Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 551. (Read 92696 times)

Of course he wants to reach something higher, but I don't think he can reach the same level as Messi and Ronaldo. But somehow I'm too shaky to call Messi better than any other athlete in the world in terms of individual achievements and everything. LOL

Mbappe is still very young, and he has the potential to get even better before the peak of his career is overshadowed by his advancing age. He is only 24 years old and at least he has 10 years left to achieve anything in his career.

Without a doubt, it does affect, it doesn't matter what I'm in the Champions League, it affects the same way because it's the performance of the players in general, they may do well in the UCL, but if they are bad in their local league it's frowned upon, although many teams may have the possibility of going very far, but I think that the case of Chelsea is something that has to be corrected quickly to be able to do things much better, if we put into context what many teams have to go through to achieve a good performance, or at least to make it look good, but for now they have to focus on winning, there is no other way for Chelsea but to focus on that.


Well, that is a possibility, it cannot be ruled out, but I would like to emphasize that PSG is a team that is very well charged, especially Messi, they come from a great celebration, and these players already have many victories in all senses, I think This time they will go for everything, I would not dare to say who can win, Real Madrid for example, you can see that they still have a long way to go, but suddenly they can sweep the UCL at any moment and when we see it is that it is the leader of the League, all this type of thing is common to happen, for me nothing is impossible at this point, anything can happen.


interesting:

Tottenham 3-1 Inter: Revisiting Gareth Bale's breakout Champions League night


Source: https://www.90min.com/posts/tottenham-3-1-inter-revisiting-gareth-bale-breakout-champions-league-night

It is clear that despite the fact that Mbappe became a world champion at a young age, and he already has many personal achievements, he has retained gigantic ambitions. This allows him to overlook small things, but I am sure that the same ambition will serve as a huge fuel for conflict if it is not about small things, but about Mbappe's path to his goals.
I would like to know if Mbappe can carry this thirst for achievement through his entire career and become as great as Ronaldo and other great athletes who have been at the top level not for 4-5 years but for a couple of decades.

It looks like Manchester City for this season only have targets for the Premiere League and the Champions League, considering that Manchester City's previous match in the EFL Cup match did not play its key players until they were eliminated in the event. It looks like Manchester City will only focus on the two highest tournaments, so for this match in the Champions League, of course Manchester City has better preparation and of course has more priority.

Because after all, Leipzig is also not a weak team, so it's only natural that Manchester City must have even better preparations. Because if we consider that Manchester City's performance at this moment is also not entirely good, but hopefully with a great squad and getting good rest and recovery it will give a good final result for Manchester City in the Champions League.

I think another round is quite possible for them but that's about it, which is fine because they are not as rich as some of the other teams but making this much money would be great. Leaving at quarter finals stage for a club at that level would be more than enough for them and I am expecting them to actually be better after this. That's the problem with smaller clubs, if you have a team that has 100 million dollar valuation, and get like 40 million in a single year which is insane, then not spending it wisely would be the worst thing you could do.

Some teams in my nation did that, good results at UCL and europa, then ended up losing that to terrible players who got huge salaries and played terribly.

Club Brugge's luck was also because Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen were far from what was expected so they could not compete strictly, even Club Brugge who instead became the team that managed to qualify from the group phase. If their luck continues then it's possible that we'll see this team in the quarter-finals, which is the problem of passing through the path of luck won't last long, moreover, the teams they will face every round will be stronger.

I respect all of the opinions about Manchester City. However I would rather become more realistic about their matchup against Leipzig. This is an easy peasy round for Manchester City. If we were in the group stage then I would have given some chance for Leipzig to defeat them especially in Germany. Because Leipzig did it already against Real Madrid in a home match in that stage. But now we are in a more serious stage and there is no room for big mistakes. All the teams will be fully concentrated on advancing as much as possible.

Manchester City should be able to take advantage of their amazing squad and finish off Leipzig without having very much difficulty. Maybe we might see a more competitive match in Germany but I expect nothing more.

That can happen if Borussia Dortmund are able to improve their game in the next continued match and I also hope they have a very satisfying match remaining, so that the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League next season opens up. Meanwhile, Chelsea are currently getting worse, because they are having difficult and inconsistent matches, even the last game they played was a loss against Fulham 2-1, so that the opportunity to improve the standings is increasingly difficult for Chelsea to pursue.

And it seems that Borussia Dortmund's strength is slightly better than Chelsea's, even though the Champions League is different from the domestic league, but if you look at the results of the previous matches for the two teams. Borussia Dortmund has a far greater chance of winning, especially since the first leg will take place at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium in the last 16.

Thus Chelsea's chances are much smaller in my opinion, because at this time there are no reliable statistics on the results of the games played by Chelsea.

Brugge seems lucky enough in this case cause by it was even able surpassing atletico and leverkusen. I think that if benfica is far better in the upcoming match against brugge. Brugge didn't perform so well in the domestic league. I have expected the match to be won by benfica. Benfica is much more favorite for me. Benfica will be going to the quarter final easiy. I don't expect a lot from brugge against benfica. Benfica's performance is always very consistent at this moment unlike brugge.

Matches in the Champions League are matches that are always considered very important for every team that is already in the round of 16 so it is clear that it will not be easy for every team to win here because each team will try to do everything in their power to be able to win in a match with any opponent. But this season I still have more confidence in Manchester City if the opponent is RB Leipzig in the round of 16.

Club Brugge didn't show very good performance in the domestic league and they even had to be willing to be ranked 4th in the Belgian league, but Club Brugge performance in the Champions League was actually much better and they even managed to penetrate the top 16 by beating strong teams like Atletico Madrid and also leverkusen, although maybe a little underestimated from befica which does have a big name, but I think club brugge will be able to surprise benfica especially club brugge playing at home will get great support from their fans and make their mentality increase.
My prediction is that Club Brugge will win 1-0 in the first leg later.

Yes, I even underestimated Club Brugge to qualify for the round of 16 and now the opponent is Benfica, which is one of the strongest teams in Europe. It is likely that this match will be quite even for the two teams and the percentage for who will qualify seems to me to choose Benfica. But if Club Brugge manages to beat Benfica I will be happy too.

No doubt caused by people think that leipzig was not strong enough while leipzig itself has almost got perfect result in the group qualifier. that proves that if leipzig is worthy enough to be considered as strong opponent for city.
City gonna have a hard time against leipzig. As far as i know that nkuku as the main striker for leipzig has not yet moved to the chelsea and that means nkuku will still able to perform against manchester city.
People are always thinking that the popular team will have the bigger chance to win against the small team like leipzig.

we still don't know the result. but Benfica will certainly be more favorites in their second meeting in the last 16. Benfica will have a bigger chance to qualify for the next round. but Brugge is not a weak team. although the leagues of the two also differ in quality. but in the match of the highest European competition. all players gave their best. Likewise, the trainer's tactics to get the victory.
I still hope there will be an exciting match. not something easy for Benfica to pass.

Very reasonable, if Club Brugge is not the favorite team. the reason is, they have an opponent who is above their level in the group B phase. but Brugge is lucky, the fact is that the team that became their opponent in the group phase was not in their best performance. in fact, Atletico and Leverkusen really played so badly that they had to be eliminated in the Champions League.

Next, Club Brugge has a game against Benfica at the Jan Breydel Stadium, their home ground in the first leg. this match is certainly not easy for them, because after all Benfica is a more established team than the home team. What's more, Benfica was able to keep pace against PSG in the Group H phase.

So, this match should have belonged to Benfica even though they were playing as an away team. however, this match is the first meeting match for the two teams and Club Brugge should be able to take advantage of the momentum when hosting Benfica at their own headquarters.

Perhaps this is not such a big achievement, since Bayern were really in very bad shape, and Atletico are also going through hard times. I don't want to underestimate the achievements of Brugge in the least, they really had a great group stage, but Benfica will be an unbeatable opponent for them. These are clubs of different levels, it will be especially difficult for Brugge to play at Estadio da Luz, but even the first match away, Benfica is likely to win too.

The amount of investment value issued by a club does have great hopes for achievement, but in the Champions League this does not apply fully. Manchester City and PSG are elite clubs in the world that have made massive investments, but so far they have not been able to bring home the most prestigious trophy in Europe.

It must be known that, the prestige of an elite club is being able to present trophies, even though there are many world-class players but if they are unable to embrace "The Big Ear" then they are still considered a failure. However, this season the opportunities for Manchester City and PSG to reach the final are very open. This season they have a squad capable enough to achieve their goals. But football is not mathematics, unexpected things can be created again. And of course I really hope Manchester City and PSG can meet in the final.

The moral injection from the fans will give extra encouragement to the Club Brugge players. the advantage of playing at home will not be wasted, victory is the main target to maintain opportunities when playing away. Benfica didn't come to Belgium to lose, they also wanted to open up opportunities to go further in the UCL. Surprises could have happened in this match, Benfica, who performed well in the Portuguese Primera league, managed to occupy first place. Benfica is slightly superior in terms of player quality, but Benfica must be careful because Club Brugge will do anything to win at their home ground.

If you must win trophies you need to spend money to get good players that will make a good squad. Their is no strong team that doesn’t spend money to bring in good players , money is always the main ingredient to improve the quality of a club.  PSG has spent money in bringing star players to their club and many people have been expecting them to win the Champions League but still they are still struggling to be the winner which they might succeed in getting it at anytime,  this can be achieved because of the money they have invested in bringing good players.

Sometimes a team can spend much money to sign in good players and still they struggle to win the league. One thing for sure about spending money to sign in best is that even if the team is unable to win the league,  the team will always have good record of performance    for having quality players.

It is known that Club Brugge has not dominated too much in the Belgian League this season, but this team can speak a lot at the Champions League level. Acting as the host, Club Bruge benefits a little plus because they get direct support from the fans. In addition, the improved performance of this Belgian club will also make a surprise in the match against Benfica. but on the one hand Benfica is also not a weak club, it doesn't matter who wins the games of these two clubs but I don't think they will waste their fight until the last 16 of UCL