and effective in finishing. For the next round, they only have two possibilities to qualify for the final or fail. But at least Milan's achievements, they are better than Napoli in UCL.

I guess it's not a matter of luck, it's a matter of consistency. Yesterday's draw with Milan was the third game in a row that Milan have not lost. I also think that Napoli are very young for the Champions League, they have very little experience in such serious competitions. Napoli have had a very good season indeed. Perhaps they will try their luck in the Champions League again in the future.

This is just a lucky win for Milan, how inconsistent this team is in the Serie A League, even Milan is very difficult to bring down Napoli in several League Matches, but there is an experience and understanding of defeat in the League that made Ac Milan get up and come out victorious in the match earlier  tonight, that's why mentality and experience and luck are a factor in them still advancing to the next round, but it's not certain that when they meet a strong team in the next round, it's possible they will be eliminated in the semifinal match.

They have more experience than Napoli that is a sure thing as they have won the Champions League several times.I am sorry for Napoli though as they lost a critical penalty in a critical moment and I don't understand why didn't Osimhen shoot it but let the huge responsibility to that classy Georgian player which I have difficulty saying his name like most of us I believe  .Napoli for me is the most unlucky team in the Champions League,they completely dominated the game yesterday night but could not convert a lot of goal scoring opportunities and the more the time passed the heavier Napoli players were psychologically which in the end translated in their elimination from the Champions League.

this is proof that the mentality of the AC Milan team is much better on the European stage, this is UCL and everyone knows not just because a team is doing well in its domestic league will do the same here.
and this is an extraordinary season for Napoli, no one thought they would be able to go this far and also they could almost ensure a trophy in Serie A and for their long journey in the UCL this season of course they have to be proud and there is nothing to regret, they have been very good this season.

and for AC Milan who have made it to the semi-finals of the UCL, they are a team that has grown since last season and this season they deserve it all.

Giroud didn't score a penalty either, so it's a mutual loss of opportunity. What can I say, the result is certainly unexpected, I would say that in this situation, Milan was able to do the impossible, they focused on defense, which was expected, and this brought the result. In the first half, Napoli lost Politano and Rui due to injuries, which is a very big loss for the team. As for the Inter-Benfica match, will we really see the Milan derby in the Champions League semi-finals?

Yeah, i would second that, of course it would be disappointing and painful for Napoli to be eliminated yesterday, but i don't think they can have too much to complain about, they were never going to win the CL this season, you would have to arrive in the later stages many, many times, before you stand a chance prolly play a final and try and win it. Napoli are definitely going to win their league title in an amazing way, thus to do that and get to the CL QF is a successful season for them, and they can aim for more next season.

Poor finishing in Chelsea final third was responsible for lack of goal in their match against Real Madrid of course N'Golo Kante and Marc Cucurella missed chances could have changed the match had they scored those scoring chances unfortunately got punished, moreso Lampard tactical formation of starting a single attacker was also a major factor responsible for lack of goals,  it's obvious that Chelsea can't be playing a experience team in UCL like Real Madrid and miss some scoring chances, meanwhile Chelsea is out of UCL and currently in 11th position and with no chances of playing UCL next season, in the other match Napoli missed penalty affected their chances of comeback unfortunately are out of UCL

What exactly is Chelsea's problem this season? Is it the coach, board or the players? Is it the motivation is just getting low?

There's definitely something serious going on with Chelsea. It's hard to believe that the same Chelsea players who used to score, now having a tough time on score. What has changed? They still have the drive and passion to win anything at all! Congratulations for Madrid on their impressive win. It would be interesting if Madrid facing Man City. They're becoming almost unstoppable these days.

As for AC Milan, they're through to the next round, which was a real surprise to many. Napoli lost due to a combination of losing key players and missed penalty from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. I can't believe to see an underdog come out on top, but AC Milan certainly earned their spot in the semi-finals.

I don't think the coach is the only problem of the club and it is not everything that goes wrong that the coach should be blamed for Chelsea squad is depth poor no energy no team spirit and intensity in playing the owner has also contributed to this with his emotional decision making they had a top manager in Thomas tuchel but he was sacked for reasons only best known to them the way he has presided over Chelsea dealing despite lacking soccer experience is concerning I think the coach alone should not be blamed for Chelsea poor performance

From the team line up and formation of Chelsea at the beginning of the match, I can say they didn't plan to win the Match, playing 5 natural defenders in a match that you want more than three (3) goals seems impossible, I thought Chelsea would have come out to play more attacking football formation that playing defensive game in that match. Playing such formation with 5 defenders would have been when you have won a match with at least two goals different or in a match that you  want a draw, because more defenders in a match will make it to lack creativity and chances to goals.

Real Madrid gained more strength after Rodrygo scored the first goal and continued to play well to add another by the 80th minute, which is very disappointing for Chelsea this season because real Madrid scored the same goal for them in both the first leg and the second leg of the match. The game was very interesting because both teams played well. Chelsea even played better than real Madrid and had a chance to score goals, but they still were unable to do so.
Real Madrid has advanced to the semi-final, which excites me greatly. My advice to Chelsea is that they shouldn't blame Frank Lampard for the game because the players gave good performances despite their inability to score goals, and I am aware that the players who participated in the match are also among Chelsea's top players.