Topic: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season - page 640. (Read 92666 times)

We have to look at all the matches they have run if we want to judge one coach's performance. I admit that Chelsea managed to improve at the start of Graham Potter's arrival, but it didn't last long because it was only in a short time that they again achieved bad results match to match. It's not good for them because we only see their overall performance. It doesn't matter that he got Chelsea out of the Champions League group stage, when they play bad they have to say bad.

I'm not sure what your reasons are for favoring Dortmund for that game, if Haaland was still there then maybe it would be good. I agree both teams had their chances, but for me Chelsea deserved more.

Even I have to say they have improved since Potter's arrival, but maybe you should ignore the results of his last 5 matches. The fact Potter managed to get Chelsea out of the Champions League group stage should be the reason why Chelsea have improved. Even so, Chelsea has only played 14 matches in the Premier League, it will soon improve even better in the second half of this season.

Chelsea vs Dortmund is the first meeting for these two teams in the Champions League. Their chances of escaping are still equally open. But I slightly favored Dortmund in this fight.

Since Chelsea's ownership shifted to Todd Boehly, the internal situation at Chelsea has changed rapidly and of course it has had an impact on the team as a whole, then the appointment of Potter as manager of The Blues adds to my doubts about their existence in the Champions League, even though he has done a good job in the group phase . It must be admitted that the quality of Chelsea this season has dropped dramatically. Unless Chelsea's management immediately overhauled its squad and added some new ammunition in the January transfer window.

Chelsea is the type of tournament team that could shock the world, that’s what they have going for them, plus they have spent 200+ million dollars on transfers which means they have built a great roster (supposedly) and they are just not playing as well as their roster shows.

It means after so many times from here until the game starts, if Chelsea could end up showing the real power of that roster, they could actually play very well and they could beat them very easily. But of course, all of this depends on how well they will be until that day, just like you said chemistry issues, fatigue, problems in the team, injuries and many other things could change the result.

you are right These teams cannot be considered with current performance. But there is no guarantee that the teams will perform well after the World Cup. Juventus team started their season in Serie A badly, but they have managed to correct their mistakes and are now performing well. But Chelsea is in dire straits. They have lost their last three matches. Their performance is very bad. Better not to expect a good performance from such a team right now.
However, their performance is likely to change after the World Cup. Their performance can be better or worse. We don't know that yet. Because players who are not in form after a long break are likely to return to form. There is also a possibility that their fitness will be weak.

Here I agreed with you about Tottenham progress into last eight because they are much better team in Premier League, and they have enough quality to beat team like AC Milan which is surely doing good job in Serie A, but their current squad is surely not good enough to handle things against Tottenham which is doing good job in last few months and still holding good position into both competitions.

AC Milan is surely good team but still they need improvement which is important to have better results in Champions League because currently they are under development, and now we have full three months time for this match which is surely very long and many changes can happen during this time which can bring changes in performance as well.

 I agree with you, Real Madrid made a mistake, and it's normal, not all games can be won, I know that being undefeated hurts, but you have to admit that Rayo played masterfully and there was no way to go into them well to tie and go up, that's normal in football, of course anything can happen here or any result, if we look at it from the point of view that Real Madrid can lose against Liverpool, if it can, but there are some that many people don't see , that the League is one thing, and the UCL is quite another, in general, Real Madrid always does very well in the UCL, and many know it.


Well, to tell the truth, for me Chelsea is much better now, even more than Dortmund itself, the reason is simple, despite the fact that Chelsea has lost more games in the PL it is something separate, that does not mean that they are bad, Chelsea has a lot of potential, obviously things can change a lot for next year, there is speculation and I'm not sure that CR7 can go to Chelsea, who almost has one foot there, but that's all, Dortmund will not stay there, will want to strengthen much more, the competition is getting stronger, the teams know that they can no longer make mistakes more than what is coming from now on because that means that a complete elimination could come, both teams need a respite.

I think that after the World Cup, not only for these teams, but for the majority that can sign, make transfers, they will be much better off, everyone is waiting for the World Cup, and seeing that new stars reappear, for me it is something that can happen quickly and that can change the meaning and direction of many teams.

Tottenham are favoured to reach the quarter finals. However I'm not very sure about this anyway. Because Tottenham haven't been much consistent in the recent times. Not only in the Champions League but also in the Premier League I mean. They left their job to the final week in the group stage here for example. As for the Premier League they got many losses recently in big matches especially. There are some weaknesses in the team and Conte had better find a solution to that in this long break.

As for Milan they are quite decent in the Serie A but they are not as good as that in the Champions League. Even though Chelsea were having bad times Milan lost to them two times in a row for example. This means that they are still not prepared against big teams. While both teams are unpredictable I can't be sure of any side to reach next round. Milan are a much more experienced team in the Champions League considering their history but Tottenham have a great tactician like Conte at the same time.

This match will be one that will be difficult to predict. Even though AC Milan is now in better condition than Tottenham, we know that Tottenham is a team from the Premier League, it is not meant to belittle Serie A, but indeed the competition in the Premier League is more competitive than Serie A at the moment. It's hard to predict who will win in this match, in my opinion they will be able to beat each other in the 2 matches they will play.

Currently, both teams are level in quality and performance and what will be situation after three months we can predict because during this time injuries or any other problem can give them shock which could vital for them as we have last few matches Chelsea is having no win in last five Premier League games and Borussia Dortmund is also now going down in Bundesliga which is concern for them.

