Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 498. (Read 92653 times)

The strength of both teams is almost equal. Milan have been having bad results in Serie A lately. Tottenham also has inconsistent results in this regard. In the Premier League, you see that they win the hardest match, then you definitely lose the match they are favorite. It is very difficult to predict the team that will win, as it will be held at a time when both teams are going through inconsistent and difficult times.

First this champions League Round 16, it won't be an easy one for any team but surely the best teams will go through to the next round, we should also be expecting an upset. Because football is not played on paper at the end of the game you will be surprised to see the weaker team go through to the next round.
AC Milan and Tottenham any side can progress because the both teams are strong they match each others strength but it will be a slim scoreline,
Bayern Vs PSG is the best match to watch of the round of 16 as both teams have what it takes to go through to the next stage, the both teams have had a decline in form recently but can also have a great game, this game is going to be full of goals.
Chelsea Vs Dotmund, Dotmund will progress at the expense of Chelsea based on current form,
Liverpool Vs Madrid , I see Madrid going through, as Liverpool are not in their best if form recently,

honestly, chelsea is a bad team, they made a lot of good signings, but it will take a long time for each player to get used to playing for chelsea and have good interaction between players, in the last 5 games that chelsea played they only managed to score 2 goals, despite showing that they have a good defense, chelsea will play against dortmond, which is a team that has a good attack and good defense, so for me this game between chelsea and dortmond, I see dortmond as a favorite to win the game

if i were to place a bet i would bet on a draw or dortmond to win the game, chelsea don't play well, but of course they can surprise you in this game, maybe they are saving energy in the premeir league and in the champions league play more seriously, i prefer thinking like that despite being a ridiculous thought, but it serves as an excuse because I can't understand why chelsea with so many good players don't play well, don't have good results

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PSG - Bayern

clearly bayern will win this game, i think that bayern's focus is on this game, PSG has injuries in important players, even if they recover in time to play they won't have rhythm

Milan - Tottenham

this will be the meeting between two broken teams, they don't have a good defense, they concede a lot of goals with any opponent, but tottenham have a big advantage in the attack, and milan is a complete disaster even in the attack, i see tottenham in better conditions to win in this game

@coinerer what kind of sentimental argument is this? PSG was a strong team before the arrival of Messi, they played in every finals in the League 1 tournaments and one time finalist of the Champions league. With and without Messi PSG can still change for any title,  Messi just an added advantage to PSG team based on his previous Glory and achievements.

Without Messi, PSG three are really weak. Only because of Messi's great play and proper guidance, PSG is in a good position now. But if PSG leaves Messi out of the team, this team will be in a big problem. But Messi is old enough that he will be forced to leave the game at any time as his body weakens with age. So PSG will have to form a good team to retain their position without Messi

PSG has been getting very bad result against monaco. Im not sure if even with messi PSG will able to beat bayern. Messi didn't have good record against bayern. PSG will be playing without mbappe. that being said that if messi will not become a threat for bayern.
Bayern has a strategy to counter messi's movement. PSG is now in a very big disadvantage caused by it must be played without mbappe. Bayern will try to take it as opportunity caused by the performance from replacement for mbappe was not as good as mbappe.
I hope that bayern will be defeating PSG with very big scores like 5-0

Messi is a play maker, that's why Neymar and Mbappe can score many goals. It's really wrong if you think Messi will not give a huge impact to PSG, Messi almost always score a goal or give an assist in every match.

The first leg will happen on PSG's home, if PSG can't win or make it draw, I'm sure 100% Bayern Munich will win in the second leg.

Just check the odds, PSG is currently become an underdog and the odds is close to @3.00 in money line betting option. I think I would bet PSG since the odds is worth it, PSG will play with their best line up.

their performance was really bad though, even if Messi did not play, he won't change that much in a match, and keep in mind that it's just Monaco, Bayern are in a different realm, i would be really surprised if PSG can survive against Bayern's attack, a draw won't be enough in the 1st leg, PSG need to win, and to be honest, i don't see that happening.

Are you saying this based on how you feel on based on facts? If Chelsea take their domestic form to Europe, they'll lose woefully because they are extremely poor domestically. Dotmund is a team that know how to attack and score goals and Chelsea find it hard to score many goals these days.
I believe Chelsea will some how progress to the next stage of the competition but it's not a certainty. They have to play their lives out if the want to win Dotmund who are also an inconsistent team.

