Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 344. (Read 92696 times)

Agree. Bayern players have a good mentality. Bayern Munich has better experience against a strong team, they already eliminated PSG in the previous round. So, if they will face Man City in this round, it is not really surprising for them. While for Man City, it may be a big pressure to play against Bayern Munich. Although Haaland is on fire in the last match, Bayern knows well how to deal with Haaland since he played for years in Bundesliga previously. However, it will be a tight match, both Man City and Bayern Munich have strong squads.

They always hype up Manchester City season in season out, but well all know how it always ends. When it comes to winning UCL, pedigree also matters a lot, and City don't have any. I wouldn't be surprised if Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Inter Milan or AC Milan lifts this one.

I will be here to remind people of how Manchester City bottled it up once again   

This prediction is not much different from what PSG predicted. Many think that PSG will win the UCL this season, arguing that a great trio can combine well, but in reality they can't do much in the UCL. Likewise with Manchester City with Haaland's ability. UCL matches are not individual matches, but how can they work well together in a match. Apart from that, we have watched together how Bayern's playing style is so fast, and has a solid back line. It's possible that Haaland's speed is more dominating than the Bayern defenders, but dangerous crossings will prevent him from moving freely. Apart from that, the experience at UCL is also the most important part.

As I also explained earlier, Haaland is indeed one of the best players and can even be said to be a goal machine this season. But can the players move the same when Haaland is hindered continuously. Bayern is not a club that plays with a defensive style that can provide space for Manchester City by moving freely in Bayern's goal area. For me, Leipzig is not comparable to Bayern in terms of style of play. So it was quite difficult for Manchester City to get space to carry out attacks on Bayern's goal. Yes, that's just my view, maybe the reality will be reversed.

I think it really depends on the outcome of the match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City. If Manchester City qualify for the semi-finals, then Madrid will have that chance, but if Bayern Munich qualify for the semi-finals, it may be difficult for Real Madrid to get the next ticket.

When I saw the announcement of the quarter-final board and saw the list, I was really surprised.
Bayern - Man City will be the most interesting match in this quarter-final round. They are a strong team, no doubt, they are very tough on many fronts. I'm sure many people favor Man City because of Haaland, however, Bayern also has a very strong defense and fierce resistance. moreover, they have also been able to eliminate PSG, which has Mbappe and Messi. Therefore, it is still very difficult to determine who will be the winner of this match. Bayern was really unlucky because they had to face strong teams from the start.

I actually think the opposite.
At the moment Napoli are in very comfortable conditions in their domestic league with an advantage of 18 points obviously this is something comfortable and can ignore Serie A for a while because indeed this will not be a problem either for them if they do that. it's just that this will not be able to do Milan.
Their position in the top 4 of Serie A is still very threatened so they are also in a difficult choice here.

This is really a very special season for Napoli as they can even make it to the finale with this level of performance.

It mostly depends on what team they will face until that round of course. They got a lucky draw for the quarter finals in fact. Milan are one of the teams that can eliminate as long as they apply their usual game plan. Napoli have already been much more successful than Milan in this season. They beat Milan in San Siro in the Serie A also. I expect them to eliminate Milan by winning both games here too. A finale like Manchester City - Napoli would definitely be interesting. But I just can't see a finale without Real Madrid for this season too.

Yeah, City and Napoli are the most likely final.

Napoli at this moment is very strong and hard to beat, the right side of the matches table is very week so they can beat all of them.

I think you have a good point here, but we shouldn't forget that Bayern Munich also has a good lineup. What gives Bayern the advantage, in my opinion, is the tactical commitment and winning mentality they always show against all competitors. Hence, this match will undoubtedly be the most exciting match in this round. On the other hand, the winner of this match will face the winner of Real Madrid and Chelsea in the semi-final. Real Madrid will most likely qualify considering the bad situation Chelsea have been suffering from this season, thus whoever qualifies from Man City and Bayern Munich will look for revenge from Real Madrid.
The odds look like favoring Man City in the first leg, which is normal as the match will take place in their stadium, but I can't underestimate Bayern in this match, because strong teams show their mentality and personality in matches like this.

How do you mean by real Madrid having to play against a weaker team? It's necessary I remind you that this is UCL and no team should be underrated especially not the likes of Chelsea who have had to beat through teams like Bayern, real Madrid, and even Barcelona at this very stage in their two UCL competition that they won in 2012 and 2021 and there's every possibility that such could repeat itself. Believe me man, Chelsea is a team to beat when it comes to the UCL.

There are no exact predictions. I think some surprises will happen in the quarter-final match. this is football when a weak team is taken for granted but they are a team that is fully consistent to beat its opponents. indeed Manchester City has a strong enough squad depth to become champions after they showed how strong they are when they beat Leipzig with an aggregate of 8-1. Apart from that we might think that Chelsea is not too strong after they struggled in the domestic league to get a victory but they also have a very strong squad and that could be a miracle factor for them in the Champions league.

