Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 304. (Read 92662 times)

You're right, the Manchester City vs Bayern Munich match is a match that's very difficult to predict, because apart from the UCL, the two teams are still on their way to getting the domestic league title. But if I have to choose 1 team between Manchester City or Bayern Munich, I prefer Bayern Munich. This is very reasonable, because Bayern Munich from season to season shows their consistency in the UCL. But Manchester City is also not bad, they have very good squad depth, so I think their percentage of going to the semi-final is 40% (IMO).

You are not alone with this confusion. Many of us find it difficult to make a choice, but this is the excitement of football by seeing 2 big clubs, almost the same strength and playing style, both are considered dangerous. From the point of view of each coach, in my opinion, they already have familiar experience in the Champions League. So it's no wonder people will choose to be in the middle and don't dare to bet. In the end, there will be one team that emerges victorious and will be considered the first club to go through the storm of the Champions League quarter-finals.

I agree with this, every competition they play gets different results, we can't assume it's all the same although we definitely consider this with what they do in the domestic league. There are good teams in the domestic league, but they failed in the Champions League. Like Barcelona for example, this season they are very good in La Liga but they can't do much in the Champions League even in the Europa League. So each competition can produce very different results for each team.

you are right Despite performing poorly in the league, there are many teams who are capable of performing well in the Champions League. We have seen Chelsea's performance in 2020-21. Chelsea's performance in the Premier League was very poor. But this team has managed to win the Champions League title. Real Madrid and Manchester City are not at the top of their respective leagues, but they are doing well in the Champions League. However, it is not possible to predict which team will win the title this season. Several teams are favorites to win this year's title. I look forward to seeing the four teams qualify for the semi-finals.

Now with conditions like this actually for Madrid they just have to focus on the Champions League so they can bring back this trophy because indeed with the current domestic league which is bad it is clear that this is very unprofitable for them and we all also know for sure that their position in La Liga unprofitable because it lags far enough. Even though there is no word of surrender in the league, their focus must be bigger on the Champions Legaue for now.

Among the 8 teams that will play in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, to be honest, I'm quite confuse between Bayern Munich and Manchester City which of the two teams will go on to the semi-finals
The Bayern Munich and Manchester City match is the most difficult to predict in my opinion compare to the other three match
What do you think, who is most worthy of qualify for the semifinals between Bayern Munich and Manchester City?

There's got to be a mistake somewhere, do you mean 'likely', because tbh City and Real Madrid are the favorites for the title, and one can also include Bayern Munich in that list, though personally i think it is City's year. Benfica are a great side and they have a huge chance of playing in the final this season, they just have to defeat Inter Milan, and eliminate the winner between Napoli v AC Milan, it is very much achievable, but i am afraid, they can't win the CL even if they make it to the final.

Why? Have you see the previous meeting between napoli against ac milan? any clubs have the same chance to win UCL at this moment. it's caused by the chance for napoli go to go the final is much bigger compared with another team.

You can also imagine if chelsea lose against madrid and madrid will be facing the winner between city vs bayern. There will be only 1 club that will be qualified to the final while in another side. There are some seri a clubs like intermilan, acmilan and napoli.
Napoli has become the most favorite teams in that group. Let's said that if napoli will win against ac milan and napoli may face benfica or intermilan. That can be considered as easy opponents for napoli.

I would not take the past result against inter as something that needs to be feel worried. It's caused by if we are seeing the statistic and napoli is far above intermilan in that match. Intermilan was just lucky enough to make 1 goal against napoli while napoli missed many golden chances.

I don't see league performance and Champions League performance in the same way. Real Madrid always do well in the Champions League. Although they are on the verge of losing the league title but I believe Real Madrid will surprise again in the Champions League. Moreover, Bayern Munich and Manchester City are far ahead in the race to win the Champions League.

Looking at the current table, it's not wrong to make Napoli the favorite to compete in the Champions League final this season. But they won't be easy in the final because they will definitely meet a very big team, be it Real Madrid, Manchester City or Bayern Munich, we know all the teams I mentioned are big teams and also have more experience in this Champions League . At least I believe Napoli will be in the final.

In the Inter Milan vs Benfica match, maybe some of us will have different predictions regarding this match. And the majority will of course see Benfica as the underdog. because remembering Inter Milan, who has experienced a decline in performance in a few weeks in Serie A. but Benfica it seems that in the Portuguese League there is really nothing that can stop it.

