I don't think Frankfurt will be a serious obstacle for Napoli and just because Frankfurt beat Celtic doesn't mean they can beat Napoli. True, this game is still four months away and no one knows how things will go for both clubs. But I think Napoli are in contention to play in the final this season.
Both coaches still have a lot of time to prepare their respective teams before the match starts, but for now Napoli do have a better condition than Frankfurt, Napoli performance is currently having the upper hand so if we think about it of course Frankfurt is not a difficult opponent to be faced by Napoli, but I think at this time we also need to take into account the World Cup risk so there will likely be a lot of changes in the two squads later both Napoli and Frankfurt, which might send their players to defend their respective national teams. 
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When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
About Napoli vs Frankfurt i think Frankfurt will be tough opponent for Napoli although from their recent matches Napoli was better but Frankfurt lately has showed impressive performance and this team since last season has never stopped to surprising me and as defending champion of Europa league i will counted Frankfurt as one of dark horses team with their potention to beat strong team and besides that they also has successfully sent Sporting to Europa league which is most people has thought Frankfurt will be eliminate but they can fliped people predictions and qualified so this time Napoli has get decent opponent who possibly can make them slippedWhen I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
About Napoli vs Frankfurt i think Frankfurt will be tough opponent for Napoli although from their recent matches Napoli was better but Frankfurt lately has showed impressive performance and this team since last season has never stopped to surprising me and as defending champion of Europa league i will counted Frankfurt as one of dark horses team with their potention to beat strong team and besides that they also has successfully sent Sporting to Europa league which is most people has thought Frankfurt will be eliminate but they can fliped people predictions and qualified so this time Napoli has get decent opponent who possibly can make them slipped
Before you can determine the effect of the new coach, previous coach work on the players may last a while and wear out. I am not confident that Graham Potter can coach a top team like Chelsea. The next round will be next year, and I do not think Chelsea will be at that level to win, maybe due to an injury or bad management. When an experienced coach manages the team well, the players are good enough to beat any team. Arsenal does not have any players who are better than Chelsea in any part of the field. Also, Ancheloti has proven he can make the best out of a team even when Madrid was unable to compete at the highest level last season.
When Zinedine Zidane was appointed as the coach of Real Madrid, his only coaching experience was with Real Madrid Castilla. He faced a lot of criticism and attacks from skeptics. Today Zidane is seen as one of the best coaches that brought glory to the club.
Graham Potter's record with Chelsea is not a bad one. The club's performance has been poor recently but He has also given the club some notable wins. When Tuchel departed, Chelsea's qualification for the next round of the Champions League was shaky, but Graham has accomplished the task of qualifying the team for the round of 16. I think he would achieve more feats if he is given more time and the needed support.
In this I am a little different from my point of view, Real Madrid are still very ahead in the Champions League this season, because their abilities are still the same as the previous season, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema are growing and I think Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Chelsea also fall into this category.
As you said, all clubs will come out victorious, if other clubs do not meet the standard of expectation as winners.
As you said, all clubs will come out victorious, if other clubs do not meet the standard of expectation as winners.
Liverpool is not having a good season compared to last season. But I can comfortably state that although Real Madrid still has the same caliber of players they had last season, their performance has also reduced slightly, specifically because of the injury crisis of Karim Benzema. Their attack can never be the same without the attacking prowess of the world's best player.
When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
About Napoli vs Frankfurt i think Frankfurt will be tough opponent for Napoli although from their recent matches Napoli was better but Frankfurt lately has showed impressive performance and this team since last season has never stopped to surprising me and as defending champion of Europa league i will counted Frankfurt as one of dark horses team with their potention to beat strong team and besides that they also has successfully sent Sporting to Europa league which is most people has thought Frankfurt will be eliminate but they can fliped people predictions and qualified so this time Napoli has get decent opponent who possibly can make them slipped It would be very funny if only one of the players was labeled a failure because of not being able to adapt quickly to the Liverpool team. Please note that the team is a collection of players as well as coaches and other high-ranking parties who all have the duty and responsibility to bring the team to a better and right direction. So there's no reason to blame just one player if the team goes downhill and doesn't get the performance that many fans want.
