Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 1030. (Read 141752 times)

I agree with you, PSG is not safe in the group stage. Winning at home is not enough, at least PSG must get points when playing away while PSG's competitors are strong teams except Newcastle because they are newcomers. Dortmund and Milan are teams that are always there in this phase of course it's not easy to beat them, especially when playing at home, PSG only chance of getting points when playing away is against Newcastle with an additional 1 point is enough.

You are right, Real Madrid has carried out regeneration to build a squad with young players. Vini, Rodrygo and Bellingham are Real Madrid's future projects. Just look at Real Madrid's performance in carrying out regeneration where they make this development even better in every transfer window. Even this season, Real Madrid has strengthened their midfield and they have succeeded in doing this. So this winter Real Madrid can prioritize looking for good quality stickers to help them achieve their targets this season.

Benzema is old and often suffers from ongoing injuries, so it is only right that Benzema go to an easier league. Real Madrid management and Ancelotti are focusing on young players to form a stronger squad for the upcoming season. Even though this season they only rely on Joselu, their big contribution can be seen from players who are projected for the long term, such as Bellingham. Joselu for temporary before Real Madrid recruited Mbappe.

Benzema was not always become the solution for the forward position of real madrid. If the club was not doing regeneration and what's happening with real madrid if benzema announced to retire in the future?
Benzema's era in real madrid already finished. We must move on. Ancellotti has found someone who is capable enough in helping real madrid as good as benzema. Bellingham has become the best recruitmen by real madrid so far.

He has been fulfilling people's expectation by helping the club in winning the game in the difficult condition. Benzema is the past story of real madrid. Real Madrid has recruited skilled players, even though some are injured.
Real madrid was not being trapped under benzema's name. He was great striker ever owned by real madrid but time flies and everything must also follow the situation that is happening right now.

Did you mean madrid need to buy mbappe?

Being good in the group stage doesn't mean if PSG will able to pass the play off stage easily. I meant some powerful clubs were getting easier run this season like real madrid and barcelona. These clubs already projected to go to the play off stage easily caused by there was no strong competitor on its group. Real madrid and barcelona were dominating its group as well as the other team like bayern, etc. The play off stage will present several challenges for PSG as they face numerous strong clubs. Winning against dortmund was not enough to be a proof if PSG was strong to face the play off stage.
PSG is not yet safe caused by it's still the first match day of UCL. PSG's position can also be back again to the bottom. I think that the same story will repeat for PSG.
I expect nothing from PSG at this moment. The club was even weaker compared to when neymar and messi were there.

As news is circulating, it is believed that Vini will return to join the Real Madrid main squad on October 4. So Vini will certainly miss several of Real Madrid matches in Laliga and we hope that this will not affect their performance in each match. Because losing points in vain would be bad enough for them if that happened. However, in the three matches without Vinicius we have seen a big contribution from Bellingham who was able to lead Real Madrid to victory in the three matches where Vinicius was not strengthened.

Vini has been Ancelotti mainstay from the previous season so without Vini strengthening it feels like there is a lack of aggression in their front line. Difficulties began to appear when Real Madrid faced Union Berlin in the Champions League. Even though Real Madrid were finally able to win, it seems like the quality of their front line has dropped drastically due to Vini's absence. Hopefully Vini can recover faster than predicted so he can build a deadly duet with Bellingham again.

Real Madrid still lack that finishing touch that is needed from a top striker since they lack a good player in that position. Joselu is trying is best I must commend him but I still think they haven’t felt much of his contribution as a striker that Benzema was rendering before he left. This would be a big problem to many of the top teams to lack such an important player in the squad, but Ancelotti has being able to manage this all along and still coming out victorious in most of his matches played so far. Bellingham to me is doing a double work, from the midfield to the attacker role of finishing the game. With a striker in place, they will play much better and win more goals because most of the assists will be given to the experienced striker to just finish the game for them instead of the midfielders coming to do the job themself.

I agree, just as the goalkeeper is a specialized position in soccer and the only requirement we have out of them is to make as many saves as possible and to allow the least scores possible, the same is true for a striker, as long as the striker can score from any position, on any circumstance and they have a high scoring rate then nothing else matters, however it seems some of the best teams around the world forget about such a basic lesson for some reason or another.

The Real Madrid vs Union Berlin match was quite tense because Real Madrid had to work hard to beat Union Berlin at the Bernabeu stadium. However, in this match Union Berlin relatively implemented a defensive strategy throughout the match which made the game less interesting because there was no buying and selling of attacks between the two teams. Real Madrid, which continued to put pressure on Union Berlin, finally had results where Jude Bellingham managed to score a goal in the final minute.

Well, there is no team that can be underestimated in the Champions League, in fact all teams play with their squad of star players in order to find victory. Every team that plays in the Champions League will definitely play with their main squad to be able to beat their opponents.

