Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 397. (Read 92696 times)

Benfica play very well in past two seasons in their domestic Portuguese League and in Champions League too. In their domestic league, Benfica are leading ahead of Porto in this season. In Champions League, they simply won easily in both two legs and are deserved to get in the quarter final round.

Bayern won't start the match with their main plan for a draw only. Because they do know that PSG are dangerous with Messi and Mbappe as well as some creative midfielders. In addition PSG have Sergio Ramos who is always goal productive in corner kicks. Bayern knows that if they let PSG score one goal first, it will be a start of something they might not be able to control well.

With domination they shown in a first leg, Bayern will begin a second leg to break mentality of PSG as soon as possible. Their whole system works fine and their weakness is from Choupo-Moting. The striker has bad ability to score goals even he received good key passes from his team mates.

I did not expect that Benfica would go forward so actively, in fact they did not need to win the match with a big score, it was enough to score one or two goals and just save their energy for the next matches, but they were very charged for the attacking game.

A draw will be enough for Bayern today, but will they play to keep the score? The situation will force PSG to go forward, but it will force them to open up areas in defense, which Bayern can take advantage of.

Are you losing money? My prediction was correct and I won some bets with my friend. Indeed, from the statistics Dortmund even controlled the game. They had the same shot attempt, but Chelsea were more effective. I was so amazed by Kepa's ability, he deserves to be the best player. Maybe Potter can give Kepa some more confidence. Indeed after they won 2-0 Chelsea played it safe more to qualify. They managed to break many people's predictions, and I am happy with this result. 

The main event tonight is surely PSG vs Bayer with Bayern leading 1-0 with away goal advantage and now playing at home. Surely they have the upper hand but PSG is looking dangerous. Spurs take on Milan which was also a low scoring affair in the first leg. I expect it to be a low scoring affair again.

It's hard to play your hearts out when your manager isn't sure about what you guys can do. That's what I see with Graham Potter at the moment. The loses the Chelsea team has suffered, even after having an impressive performance where they turn out to be the dominant force in the game has left Graham Potter shattered. Chelsea winning is just a wish for luck on his side and that's not the right energy to pass on to his boys. Just imagine how happy he was to have had his team proceed yesterday, he felt liberated and truly, he was.

Talking about credits, I think anyone who watched Dortmund played yesterday have got to appreciate them for there team work and consciousness on where the players would be. They made it look so easy and I'll like to see them repeat the same thing with a top team.

I think Graham potter is incredibly lucky. He gained his first UCL experience with an elite club. Even though he is inconsistent, we should celebrate him, nothing is easy. I have maintained throughout Chelsea's struggles that firing Potter is not the solution. The man will prove himself given time. Patience is key, the team will come good soon.

This game was a great win for Chelsea,  it is not easy to win team like Dortmund looking from how Chelsea performance used to be before now. I commend and appropriate Chelsea's coach for this victory, I never thought chelsea can be able to defeat Dortmund because of their inconsistent from the beginning of the season. The two recent matches went very successfully for them , this might be the beginning of chelsea to start playing impressive and interesting games.

Chelsea has rekindled the hope of English Premier League players and clubs in the Champions League. Earlier last week, I already made a post confirming that the chances of English clubs to qualify to the next round of the Champions League is so slim. I only believed Manchester City to be the club that we go to the next level.
Surprisingly Chelsea FC has gone to the next round and Manchester City will also go to the next round who knows another English club would be lucky to join.

If Chelsea showed us a glimpse of what can that squad achieve if they play their hearts out , then , they convinced me for sure that they could be a title contender if they have the right mentality from the start.

It seems we don't give enough credit to Benfica boys , because this team has suffered a lot in the last years when it came to European performances but now they are here , they beat Brugge again last night and they secured a place in quarter finals.

Both matches are interesting, but Bayern was able to win the last game away and now feels much more comfortable at home, especially since PSG now has serious problems with the game... Even if they didn't lose the last matches, they concede goals from weak teams... But the more unpredictable game I think is Spurs vs Milan... I think Milan will win, but anything can happen in this match...

chelsea's problem is in the attack, let's see chelsea's performance in the last 10 games, it's something regrettable:

chelsea 1 - 2 fulham

the one who scored the goal on chelsea's side was not a striker, but K. harvertz and joao happy were playing, but the two were unable to score goals

Chelsea 1 - 0 crystal palace

in this game chelsea only managed to score one goal and it was K. harvertz who scored

chelsea 0 - 0 liverpool

there were no goals

Chelsea 0 - 0 Fulham

there was no goal

chelsea 1 - 1 west ham

in this game jao felix scored 1 goal

chelsea 0 - 1 southampton

in this game chelsea did not score a goal

chelsea 0 - 2 tottenham

in this game again chelsea did not score a goal

chelsea 1 - 0 leeds

in this game chelsea scored a goal, but it wasn't chelsea's attackers who scored goals.