All things being equal, i think Nunez is having a good debut in the english premier league at Liverpool; yes he is not firing on all cylinders but he has gotten good stats for a debut season in a new team and environment. Compared to Jesus, and other epl strikers, i think nunez is fine and yes he will improve more even after the worldcup
PSG and Bayern Munich is another big clash in this round. They met each other in the Champions League final two seasons ago and PSG lost that final. Now, Bayern Munich have somewhat worse player squad and worse form but it does not mean they will be an easy opponent for PSG to beat in an aggregated result.
I don't really agree that Bayern Munich has a weaker squad now then back in 2020. I even would say that Bayern has the strongest squad since at least 5 years now or so at the moment. De Ligt and Sadio Mane were absolutely top transfers before this season and they definitely helped Bayern to become even better in terms of performance density of their squad. Also Bayern now has Jamal Musiala in their squad which is probably the most promising young talent in the world of football at the moment.
That being said, PSG also has a great squad of course and for me the outcome of this matchup is totally open, 50/50.
When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
Liverpool just an equal opponent to the real madrid. Napoli could win against frankfurt easily without any doubt. The performance from napoli is really good at this moment. All of its players fully balanced in their positions. Even napoli was coming from serie a but it was a perfect team in serie a for now. Frankfurt may go out from the champion league against napoli. I take napoli for that match. I don't expect a lot from dortmund against chelsea. The performance from chelsea was really really bad at this moment in EPL. It was always facing lose and this might become the end for chelsea in the champion league. The latest result from EPL that makes me doubt about performance of chelsea during champion league against dortmund.
PSG against bayern would become a very interesting thing for sure. Messi and friends must have faced the team that became the toughest team when messi was in barcelona. The chance to win the match against bayern is pretty small.
I would by no means underestimate Frankfurt such as they will be beaten easily by Napoli. I think it is obvious at this point who does have a slight advantage in this match, but still they have shown in international games that they can be very hard to beat. I doubt that this will be an easy dance for Napoli particularly in the away game when Frankfurt has its fans who haven't been able to support their own team in the UEFA Champions League ever before. We have all seen the pictures what those fans are able to pull off. They are among the most supportive fans out there. That can set free quite some strength within the team.
Arguments about dominance, comebacks, the beauty of football, etc. it's just storytelling. I think you know how the winner is determined in football? We need to score more goals than the opponent and concede fewer. Real Madrid did it against the top 3 teams in the Premier League = it was stronger than them. If it was figure skating or synchronized swimming, maybe someone would have scored more points than Real (and won), but it was football, so Real became the champion.
Nobody is denying them their victory but just because they were champions last season doesn't make them a likely champions this season (especially as they don't have the goat at his prime, playing for them). The season they won the trophy they did humiliated the premier league side but that doesn't mean they were better than them with their on field play, they were just smarter and got the vital goals they needed.
= Real was stronger.
If some team from the top 3 of the Premier League were stronger in terms of a combination of factors, then it would have won, but Real won. The fact that you pay attention to one factor, but ignore others, and most importantly, you ignore their totality - the result, does not change anything.
A Manchester city side would destroy this Real Madrid team anyday and so will an informed Liverpool side but when it comes to the final game Real Madrid always has an edge due to the experiment they have from playing multiple finals.
Let me guess, Real Madrid have been in the finals so many times (and won there) also because of "luck"?
All I'm trying to say is that, you shouldn't disrespect the premier league side just because they lost to a lucky Real Madrid. The bookmarkers aren't dumb, they also want to make money and from their assessment of both clubs they have given Liverpool an edge because they see the quality in the team. It doesn't matter how many trophy Real Madrid wins, they're never the favorite and will never be. They only win when the other clubs don't live up to expectations.
