Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 346. (Read 92655 times)

But seeing this, I remember Madrid last season, whether there will really be 3 rematches for them this season because if we remember last season they also faced Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City. Looking at the chart now, Liverpool have already been beaten and now Chelsea and Manchester City are in the same pot.
It's interesting when indeed Chelsea lose again and Manchester City win against Bayern then obviously 3 rematches for Real Madrid become something real here

According to some, Chelsea vs Real Madrid will be played in the third season of the competition, if that is true at this stage, UEFA is making money. Despite Bayern's history in this tournament, they have crashed in recent years cheaply and I don't see anything special about them. Despite the fact that Man City can be timid on the european stage, I hope Pep can help them through with Bayern, moreover, they have experienced players that can handle their temperament at such a high level game.

It was a club that Pep Guardiola had previously coached as well and now they meet this to be a reassuring encounter where Bayern Munich is currently in top form during the Champions League matches.
Whereas Manchester City is the same as going very far but when it will reach the top it always ends but that doesn't think for now Pep Guardiola will try anyway to beat Bayern Munich so he can solve the solution to become the winning team this season in the UCL and Haaland to be a very reliable player but I think that ability can be counted on from all the squad.

Indirectly Inter Milan is now inconsistent and difficult to predict for his game whereas Benfica is just trying his best for this in terms of opportunities and current performance many people say Benfica will deserve more then I think Inter Milan will also have the same opportunity .

Milan vs Napoli - I have no doubts for Napoli I idolize for this season they might get past AC Milan.

Real Madrid I make sure it passes, and you are right that Chelsea is currently in a bad state even though many squads have been brought in.

Indeed a funny one. When you take a look on the teams on the right, you feel that all of them fit to play semi-finals and obviously City - Bayern couldn't be better than a final match.
I don't know if City journey will be over at this point or they could challenge Bayern. I have the feeling that Bayern is unstoppable in Champions League, could Guardiola and his players made the history this season and win the title?
Real Madrid is the favourite in the other game. Inter to pass in my opinion and there will be a semifinal Italian match tho.

True, of all the matches in this round, the match between Manchester City vs Bayern Munich was the most balanced match. It is very difficult to predict which of them will advance to the semifinals. They really can beat each other, and I think that will really happen in the first leg and second leg. Manchester City got a really tough opponent in this round, after in the round of 16 they met unseeded Leipzig. As for Bayern Munich, they will return with a tougher opponent, having previously had a difficult match.




Actually I didn't want to see representatives from Serie A meet in this round, but the draw said they should meet in this round. IN Serie A Napoli are definitely better than AC Milan, and I think they can continue that in the Champions League. In the previous game Napoli could beat AC Milan at their home turf, and they will still hold their second round match in Serie A next month, in the same month as the Champions League. This will be a battle between 2 Serie A clubs to compete who is better and can advance to the semifinals of the Champions League.

Although Milan are playing well, it will be difficult for Milan to match Napoli. The Napoli team has some great players who have brought the team this far. Besides, the coach of the team has good experience.

I was hoping not to see a matchup between Italian teams in the quarter finals but there we are. But still there is a potential to see two Italian teams in the semi finals which is interesting.

Milan have a great history in the Champions League normally. But they don't play very good right now in fact. Of course Tottenham were a challenging opponent for them and they managed to eliminate them somehow. Tottenham just showed a much worse performance than I expected from them. I don't think Napoli would be like Tottenham. They are very competitive in the Champions League also just as they are in the Serie A. If Milan don't make any improvement in their game I don't expect them to get past Napoli.

This season I can't say the AC Milan team is strong. The team's performance is quite poor and erratic. Milan's performance in Serie A is not regular. Napoli, on the other hand, continued their dominance in the Champions League and Serie A. This team has been playing well since the beginning of the season. And still, they are playing well in every match. Day by day their performance is getting stronger. I don't think AC Milan has the ability to beat Milan in this situation. Napoli players now have more confidence than Milan.

The performance of Napoli and AC Milan this season is very different and not the same. If you look at the performances of the two teams in Serie A this season, AC Milan still has to struggle to stay in the top four of the standings now. Meanwhile, Napoli are still very comfortable at the top of the standings with a very large gap for their rivals, including AC Milan. So both of them have very different performance levels this season and Napoli's chances of winning over AC Milan in the Champions League this season are much bigger in my opinion.

Isn't that a bit weird to you as well? I feel like there is this situation where Real could be having a great season in the league or they could be doing terrible, it could be same players or they could have different players, they could have the same manager or a different manager, whatever happens, they are always at the top of the candidate list and that's why it looks like we are talking about a bit of a strange result.

I am not saying that Real should be bad this season, but look at the past 10 years, they were always nominees to win it, won so many times as well, and players changed during the same period and even the manager, yet they are still favourites.

I couldn't follow the draw for the quarterfinals in real time, but I have now seen the match-ups.
There is no way to choose the best games, because at this stage there are only teams that deserve to be there, but I will make my prediction for this stage:

Man. City vs Bayern
I think this will be the most balanced and exciting match of the round, two favorites to win the title.
Just as Bayern managed to nullify Mbapeé and Messi in the second game vs PSG, I think they will try their best to nullify Haaland.
I think City wins at home and loses away, there is a high chance of extra time in this game.
Man City qualifies.