in yesterday's game chelsea managed to score 2 goals thanks to the penalty, i honestly can't understand why chelsea's owner is spending money bringing players that won't change much in chelsea, but since it's his money, he has the right to buy whoever he wants, but I don't see chelsea as a good team that has a good future in this state, I don't know why the coach insists on these strikers and why bring jao felix when they had better options, and something I don't understand

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Tottenham Hotspur FC - AC Milan

this is a game between two teams that are very close, for that reason the result of the game is very unpredictable, in this case I prefer not to bet on this game, but looking at these two teams I see that it will be a game in which both teams scored goals

FC Bayern Munich - Paris Saint-Germain FC

this will undoubtedly be a very difficult game for PSG who come into this game with a very important absence, I'm talking about neymar who is injured, so PSG's attack will be very reduced and their defense which was already a fragile defense only it makes everything worse for PSG, while bayern arrives for this game very motivated

The advantage of 1 point for Bayern Munich is still not enough, especially since Leg 2 will be PSG's match to the fullest, and keep fighting while you can. I think things can turn around if PSG is able to show a solid game. Behind 1 point is not easy when playing at Allianz. For Bayern Munich, of course, this is a plus point to play freely at home. As we know, the Allianz stadium has always been a dark memory for PSG.

I believe Bayern Munich has the advantage over Paris Saint-Germain in this match, and Bayern Munich already leads with a 1:0 aggregate. I know what Bayern is capable of doing, and I anticipate them coming out in full attack. Looking at the formation, 3-4-3, which has both strong defense and attack capabilities, is not bad at all. Let's wait and see how the game turns out. and I just hope we get the entertainment we want to see.

Today's Champions League rematches promises to be very interesting. Bayern Munich certainly made a big advance by winning 1-0 in Paris, but I wouldn't rule out PSG's chances of advancing. However, they have to play much better than in the first game. Neymar is still injured, but Mbappe seems to be at full strength. His coming on from the bench in the first leg completely changed PSG's game.
Also in Tottenham vs AC Milan, it's hard for me to pick a team that will advance. Milan's 1-0 win in the first leg doesn't settle anything yet and I think Tottenham can definitely make up for that loss.

We can say that all the players Chelsea have on all fronts are almost perfect, but the results are the opposite of what was expected.
Their stats on that win were still not that great either.
Graham Potter needs to think about the right strategy with the number of Chelsea matches he has overseen since being brought in from Brighton.
However, Todd Boehly definitely doesn't want Chelsea's situation to continue to decline in performance.

My question to you, is the victory over Dortmund that makes them move on to the next round, will this be the start of their revival, including in the domestic league?

I think Graham potter is actually a very good coach. We have to remember when Graham Potter first came to Chelsea. at that time Chelsea was in bad condition. but then in a few games Chelsea continued to win games after Graham potter came. However, after experiencing defeat, the positive trend stopped. even Chelsea continued to experience a decline in performance until a few weeks ago.

And now Graham potter seems to have been able to restore the players' confidence and have found a good strategy for Chelsea. so that the result Chelsea was able to beat Dortmund in the match yesterday. And yes, Graham Potter does need time to bring Chelsea to its maximum performance.

The attacking lines and strategy seem to be a problem here. The strategy didn't suit chelsea play style but i wonder why potter keeps using it after so many lose that happened with chelsea. As you can see that if potter didn't ever change the strategy and he was always trying to use it over and over again. There was also something wrong with the coach. The players were just only following what was already instructed by their coach but the result was always very disappointing.

We can only hope that if chelsea will bring something new like using a new strategy. Potter must also think about that and he must not put his ego as his priority.

Despite the win, I think Chelsea's game hasn't seemed to develop at all and reach a top level. But a 2-0 win over Dortmund was enough for the Blues to advance to the quarter-finals.

In the game early this morning, the two teams actually played quite evenly. Dortmund and Chelsea both created 13 chances with 4 of them headed on target. But luck was on the host's side, the penalty which was considered controversial by Die Borussen was the decider that made the Blues dash the hopes of the German representative to qualify.

I imagine if the aggregate was 1-1 in normal time and continued into extra time, then the result of the match could be different. So, congrats to Chelsea, I hope to improve soon to face the quarter-finals.

Finally, we can rejoice that Chelsea is gradually regaining its match form. It's not easy, but with a strong lineup, they will start to record victories in their league contests. Chelsea had their opportunities, and since they made use of them, I believe it's time we started noticing Chelsea's strong play. Borrusia Dortmund was severely disappointed in the game at Stamford Bridge because they failed to record their lucky star. Graham Potter is an average coach since he doesn't fit in to lead the club to their glorious moment, yet he needs time.

It's hard to do that, but watching Bayern-PSG seems to be really worth it to watch.
I will also watch this match, although we know that Tottenham-Milan will also be exciting but still Bayern-PSG is the thing to look forward to right now Conditions are almost the same as before with Bayern favorites at odds of 1.80 and that is sure to happen considering apart from that they will play at the Alianz Arena, they are also quite confident about their previous aggregate even though it was 1 goal.

PSG lost Neymar and Bayern also couldn't play Pavard I think it's still a bit of a balance.