There is nothing disrespectful in looking at the facts objectively: last season, Real Madrid outperformed the top 3 in the Premier League.
I'm rooting for United, Liverpool and Chelsea (and against City) if it's not against Real Madrid (the only difficult pairing to pick is United vs Real Madrid), but that's no reason to come up with excuses and storytelling.
Nunez must immediately adapt to Liverpool's pattern of play and bring Liverpool to the semifinals as possible, otherwise, he will be labeled a flop.
It would be very funny if only one of the players was labeled a failure because of not being able to adapt quickly to the Liverpool team. Please note that the team is a collection of players as well as coaches and other high-ranking parties who all have the duty and responsibility to bring the team to a better and right direction. So there's no reason to blame just one player if the team goes downhill and doesn't get the performance that many fans want.Of course it is. Football is a team game and 11 players on the field are as responsible as the technical team for unsuccessful results. It is not right to attribute this to only one football player. If there is a compatibility problem between the players, it is the responsibility of the technical team to detect it. Things can get better again at Liverpool if the coaching team shows enough interest. By the way, despite this poor performance, they still have a great chance in the Real Madrid match. Liverpool is a very strong team.
For me, the superiority of PSG over Bayern is not so obvious, especially since Galtier is not a very experienced coach for such a tournament, Bayern is my favorite in this pair. Liverpool can lose, it can win, I still don’t understand what to expect from them, but Real also lost the last game in La Liga, it’s difficult for any team to win all the time.
This game is going to be an early final. And in my opinion, today's PSG loses to Bayern.
If the mentality in general doesn't change at PSG they will lose. PSG's problem is that they play with an attitude that they think is superior to others, and then they are taken aback.
Nobody is denying them their victory but just because they were champions last season doesn't make them a likely champions this season (especially as they don't have the goat at his prime, playing for them). The season they won the trophy they did humiliated the premier league side but that doesn't mean they were better than them with their on field play, they were just smarter and got the vital goals they needed. A Manchester city side would destroy this Real Madrid team anyday and so will an informed Liverpool side but when it comes to the final game Real Madrid always has an edge due to the experiment they have from playing multiple finals.
There is no certainty that Real Madrid will appear easy against Liverpool, draws, defeats and one win in Real Madrid's last three matches are the basis that Liverpool can still do something surprising for Real Madrid.Real Madrid are inconsistency in the league, this should be an opportunity for Liverpool to take advantage of these conditions, because if they don't punish Real Madrid in the first leg, then chances in the second leg will be very difficult for Liverpool.
All I'm trying to say is that, you shouldn't disrespect the premier league side just because they lost to a lucky Real Madrid. The bookmarkers aren't dumb, they also want to make money and from their assessment of both clubs they have given Liverpool an edge because they see the quality in the team. It doesn't matter how many trophy Real Madrid wins, they're never the favorite and will never be. They only win when the other clubs don't live up to expectations.
In this I am a little different from my point of view, Real Madrid are still very ahead in the Champions League this season, because their abilities are still the same as the previous season, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema are growing and I think Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Chelsea also fall into this category.As you said, all clubs will come out victorious, if other clubs do not meet the standard of expectation as winners.
For me, the superiority of PSG over Bayern is not so obvious, especially since Galtier is not a very experienced coach for such a tournament, Bayern is my favorite in this pair. Liverpool can lose, it can win, I still don’t understand what to expect from them, but Real also lost the last game in La Liga, it’s difficult for any team to win all the time.
For me, both have their advantages and disadvantages. although Galtier does not have enough flying hours in the champions league, but so far, Galtier is able to bring PSG without defeat in all competitions. PSG, are the only team yet to get a defeat. although in time, they will slip to get their first defeat.
