Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 254. (Read 92696 times)

Whatever Chelsea's current problems are, I'm not 100% sure Real Madrid can deal with them. Real Madrid have good experience in the Champions League, but Chelsea is a team that also has the good mentality to present tough competition. I know we (Real Madrid) are stronger, but when you realize that Chelsea have quality players then no one will underestimate them today.

A lot of the Spanish media seem to really believe we will win the match, I agree on that, but Chelsea are team to watch out for. Lampard might make an impact on Chelsea's performance this time around, so it's expected that the game will be very interesting.

These guys @Real Madrid have proven themselves over time to deliver in the UCL. Even in the times we deemed it impossible, Real Madrid always comes through with the limited time they've got. Looking at the teams in the race now, its very easy to pick Real Madrid as the favourites for the title.
Chelsea isn't any stable yet and them having a chance at winning against Real Madrid now is almost impossible. A draw might be possible but, a Chelsea win is one result that won't play out in today's fixtures.

Too bad Napoli would have to eliminate another Italian side. I hope AC Milan would bring a lot of league experience to this game and make it very entertaining.

Both teams had recently played in Serie A and Napoli had nothing going for them in that game. Milan played very competently and won 4-0. But Napoli have a big advantage in the Italian championship. It is only a matter of time before the club officially become champions. I think the guys from Napoli have learned from that disappointing game. Still, I'm betting on a Milan win. Both teams will play very carefully. Perhaps we will not see more than one goal in the upcoming match.

With Napoli playing away and without Osimhen, it will be difficult to face Milan, who are still doing quite well at the moment.
In the previous match, when they were without Osimhen on the front lines, it was really chaotic because there was really no one to rely on, considering that even though there were still several strikers there, it was still not enough considering their productivity was a little disturbed when Osimhen was not there.

Even though their odds are quite exciting at 2.90, the risk is still very big for Napoli.

I also see this as a difficult match for Napoli because AC Milan has more Champions League experience than them, and Napoli will be missing their main man Victor Osimhen due to injury, who is one of their most important players.
Furthermore, AC Milan defeated Napoli in their most recent League match, demonstrating that the Napoli team cannot perform well without Victor Osimhen, even though they adjusted in their next match following the defeat from AC Milan.


Real Madrid is indeed a better team than Chelsea due to their respective league performances, but Chelsea cannot be ruled out of the game automatically because they also have good players who have enough experience in the Champions League.

Real Madrid is also not in its best form so far this season, but their Champions League vast experience will make them the favorites of today's match, but remembering how Chelsea strive to succeed in their first Champions League glory season in 2012 make me think otherwise, but let us see as the game ends.

Bookmakers do not extort money from players (although of course they extort money from players, but there are nuances) but only hedge the odds on which players bet money. We can say that some players bet against others and bookmakers take their fee.
Even knowing yesterday's result, I still think Bayern were underestimated. I don’t know how such a failure turned out in general, but even big clubs have bad days, in the return game Bayern will be the favorite, but it’s hardly possible to win back such a handicap.

So far real madrid has become favorite club of so many people to win the match against chelsea right now. I prefer to see lampard use a fully defensive strategy by giving advise for all players to stand by in the defensive line. Real madrid will be using 4-3-3. Real madrid will be going fully offensive against chelsea. Chelsea will try to build a big wall to make sure that madrid will not able to make even a single goal against chelsea. The match will be starting in a few hours from now.

It seems like that chelsea will be using all of its key players against real madrid. Kante and thiago will be playing in that match. that's pretty interesting to know about what kind of squads that used by lampard against real madrid.

Milan has valuable experience when beating Napoli. and if Napoli face problems up front, then it will be Milan's advantage in the first leg. but if Milan is too confident because of the big win in the previous meeting, it could actually be something bad if Napoli really plays well.
The first leg, I think Milan has a bigger chance to win. but it depends on how ready the squad will be played.

In this condition I prefer to be in Madrid alone for single bets because really looking at Napoli's condition without Osimhen and they are playing away it is clear that this is not very good, especially when talking about Milan, they indeed benefited a little from the confidence from the previous win and played at home for the first leg.

All teams at the top all have a glorious past, but Inter Milan and Manchester City have taken a giant step towards the semi-finals. Who can actually stop this Manchester City team? Bayern Munich was dangerous just after the break yesterday, but failed to score a goal. Otherwise it is 1-1 and you get another real game. Important for City that they managed to score the 2nd and 3rd goal. That pass from Haaland at the 2-0 was also of great class. That also indicates that he is absolutely not selfish, because he could have gone for his own success. It's a pleasure to turn to City's machine, and the machine's name is Guardiola.

It's a bit risky for Napoli and Milan but I'm still pretty confident in Napoli even though they lost by a pretty embarrassing score.
The problem is that Osimhen won't be in the squad for the first leg and that's a bit troubling because Napoli's front line is in crisis even though there are some players like Simeone there but it's still not enough.
But even if that's the case I'd probably still put them in contention even if it's a bit of a stretch.

It is undeniable, Chelsea performance which is still erratic places them as a non seeded team in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The lack of goal productivity is one of Chelsea weaknesses ahead of the match against Real Madrid, Chelsea failed to score in 8 of their last 13 matches in all competitions.