From the Serie A team, Napoli have had a pretty good pace this season, they even have a little advantage because their opponents are from the same league, so it's no stranger that Napoli can take advantage of their strengths to beat AC Milan.

I don't see anyway in which Manchester City would manage it to winning the UCL. The trophy is sure within the teams in the middle and that would be Napoli, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Manchester City don't look like a team that could get it done and I think they might have to face Real Madrid again. If they can manage it to beat the champions, then they could have a chance else, they can as well go have therr focus on the EPL alongside with Arsenal after being eliminated from the Europa by Sporting CP last night.

Despite the fact that it can be worked with, I am very certain there will be an upset in the predictions. Even though Manchester City is predicted to win the cup, they have not been consistent in the league or other cups.

Real Madrid have been the most consistent team in the last 6 years in regards to the champions league and this season they are fired up as usual for the Champions league title. History is about to be repeated again this season, The same way Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea and Liverpool last season. Real Madrid have already defeated Liverpool and now been paired to eliminate Chelsea. This is so interesting, I will be keeping my fingers crossed and anticipating the return of the champions league games.

I agree that Real Madrid and Napoli seem to qualify for the semi-final round because they will play against weaker teams. But for Bayern Munich and Benfica, I am not sure that they will be easy to go to the next round. Man City has a strong squad, they even have Haaland as a machine goal now. I think Man City is stronger than Bayern Munich. While for Benfica vs Inter, I assume Inter is a bit superior with its squad. Although inter doesn't perform well in Serie A, they performed quite well in UCL.

IMO, these are 4 teams to qualify for the semi-final round:
- Real Madrid
- Napoli
- Man City
- Inter

Interesting draw. But not for Man City. It's really unlucky for Man City that the chances of winning the Champions League this season are starting to run low because of the draw. Even though Man City can beat Bayern Munich, King UCL Real Madrid will be waiting in the semifinals next (I'm sure Real Madrid will win against Chelsea). And the luckiest of the draws were the teams from Italy, starting from the top 16 to the quarter-finals, the drawing was fairly easy, I'm 99% sure someone made it to the finals. The Italian team.

There might be a surprise this season in the UCL, namely Manchester City. Many predict that the UCL will fall into the hands of Manchester City this season. But how can you cross it out. Yes, of course dealing with Bayern Munich is not something easy for Manchester City. Even Bayern Munich has knocked PSG out of the UCL.

Manchester City can do the thing PSG couldn't against Bayern Munich to be honest. I believe they have a bigger chance than PSG to eliminate them. Guardiola's system is way better than Galtier's that's for sure. PSG had a great trio in their hands but they just couldn't benefit from players like them. Their problem was definitely with the management so Galtier was at fault about that elimination I'm afraid.

Manchester City don't have a bad history against Bayern Munich. Now they are in much better condition thanks to Haaland. He put on an amazing show against Leipzig by scoring 5 goals and nearly breaking a record by himself. He will be the biggest threat to Bayern Munich. This time he won't find Lewandowski against himself to compete as well. If he makes difference in this matchup it will be really difficult for Bayern Munich to advance.

Honestly the sparkling form of Napoli will be difficult for AC Milan to stop them in the UCL quarterfinals, they are playing brilliantly I'm UCL this season,of course the two teams are playing in Seria A knows each other style of play and in their first meeting Napoli defeated AC Milan at San Siro, truly AC Milan will really focused on UCL because of their slim chances of closing the gap on Napoli who is posed to win the Scudetto and presently leading Seria A table, I am predicting Napoli to win the match against AC Milan after considering the in-form of the duo of Victor Osimen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who had been very consistent in their performances this season.

Madrid can't lose for anyone at this crucial point....I'm solely a Barcelona fan, but I can't dare to guarantee a win against Madrid.
As at the last match, everything went wrong when Barcelona took possession on the ball and -- after all they tried, it was impossible to make a goal -- then, just at the closure of the match, an own goal came from militao... That was a pretty big flop.
Since these is a different tournament entirely, they'll have to keep their finger crossed -- let's assume they are able to defeat against Bayern, then they'll have to Play finally against Napoli.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

It seems that this season Napoli has a chance to qualify for the Champions League final after seeing the draw results in the quarter finals, Napoli against AC Milan on quarter final and the winning team against between the winner Benfica vs Inter Milan. Based on Napoli performance in domestic league success defeated Milan seems have chance success qualifying to semifinal and waiting between Benfica or Inter will be easy Napoli opponent..

Have advantage after looking quarter final drawing match because they will not face the winner between Manchester City vs Bayern Munich and Real Madrid vs Chelsea in semifinal, but Napoli have to win first against Milan if want have chance to semifinal or final stage.