I like PSG, also Bayern Munich.
these two teams, always play a different style of play but it's very interesting for us to watch. Bayern Munich has cohesiveness, collectivity, teamwork, especially a genius coach. however, they do not have a pure striker, which may be a problem for them in the crucial match against SPG.
PSG, have strikers who are dangerous if they are in the opponent's defense area. but not infrequently they loosen their defense line.
To be honest, I have a hard time predicting the outcome of the match. but for sure, who is the most consistent, they will win the battle.
as for Liverpool, if we refer to their performance. it is clear that Real Madrid has a higher chance, moreover Madrid is one of the strong challengers in this championship. however, that does not mean Klopp's troops will be easily conquered.
But in my opinion PSC is the best team. From world famous stars to world famous defenders they have in their team. But what their team lacks is beauty in every player Build relationships. If they develop a good relationship between themselves, they will become one of the best teams in the Champions League A few days ago Liverpool's performance was very bad but lately they have started playing well Hopefully they will give us a better game in the future
For me, the superiority of PSG over Bayern is not so obvious, especially since Galtier is not a very experienced coach for such a tournament, Bayern is my favorite in this pair. Liverpool can lose, it can win, I still don’t understand what to expect from them, but Real also lost the last game in La Liga, it’s difficult for any team to win all the time. legendary
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Arguments about dominance, comebacks, the beauty of football, etc. it's just storytelling. I think you know how the winner is determined in football? We need to score more goals than the opponent and concede fewer. Real Madrid did it against the top 3 teams in the Premier League = it was stronger than them. If it was figure skating or synchronized swimming, maybe someone would have scored more points than Real (and won), but it was football, so Real became the champion.
Nobody is denying them their victory but just because they were champions last season doesn't make them a likely champions this season (especially as they don't have the goat at his prime, playing for them). The season they won the trophy they did humiliated the premier league side but that doesn't mean they were better than them with their on field play, they were just smarter and got the vital goals they needed. A Manchester city side would destroy this Real Madrid team anyday and so will an informed Liverpool side but when it comes to the final game Real Madrid always has an edge due to the experiment they have from playing multiple finals.
All I'm trying to say is that, you shouldn't disrespect the premier league side just because they lost to a lucky Real Madrid. The bookmarkers aren't dumb, they also want to make money and from their assessment of both clubs they have given Liverpool an edge because they see the quality in the team. It doesn't matter how many trophy Real Madrid wins, they're never the favorite and will never be. They only win when the other clubs don't live up to expectations.
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When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
Yes, Napoli is in a good position to defeat Frankfurt 2-0 to improve their points because their performance so far showed that it will be difficult for Frankfurt strikers to achieve a single goal in this match. I think, Chelsea will not allow Dortmund to defeat them in this match than to do everything possible within their power to embrace victory from this match to make their fans believe that they can still make it in this season. Chelsea will definitely achieve many goals from this match, because they will not allow what happened in the premier league competition that made Arsenal to defeated them 1-0 to happen in this UEFA champions league competition than to win the match 2-1.
This will be another opportunity for Liverpool to play against Real Madrid. Liverpool has been doing great in the champions league, they will have a better opportunity this time to win against Real Madrid who also have been very good both in the champions league and their local league. Even without Benzema, Real Madrid still have lots of players who have good goal scoring ability. Even If injuries scatter the teams from the world cup, I will still pick Real Madrid over Liverpool.
Liverpool have the opportunity to prove their quality, even though it looks difficult to match Real Madrid's dominance in the Champions League. In terms of quality, maybe Liverpool are behind Real Madrid, but it is not impossible that they will do something different.The match between the two teams has happened several times in the Champions League in the previous season, the dominance of the victory is still held by Real Madrid, Liverpool must prepare something different for the round of 16, If you don't want to accept defeat like the previous season.
Shittt yeah PSG must face bayern munich again. Messi would repeat the bad history against bayern again with the different team as he was playing in PSG. This gonna be epic match. The most interesting matches would be PSG - Bayern, Liverpool real, Chelsea and dormund.