Benfica vs Inter
Without all the glamour of the other matches, it has everything to be a very balanced game, both teams are playing well, Inter in second in the Italian championship, and Benfica in first in the Bwin League. Another game with chances to go to extra time. But as Inter play the second game at home, I believe Benfica can win in Portugal 1-0 and in the second game 1-0 or 2-0 for Inter.
Inter qualifies. (but I hope Benfica can classify)

Real Madrid vs Chelsea
Chelsea's team has reached this stage without being very convincing. I don't believe that this current Chelsea team is capable of beating Real Madrid, especially with Real's team playing very well with Viny Jr and Benzema.
Chelsea draws at home and loses in Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid qualifies.

Milan vs Napoli
Napoli has already beaten Milan in the Italian championship, leads comfortably and knows exactly how their opponent plays, and is the favorite to win both games in my opinion.
Napoli qualifies.

Even in the quarter-finals chart, we can see it is a bit strange. Some weak teams are on the left side and some strong teams are on the right side. I think this is illogical for the draw this time, but still there will be winners and losers. Like the matches of 3 teams from Italy, it's possible that we won't see the final of the Italian team in the UCL this season and Manchester City vs Bayern Munich we can't see the two teams in the final later.

I found quite an entertaining meme regarding this quarter final draw.



Source: https://twitter.com/TrollFootball/status/1636691002600685568?s=20

that's very sad to see that among chelsea, bayern, real madrid and city. There will be only 1 club that will be qualified for the final. I don't even expect how can another side already fulfilled by italian clubs?

Benfica was the only non italian club on another side. That's very bad to see the result from draw. I expect something better than it like Italian clubs shall be facing spanish or english club.
I really disappointed with the result of the draw.

Italian clubs have biggest chance to go to the final caused by it will be having benfica is the only club that was not an italian club.

Bayern munich vs Manchester City this match will definitely be interesting, both of them have a solid squad almost equally strong in terms of attack and defense. This is not easy for both of them, but you're right Sir that although there is Haaland at Manchester City, Bayern Munich should be able to handle it because last season they often met at Bundesliga. So I also think they have a potential to win this quarter final.

Yes, that is if Real Madrid beats Chelsea, the winner of that game would face the Winner of the Manchester City v Bayern game, it is going to be pretty tough for these four teams, i think amongst the four of them, whoever makes it to the final is going to win the CL title. The other four teams pitted against each other are also strong, but neither of them is favorites, only Napoli stands a small chance, and i think they are the team that's going to make it to the final out of the other four pitted against each other, because i think they would beat Ac Milan, and should defeat the winner between Benfica v Inter Milan. Having said that, it is all just speculations at this stage, football is somewhat unpredictable, so we'd have to wait for the games to come, then we'd see who'll progress.

It looks so boring to see that chelsea gets madrid as a competitor over and over again. It's three times in a row chelsea faces real madrid. How can chelsea always getting real madrid as an opponent in UCL since a few years ago? i wonder how is it possible?

It seems like that modric will be fully prepared to face a club that he has called as toughest opponent.


Source: https://tribuna.com/en/news/chelsea-2022-04-12-modric-chelsea-are-my-toughest-opponent/

I hope that real madrid would be facing bayern or city. What a draw by chelsea to face madrid again. 

It will be very interesting to see the Serie A teams making their way to the quarter-finals again. The dominance of Italian representatives in the quarter-finals made their chances of reaching the final very open. The announced draw resulted in an Italian derby between Napoli and Milan, then Inter Milan and Benfica. But can that dominance be destroyed by Benfica? because the representative of Portugal also cannot be underestimated. Benfica already has good experience against other Italian representatives, when he helped get rid of Juventus in the competition in the group phase. So all teams from the country of pizza must be aware of this bad possibility.

The match between Napoli and AC Milan will be very competitive. Because both teams are in almost equal form. But I will put Napoli a little more because this team is also performing very well in the Italian league.

Although Chelsea consistency is still questionable, it seems that their mentality in the Champions League is a little different. In addition, Graham Potter knows that facing Real Madrid will be a challenge for him and the Chelsea players. Ancelotti should not be complacent, even though Chelsea's performance in the Premier League is still under improvement, it is likely that Chelsea will play very aggressively to avenge last season's defeat to Real Madrid.


Manchester City must learn from the PSG vs Bayern Munich match, because in that match many star-class players were prevented from moving much by Nagelsmann's men. So you need to watch out, the potential for their playing style can also kill the movements of Haaland De Bryne and Foden. This will obviously be of more concern, Pep Guardiola does not want his dream to be buried by his own former club.

The draw went smoothly without problems and in my opinion was quite fair without any cheating, where there were representatives from the Italian Serie A who met in the quarter-finals, there was one game that was quite interesting for us to look forward to, including Manchester City vs Bayern Munich and this match is considered the the most tense match, because Pep Guardiola has to prove the quality of Manchester City in the Champions League, while Bayern Munich is also very ambitious to add to the Champions League title.

Another interesting match between Napoli vs AC Milan, two Serie A representatives must eliminate each other to qualify for the semifinals and Napoli's chances are slightly superior in that match. While Real Madrid will face Chelsea, where Ancelotti can more easily reach the semifinals because Chelsea's current conditions are not in promising conditions.