Indeed, Messi focuses more on the big match in UCL. The match between PSG and Bayern is not a small match and this will really determine their existence. Taking rests to prepare for that big match is the best and wisest way. It is still several days remaining before the match and hopefully his condition is really fit and doesn't disturb his skill.

Indeed, no doubt that without the two, PSG performance will reduce so much. Messi and Mbappe are like the soul of PSG, although they are also supported by all players in the team, they really become decisive. The match will be much more interesting in the first meeting of UCL after several months.

Right now, we have just 70 hours left in this match and in their last matches before this big clash we have interesting results like AC Milan won their home game against Torino at home by score of 1 - 0 and Tottenham lost their away game with the unwanted result which is 4 - 1 mean both are having not enough quality but still match is going ahead and prediction is not easy because both are at same level, and we can expect any result with most chances which team will take good advantage can go with confidence in second leg match which will be played at Tottenham London, but both are surely missing performance for last few matches and things are going not easy for this match as well.

Dortmund winning Bayern even at their poor state can’t be compared to the champions league football. The morale and team spirit is different here. Chelsea from past seasons have shown much high level of expertise in the field of play in the champions league, much better than what Dortmund has showed. Even with Chelsea current form, I don’t think Dortmund are worthy opponent that will hinder them from qualifying to the next round of the competition.

I would like to know how you get such confidence? Borussia, even in its poor state, is the kind of team that can sometimes beat Bayern in a personal meeting, and now Dortmund is clearly on the rise. Chelsea seem to have forgotten what it's like to win (one win in the last 8 games lol). At the same time, I will note that initially, after the draw, I considered Chelsea a favorite in this pair, now I have changed my mind.

In Serie A, AC Milan did not have a safe position and with their recent bad form, they can fall to beyond top six of Serie A too. I consider Tottenham and AC Milan have similar positions in their domestic leagues.

Recent form of Tottenham is better than AC Milan. Tottenham players have more experienced and star players who played in Euro, World Cup and even Champions League recent years. They are a better team in how many star players they have and experience of their star players.

I don't think the past tradition of AC Milan in Champions League will be enough to help them beating Tottenham. Sorry believe AC Milan must wait for a next season to move farther than the Round of 16. But first they must end this season in top four of Serie A, will they can get it?

This season's Champions League seems a little different, there are several big teams who have serious problems with their performance. Liverpool is one of the big teams who have problems like that

This is a big question, which team will play in the CL Finals this season
Considering that several candidate teams were previously expected to play optimally, the reality was not what was expected

I don't think Potter will be sacked even if Chelsea does poorly in the Champions League. Chelsea has a lot of problems within the team. And enough time is needed to stabilize the team. At the same time, I would say Chelsea needs a number of talented players in their squad. Their attack is still not strong enough. And so Potter needs to be given enough funding to strengthen the team before he can be fired. So it is likely that we will see Potter next season with Chelsea.

How can you be sure Potter will be sacked just because if this moment Chelsea fail in the Champions League, because if to sack Potter I think there is no need to wait for the results in the Champions League because Potter has so far failed in the Premier League as well. Therefore, win or lose when Chelsea play against Dortmund, I think Potter will still be at Chelsea.

After all, firing Tuchel and replacing him with Potter is also the choice of the club owner, so Todd Boehly must be able to accept the results. Also, Todd Boehly also needs to be more patient in building the team he wants.

PSG's performance against Monaco is truly ridiculous. PSG will never do well against a Bayern Munich side with this kind of performance. PSG team coach should find new tactics.

If Potter fails to win against Dortmund which one knows that he can't he will be sacked the time duration given to turn games is past gone.
Checking PSG recent game and Bayern Munich too it shows that Bayern Munich are the side to bet on even if the odds are deceiving
PSG lacks both Messi and Mbappe so they will have no one to fear as PSG attacks

I would guess that there isn't much expected from them anyway, they will lose either this round or next but they will be pretty much gone. I believe that it is quite important to focus on teams like PSG, or Real or City, these three definitely have a very big chance to win. Real not so much because they are great this season, not even leading the league, but they are a UCL team and they could always end up winning when nobody expecting.

Mbappe and Messi is missing on first Bayern game, so PSG could have a bit of a trouble as well. But aside from that City also has some sort of financial trouble clouding over them so that could be a bit morale breaking thing as well.