I don't even think totenham can be considered as the hottest match. My main focus will be on the PSG against bayern which will become a very great match between the big teams with so many superstars. I will pick bayern for that over PSG as bayern has better mentality over PSG.
The match that would be the easiest match to predict must be chelsea against dortmund. The performance from chelsea is also very bad at this moment. It was also losing against arsenal recently which will make people feel doubt if it can win against dortmund.
Of the many matches available in the last 16, the ones that will be more interesting are PSG and Bayern Munich.I don't even think totenham can be considered as the hottest match. My main focus will be on the PSG against bayern which will become a very great match between the big teams with so many superstars. I will pick bayern for that over PSG as bayern has better mentality over PSG.
The match that would be the easiest match to predict must be chelsea against dortmund. The performance from chelsea is also very bad at this moment. It was also losing against arsenal recently which will make people feel doubt if it can win against dortmund.
However, there is also another quite challenging match between Liverpool and Real Madrid.
We think these four clubs are one of the candidates to win this season, even though they have problems and have not been consistent in their respective leagues. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have a bigger khan than many of the teams that have qualified in the last 16.
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When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
Yes, Napoli is in a good position to defeat Frankfurt 2-0 to improve their points because their performance so far showed that it will be difficult for Frankfurt strikers to achieve a single goal in this match. I think, Chelsea will not allow Dortmund to defeat them in this match than to do everything possible within their power to embrace victory from this match to make their fans believe that they can still make it in this season. Chelsea will definitely achieve many goals from this match, because they will not allow what happened in the premier league competition that made Arsenal to defeated them 1-0 to happen in this UEFA champions league competition than to win the match 2-1.
When I saw the results of Round 16's many stunning decisions, I grinned. It will be difficult for the qualifiers. Liverpool might not be in good shape this season, but they shouldn't be underrated. Napoli vs. Frankfurt with Napoli current performance should beat Frankfurt watching their performance in serial A and the other two matches that will be an entertaining are Dortmund vs. Chelsea and PSG playing Bayern. Let's see what each of these teams can do. Man City is playing against Leipzig is a starting bonus for Man City.
Liverpool just an equal opponent to the real madrid. Napoli could win against frankfurt easily without any doubt. The performance from napoli is really good at this moment. All of its players fully balanced in their positions. Even napoli was coming from serie a but it was a perfect team in serie a for now. Frankfurt may go out from the champion league against napoli. I take napoli for that match. I don't expect a lot from dortmund against chelsea. The performance from chelsea was really really bad at this moment in EPL. It was always facing lose and this might become the end for chelsea in the champion league. The latest result from EPL that makes me doubt about performance of chelsea during champion league against dortmund.
PSG against bayern would become a very interesting thing for sure. Messi and friends must have faced the team that became the toughest team when messi was in barcelona. The chance to win the match against bayern is pretty small.
@X-ray Liverpool performance against Napoli showed that they yet have that X factor, and Real Madrid are not invincible as we saw in their yesterday’s defeat hence I too feel that there’s no favourite team in this match. Furthermore I’ll favour Bayern over PSG as they’re well organised, and the only way PSG can stun Bayern is if Messi, Mbappe and Neymar sync to destroy Bayern’s defence and score lots of goals, but they have struggled many times this season to do that and will probably struggle against Bayern’s solid defence.
Nunez must immediately adapt to Liverpool's pattern of play and bring Liverpool to the semifinals as possible, otherwise, he will be labeled a flop.
It would be very funny if only one of the players was labeled a failure because of not being able to adapt quickly to the Liverpool team. Please note that the team is a collection of players as well as coaches and other high-ranking parties who all have the duty and responsibility to bring the team to a better and right direction. So there's no reason to blame just one player if the team goes downhill and doesn't get the performance that many fans want. Jump to: