Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 270. (Read 92722 times)

Haaland came and brought more power for Manchester City attacking system but he forced them to change their tactics too. Haaland is only dangerous if Manchester City can give what he needs and he can score goals for them from opportunities. Beyond that, Haaland does not have good contribution for their system. In my opinion, Haaland is both their strength and weakness. In a good day of Haaland, Manchester City can harvest some goals from him but in contrast, when Haaland is controlled by opponent defense players, Manchester City will play like 10 vs 11 players.

Both Chelsea and Real Madrid have nothing to do with their domestic leagues and Champions League is the biggest competition for them in this season. Quarter final stage already and only a few more good matches, they will become a champion.

Generally Chelsea have very worse conditions than Real Madrid so it is convincing to think that they will be beaten by Real Madrid in two quarter final matches. However, with star players in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea can wake up anytime and become a very opponent for Real Madrid. In direct matches between big clubs which are full of star players, it's hard to predict results before a final whistle.

If Greece could win Euro 2004 in surprise of all, Chelsea can make a smaller surprise to beat Real Madrid.

To be honest, with the current conditions, I quite agree with the bookmakers because they are aware of it or not, Benfica's current condition is better than Inter. On the other hand, playing at home for the first leg clearly has to be maximized properly by Benfica because of course their support will be full in this match.
But on the other hand, the chance of a draw is still quite big in this match.

Benfica and Inter are also teams that will face each other tomorrow. Benfica look like one step ahead according to the odds by bookmakers now. They are the home team in this game as well in addition to their having a really great season now. Inter have been quite inconsistent in the Serie A on the recent weeks. It looks like Benfica can really win this one in my opinion as well.

Benfica had better win here otherwise their job in Italy would be much more difficult than this. I expect a pretty close matchup at the end of the day.

There are a lot of specialties concerning the match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich. It is the duel between Tuchel and Guardiola and Tuchel has beaten him once in a Champions League final, hence Guardiola is looking for revenge.

But also Guardiola having been a coach for Bayern Munich is interesting. As some players have said he is the best strategist ever and knows all the weaknesses of the opponent. Probably even more so of Bayern Munich although a lot might have changed ever since.

I expect a very dominant Manchester City in that game. Bayern Munich will be more busy defending than attacking this time.

Regardless of who the coach is, I don't think Chelsea will be able to say much. This is not only limited to Lampard but Chelsea's problem is very risky and more than that so when they can't do much I don't think this is a problem for a new coach like Lampard considering that their problem is bigger than it was before and Lampard is only an Interim who is like a victim who will Scorned when Chelsea was still in the same condition.

The grade or the category of the clubs that are in the Champions League this season. Is what would give Manchester City opportunity to win the Champions league. If they are able to beat Bayern Munich, they become the champions of the Europe
Guardiola has chased this very title for many years and has always been faced with near success syndrome. Let us be hopeful that things can turn  around this season.

If not then the matter between Guardiola and Toure Yaya which led to some alleged curses should be revisited as not ordinary 

Yea it will be a very tough game. They're both two teams that know how to create a lot of chances and they're both very attacking minded. Bayern under Tuchel will be a little conservative (so I believe), so they will let Manchester City enjoy majority of the possession while Bayern will hit them on the counter attack. Bayern has very fact players and players that can give accurate passes, which is very necessary for a counter to work.
The game might go one of two ways; It may be an open match where both teams just score each other and they just try to outscore each other or it will be a very closed game where both teams will not want to slip up and make any mistakes that their opponent can exploit.
I lean on Manchester City to win though

I think this can be the most important season for Manchester City to become the champions in this tournament. Because they have Haaland from now on and his performance so far has been amazingly effective. He was like a missing piece of a puzzle for the team. Now they have an insane level of scoring strength. Bayern Munich can have quite difficulties in defending especially him.

Of course Manchester City aren't just about Haaland. They have a really solid team play and the first leg is in Etihad as well. Manchester City have a significant advantage which is how it seems to me now. Bookmakers don't see a huge difference so the odds are really close. But I'm still choosing Manchester City to bet on here. It might not be a very comfortable one maybe but they can still win this one.

Yea it will be a very tough game. They're both two teams that know how to create a lot of chances and they're both very attacking minded. Bayern under Tuchel will be a little conservative (so I believe), so they will let Manchester City enjoy majority of the possession while Bayern will hit them on the counter attack. Bayern has very fact players and players that can give accurate passes, which is very necessary for a counter to work.
The game might go one of two ways; It may be an open match where both teams just score each other and they just try to outscore each other or it will be a very closed game where both teams will not want to slip up and make any mistakes that their opponent can exploit.
I lean on Manchester City to win though.

Nothing wrong to assume Real Madrid qualifies for the next round. Real Madrid has a better history in UCL than Chelsea, Real Madrid is even the team that wins UCL trophies more than any other team. Moreover, Real Madrid has lost the chance to win the title in La Liga, so they will focus on UCL now. With this situation, everyone must agree that Real Madrid will play all out to reach the UCL final round and tries to win the title. It is not about underestimating Chelsea, it is about the current situation of Real Madrid and the stats between these teams in UCL. However, the chance of a surprising thing is always possible. Although Chelsea looks weaker, they are not impossible to eliminate Real Madrid. But in theory, it seems a very small chance!!

The game will be tough and very interesting because the both team are good performing, the both teams are strong enough to be the winner of the game. Manchester City are good in scoring goals but Bayern Munich won't give them the chance of scoring plenty of goals. It is hard to predict which team to be the winner in this game.

Chelsea under Frank lampard won't be able to spring up any surprise against real the confidence is lacking in the team and the players are not blending, the only positive is that kante is back but he alone can't inspire them in the UCL...

Lampard is optimistic to get Chelsea into shape, but he needs support and good cooperation from players and everyone. Some players haven't adapted well to the team, Lampard has a duty to make it better. I noticed that Chelsea need a good touch from Lampard even though I doubt it, but Yes, he should be supported instead of hated.

It's difficult for Lampard to be expected to be able to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League, but there's nothing wrong with seeing how he proves the quality of his team this time. Chelsea are a good quality team but they are just unlucky with goals.

We cannot underestimate Chelsea in the UCL and you're right, but if you are talking about the statistic based on the real time data for now and chelsea is still underperforming compared with real madrid. You will not able to deny this caused by this is based on the real-time data that already got from performance of chelsea in the domestic league. This gonna be another big match against real madrid. Chelsea shall not perform so badly like the last time in the EPL.
Madrid can be called as king of UCL. That being said that if madrid has won most of UCL compared with another team. That's why anyone has been picking real madrid over chelsea in the upcoming match.

If you are also aware about how they are taking their choice based on their analyzation. Anyone who puts their choice in madrid sees madrid has more opportunity compared with chelsea to go to the semi final.
It's likely that if real madrid is fully prepared against chelsea at this moment. This is another huge clash in UCL will happen very soon. This is very good thing to be taken as consideration.
Im not feeling so good with chelsea.

You are right, Real Madrid is really under performing when we compare their performance this season to their performance last season, but in as much as this is true, Chelsea is indeed worst, I am not supporting any of this club, so the outcome of their games doesn't really matter to me, but all same, Real Madrid will sure beat Chelsea if both teams meet, Chelsea is in their form this season, after this season ends, I believe Chelsea would do all they can to fix their problems. They are going to lose fans and relevance if they appear next season like are right now.

Both teams are worse than their versions last year, they were better last year and Real won, now they are worse, but Chelsea is much worse whereas Real is just a bit worse, looking at the league games of course because if we were to look at just the UCL games then they are both still here which means there wouldn't be any difference at all.

The fact that they are going to try and do something about this situation and fix it, means they both first need to beat each other, both teams will want a better next season and key to that starts from having a good ending to this year and losing here won't help that. One of them will go back upset, you just have to accept that as a fact and shouldn't really focus on it at all.

The first leg match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich is really interesting to look forward to. The match took place in front of Manchester City fans at the Etihad which is likely to favor the hosts. Manchester City are in good form going into the first leg, which is great for Pep Guardiola's squad.

So far Manchester City are really the favorites at home despite Bayern Munich being very strong team. I don't think Manchester City are bad about this, but anyway they have to try their best to win at home. I'm assuming Manchester City won, but it's hard to predict with certainty the outcome of that match.

There is one early final in this match schedule. The match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich should normally have been the final match. If these two teams didn't play with each other, if they played with other teams, they would have been favourites. I think Manchester City are better than Bayern Munich, but it is very possible to encounter surprise results in matches at this level. However, Manchester City will be my favourite, having scored 7 goals against Leipzig in the previous stage of this tournament and regaining control of the league title race. They have gained a better momentum compared to Bayern Munich lately.