Few are feeling Chelsea is stronger, but their form is surely not as they are strong with many top ranked players are available, but sadly they are not able to have better strategy which give them positive results.

Dortmund after selling Haaland also having not good attacker and injuries and illness is also creating problems, so they need to work quickly before it's too late for them in this season.

Advantages for Tottenham Hotspur against AC Milan in the last 16 of the champions league, Conte as Tottenham tactician had pretty good head to head against Milan, especially when Conte was still tactician for Juventus and also Inter Milan. During success give many trophies for Juventus and have scudetto with Inter make easy for Conte to know weakness from Milan and actually I think Spurs favorite can lead to next stage than Milan.

However, the round of 16 is still very long and many changes will occur to both teams, especially when Milan and Spurs are active in the January transfer market, there will be a change in the composition of the players from the two teams compared to the current composition of players.

Benfica is surely quality club, and they are doing good job through in Champions League and in Portuguese League but on other side we have no consistency from Club Brugge because after having good start they were awful in last three matches and same happening in Jupiler Pro League, so they deserve tag of favorite team even matches could be not easy for both teams but Benfica is going to have good advantage, and they can go through into last eight because they have enough firepower to give them lessons as they have done against most lethal attack in UEFA PSG which was fail to win against them in both matches.

There is no doubt they are surprised side in this season but surely Benfica is also not going to take any chance because they also understand now we are in knockout rounds where no team is having chance of playing poor game.

Tottenham Hotspur meeting AC Milan at champions League Knock out stage is going to mean a lot for Antonio Conte and Tottenham, Conte has not done well in this competition even before coming to Tottenham,he has been in juventus who has lot of stars players and are the champions of Italy but yet his team don't go far,same thing at Chelsea and Inter Milan,yea he has the chance to prove a point,I think AC Milan are favourite between this ties but Conte still has the January market to fix some vital problems.

Chelsea under Graham Potter were able to perform well in the Champions League this season. They were able to maintain better performance by managing to win the group. but dortmund performance has been very inconsistent in the champions league this season because they only won 2 wins in the group phase and this became a point of concern for us when these teams met in the round of 16.  I'm more sure that Chelsea can win this match even though Graham Potter still doesn't have enough experience in the Champions League but I think he can bring Chelsea to victory in that match. Dortmund still have big problems on the front lines for this season because Youssoufa Moukoko this season has not recorded a single goal for dortmund in the Champions League.

Yes, although they are favorites to win the game, but they must not underestimate Club Brugge. If they do, it's likely that Benfica will quit because they underestimated Club Brugge too much. And also as you said that they are very good at keeping their goal from conceding, but that may not be apart from the poor performances of clubs in the same group as them like Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid. We'll see if they will do the same in the last 16 or vice versa. But I'm here to make Benfica the biggest favourite.

There's a lot of time for chelsea to sign a new players as well. Chelsea has been also trying to list some names for the upcoming transfer season. it seems like we will see both of team will be playing with some new players on it. I can't wait to see the match between chelsea against dortmund. This gonna be a very important thing for sure. Both of team will be performing so well with new formation. That's gonna be a very interesting thing for sure. It seems like that not only chelsea and dortmund but so many teams will be also doing the same thing.
So many clubs will try to take the new players to make their performance even better. I heard that some big clubs have been also aiming for some players to be transferred into their clubs. There will be so many tough games next year.

Of course Chelsea can provide fierce resistance to Dortmund, but there is no guarantee that Chelsea can win matches in the two legs of the last 16. Chelsea advanced to the knockout round after winning Group E with a record of four wins, one draw and one defeat. Meanwhile, Dortmund qualified for the knockout round as runners-up in Group G with a record of two wins, three draws and one defeat.

Chelsea certainly has a target of winning from Dortmund, the Dortmund vs Chelsea duel is predicted to be fierce, considering that this is the first meeting of the two teams in the Champions League competition. Dortmund who acted as the host in the first leg, will surprise Chelsea at their first meeting, especially since Chelsea record in the EPL this season is not too impressive.
Apart from that, this match will be emotional for Dortmund, because Chelsea is strengthened by former Dortmund mainstay strikers Aubameyang and Pulisic.

In fact, with the current performance, it is not worth thinking about the status of the game in February. Because many changes can be observed in many players during this World Cup. Also many players may get injured. In view of which it is difficult to predict the match between Dortmund and Chelsea.

But in the end Club Brugge got a defeat which means, Club Brugge is also not completely consistent to maintain their good record in the group stage. But regarding Benfica until the end of the group phase matchday, Benfica did not lose and also, basically PSG was a strong opponent and won in quality but Benfica was able to compensate.
With this difference, of course I personally don't doubt Benfica for this match which seems to promise a definite victory.

I hope I'm not exaggerating, because I'm looking at it from a possible perspective in judgments that I think are the appropriate judgments for what happened. Because indeed, when a team is highly favored it can be an unexpected blunder.
However, I personally am very confident that Benfica will still advance to the quarter-finals, because fortunately for Benfica, they are up against a team whose quality on paper is not much different in the round of 16.

I don't think it will be an easy game for them recently their performance and results droped drastically and they have been losing in the premiere league, true dortmund also lost but i think this game could go either way its one of the toughest to predict in my opinion.