The situation that Chelsea is facing makes Real Madrid not afraid of the strength of its opponent, especially in the meeting between the two teams last season, Real Madrid was able to beat Chelsea, which has a stronger team depth than this season. Real Madrid must take advantage of the weaknesses of Chelsea and the Santiago Bernabeu atmosphere to win, the results of the first leg will help them make it easier when away to Stamford Bridge.

Napoli might even see this game as an opportunity to revenge that very defeat by AC Milan, While Milan in their side might be on laxity to thinking that this is gonna be the usual soft game for them as they thrashed Napoli in their previous encounter. For me I'm on the side of seeing a comeback Napoli in this game, regardless of whether AC Milan is playing at home, because Napoli got team to do the job.

AC Milan is the favorite to win tonight's match against Napoli. And why not? Last in the league they won 0-4. That seemed like a match/result against amateurs when you see 0-4. But Napoli is very dominant throughout the competition and they have also made a big impression in the CL at times. Benfica was a huge disappointment, thus losing 0-2 then we can conclude that Inter will continue. A semi-final between 2 Italian teams is 95% certain. Are we waiting for that? I do not think so. But Napoli - Manchester City would be a great poster. City is through to the next round, even though crazier things have happened in Munich.

Even if Milan really punished Napoli too hard in the previous match, but in the Champions League I think things will be very different. The atmosphere of the Champions League competition is very tight, so I hope this match will be the most difficult for anyone to predict.

Talking about possibilities, then I think Milan have good possibility for the first leg. Milan are playing at home, that will give them slight advantage over Napoli, but I'm not sure if Stefano Pioli can continue his good record today. Napoli are strong team, so I hope there is a lot of impact in the match when they have Victor Osimhen.

It is very clear, everyone will agree that Real Madrid has a high probability of defeating Chelsea in this match. after all, the two teams showed a much different performance. at least, Real Madrid was more prepared than Chelsea who was in a very unstable situation. it is true that Madrid's performance in the domestic league is not that impressive, but in this competition, Madrid is one of the strong challengers who will advance to the next round. especially if the two Madrid players are in their best performance, yes, Vini Jr and Benzema. if these two players are on fire, then Chelsea is in big trouble. and if I refer to the predicted Madrid line-up statistics, Madrid will play its main starting line. that is, Don Carlo will not waste this momentum to overthrow Chelsea with a landslide score.

As for Chelsea, now, Chelsea is handled by Frank Lampard. referring to several predicted line-ups that will be applied by Lampard, he will use a 4-3-3 system. to be honest, I'm not sure what he was thinking. but it seems, Chelsea will only rely on counterattacks. whether this will work, interesting for us to look forward to.

For the other matches, I have said that these two teams are in the same situation as equals. without Osimhen, being a big loss for Napoli. that way, Milan's chances of winning the match at their home ground are wide open. and yes, I think Milan has the potential to topple Napoli. by the way, in football, sometimes the results are surprising. so come on, let's see if there are any surprising teams in this match, it's interesting for us to wait for.

It was really unexpected for the victory that Inter managed to have with two goals without reply from Benfica, because based on the odds and also based on their trend at this moment at least Benfica has a chance to be able to score a goal. But what happened was that Inter was able to give a surprise maybe for me personally, because I really believe Benfica will be able to win in this match.

Maybe it wouldn't be a surprise if the result was 0-1 or 1-2, but with a result like this 0-2 it's certainly an unpredictable result. Also, of course, the second leg will be even more interesting, because I'm still waiting for Benfica's best quality at this moment.

Bayern munchen is a team that is quite strong and their experience in the champions league certainly cannot be doubted, manchester city is lucky enough to be able to beat bayern munchen at the etihad especially with a fairly crushing score (3-0) and this gives greater hope for manchester city to move on to the next round, but is Manchester City safe enough at this time?
I don't think so, because after all Bayern Munich often surprises in the second leg when they play at home and I think it is appropriate for Guardiola to be aware of that and can still focus on winning or at least scoring goals in the second leg later instead of having to play defensively.

There is a quite big difference between the odds of Real Madrid and Chelsea for the win today. Its being played in Santiago Bernabeu is also like an extra factor in this gap but even if it was in Stamford Bridge I would have still gone for Real Madrid comfortably. There is still a quite big power gap between these teams currently. Real Madrid are in quite good shape these days when it comes to scoring multiple goals in a match as well.

Benzema's being in-form is a big factor in this of course. He made two hat-tricks recently as you might have heard and this situation can be really useful for Real Madrid tonight. Him and Vinicius Junior are like their biggest cards against Chelsea in this match. I don't think Chelsea have a good defending style as well. As a result a really tough match is waiting for Chelsea tonight.

It would be quite shocking to me if Chelsea somehow get a draw here. 

For Real Madrid it might not even matter anymore whether they play at home or away. They can rise to great heights, even in away games. Last year in the CL it was not always all that good, but especially Benzema really helped Real Madrid. Without Modric, the world of Real Madrid would probably look very different. Chelsea will have to put in a really good result tonight otherwise it will be almost impossible to put things right in Madrid. But, chelsea has also achieved the necessary successes in the CL. Not only a few years ago but also 12 years ago when they beat Bayern Munich in the final. Even then they were the underdog.