Benfica even has only 1 defeat in the Portuguese League and 2 draws and 22 wins at the moment. and Benfica is also very prolific in scoring goals in the Portuguese League. so it's no wonder that even in the Champions League, Benfica has an extraordinary level of goal productivity. but I don't think Benfica will be able to score many goals against Inter Milan. because Inter Milan has the advantage in their defense.

I prefer to say. that, the Champions League is bigger on the luck factor, regardless of the depth of the teams competing in this competition. imagine, that the domestic league is tighter than the Champions League. each league, at least there will be 34 matches or 38 matches played by all the competing teams. all the teams will meet, home and away. different from the Champions League, only a few meetings and not all contestants meet each other. however, it remains that this competition is always said to be more prestigious than the domestic leagues.
I know very well, that what I say will invite pros and cons. Well, at least this is from my personal point of view.

On the other hand, Manchester City and PSG are top clubs who have many stars. Unfortunately, the luck factor has never been on their side even though these two teams actually have very good depth of players. PSG is out. now, Manchester City is the strongest potential challenger besides Real Madrid. City will prove how capable they are, to win this trophy. I want to see, if luck is on their side. because, if we talk team depth they have it.

Meanwhile, perhaps Napoli will be one of the finalists in this competition if we remember the opponents. perhaps, the toughest challenge is Benfica. even then, if Napoli is able to topple Milan, Benfica is no exception. but for sure, I'm really looking forward to the City vs Bayern match. well, there's nothing else I can say, other than we just enjoy it when the Champions League quarter-finals begin.

I don't think Real Madrid is in a good situation right now, they nearly lost the La Liga title to Barcelona and there is o hope for them anymore and this can have a negative effect on the team, however, they have enough time to recover. On the other hand, Bayern Munich started working with a new coach and we can't be sure how they are going to perform even in Bundesliga also he needs some time with his team. While Napoli got a more stable situation.

Maybe by first going through the first leg of the quarterfinals we can start predicting which team will have the ability to be able to compete in the finals later, because these quarterfinals are the best teams who even though they didn't perform satisfactorily in the local league but they managed to beat their opponents in this competition, if the assessment is the results in the league then Napoli and Benfica have a chance to reach the final but other teams have better statistics in the champions league Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, so it's really early enough to say which team will win because every team has a same chance because football is often unpredictable.

Napolis chance of becoming the favourite clubs this season is greatly threatened by other smaller clubs in their categories just like you mentioned, clubs like benfica will pause a great threat to their success in that season.

I don't think Napoli should be considered favorites to win so soon. Of course this time they are in very good form and deserve to reach the final. It cannot be said that if luck is good, they can win the Champions League by winning the final as well. On the other hand, we will never leave Bayern Munich and Real Madrid behind. There is still a long way to go to win the Champions League. It is true that reaching the final is much easier for Napoli.

You are right. It is much more difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title. Manchester City and PSG were the favorites for the title in the last few seasons. But they could not win the title. On the other hand, the Chelsea team won the title in the 2020-21 season. No one expects Chelsea to win the Champions League title. And so I would say every team that qualified for the quarter-finals has a chance to win the Champions League title. It is impossible to predict which team will win the title so early.

If you have a money bet on Benfica, you should analyse your predictions again because Sportbooks will be happy with your wager. I mean, look at the other 3 teams, do you really think with Benfica's performance, they can reach the final where Napoli, Inter, and Ac Milan are standing, I beg to differ. I understand they perform exceptionally in the group stage and knockout stage but the team they played against in the knockout stage is not that good IMO, they barely made it out of the group stage. I'm confident that Napoli will do anything to further their journey to the final even if they meet with Benfica.

All the teams in the champions league are famous and they deserve the title this season because they had a good performance so far, but I don't think any team other than Napoli is close to the champions league, they had an amazing performance so far and they have enough gap in the league to give some rest to some players they have to they won't have any stamina problem comparing to other teams.

Napoli is really playing great this season in the Italian championship and the Champions League, but that doesn't mean much.
The same could be said for the last few seasons for PSG or Manchester City, but these two clubs still failed to win the Champions League.
On the other hand, the Champions League was won by Real and Chelsea in the last few years, although they were not very good and convincing in the national championships.
That is why it is still early for any serious predictions, and we have a lot of serious candidates for the title of European champion.