As Ancelotti says, Joselu is good in the second floor (but so far this is not reflected in the results) and I think even with these two strikers Real will have enough variability to open up someone else's defense. In general, a good even composition, it is clear that a top striker would be the cherry on the cake, but even without him Real should take the title, but in the Champions League a lot will be decided by randomness.

In other words, nothing is easy for any team when they compete in the Champions League so every opponent must be taken seriously and must not be underestimated. Union Berlin is proof that this team has succeeded in making things difficult for the Real Madrid team, which always looks good in the Champions League, so I was quite surprised by the goal at the end of the match. Even though there were more opportunities and shots created by Real Madrid, only one could provide good results for Real Madrid.

If only Real Madrid wanted to bring in a classy striker in the last transfer market, Real Madrid would be much better than now because now Real Madrid really lacks strikers so they have to use other players like Joselu and Bellingham in every match. Even if Real Madrid had one or two better strikers, Joselu and Bellingham could also be relied on by Real Madrid to expect better results from both of them.

Of course he is human. However he has started to make such mistakes more often these days. He wasn't like this in the previous season. Maybe before Inter Onana was known with these mistakes again but he made huge progress at Inter. He was even one of the goalkeepers with most saves in the Champions League.

The problem is that he is an inconsistent goalkeeper I'm afraid. He just can't maintain his strong look for at least a couple of seasons regularly. But I hope he proves me wrong and make improvement as soon as possible. The Red Devils are already having hard days in the end.

Yes, Vini JR's absence due to injury certainly affected Real Madrid's performance, especially in big matches in the UCL. But fortunately, they have a replacement whose performance is quite good, namely Joselu. At least he has been able to contribute quite well in La Liga, although maybe in the UCL he hasn't been very optimal, at least he isn't too bad as a substitute for Vini JR. And I hear rumors that Vini has started training again and his condition is getting better. So, for the UCL match against Napoli later, Real Madrid can be even more prepared. Even though we know, however, Real Madrid is still not as strong as before. but that doesn't mean Real Madrid is a weak team. No. because they still have good consistency and performance, especially since Ancelotti really knows how to optimize his squad in every match.

The complain about the strength of Real Madrid attacking force is no news as we can see but it's interesting to know that the still win games regardless. Vinicius who happens to be one of the strong forces in the attacking line of Real Madrid happens to be injured and until he is back Real Madrid have to find away around their attack in the meantime.

Although vinicius is not totally a striker but then his presence made some difference at the time he was still on his feat and strong enough to play. A better replacement for a fill up now is Kane as suggested by almost everyone, no doubts as this is very correct but then if the team is doing their best now without him and getting results, then they should keep doing their best till the return.

Madrid is not doing bad at all without these people, only that they are experiencing a drop in the number of goals they are able to score in a game as compared to before when they had good attacking force, but then I'm still very optimistic about them giving off good performance in their next game and I hope they fix this issues quick enough before it becomes a really big issue.

PSG have tried to sign Lionel Messi for two years but can't winning UEFA Champion League tittle, although having good financial and spent for active in window transfer still not guarantee for PSG winning Champion League tittles. In this season, PSG opening Champion League match with good result after winning from Dortmund but I don't think PSG is favorable teams become the winner in this season. Dominance in domestic league only is not enough for PSG how to be compete in Champion League, have possibility with opponent teams when 16th round not facing with big team like Bayern or Real Madrid and has chance for PSG will qualify until semifinal stage.

Last two season, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are nightmare team made PSG can't qualify to quarter final and have stuck on 16th round phase, seems difference if both teams above not opponent teams for PSG in 16th round.

I think a striker always has to be able to position himself correctly and get the ball into the goal, nothing else plays a big role. Of course there are strikers like Haaland who not only score goals but also press or help with the build-up, but that's not a requirement for me. There is no real striker at Real Madrid and Bellingham shouldn't have to bear that responsibility. They shouldn't have let Benzema go. I think Real will have a lot of trouble because of the striker problem.

PSG is a big team currently the best in Ligue 1 for years and are financially capable of getting any top players but what they need is a good coach like Pep Guardiola that would build a very strong squad and instill a winning mentality and probably lead them to victory in the Champions league which they're desperately in need of, as for players they brought in good players to replace the departed ones and so far they've been impressive in the Champions league  and has to maintain that form to be able to succeed in the tournament.

 Mbappe is the most reliable player for the team and is very important for them due to his goal scoring ability and they'll need him to be in form so as to help them try achieve the Champions league this season, but I feel Mbappe might seize to be a player of PSG by next season.

Yes, so far Real Madrid can still maintain its winning trend in two different competitions. This team is still solid and they are trying so hard to win the game, but everyone is probably already aware of where the weaknesses are in the current Real Madrid squad.

Since Vinicius was injured, I think Real Madrid always have to try extra hard to win matches. Their attacking power is not as effective as with Vinicius even though Bellingham has often been the team's savior in several matches. Real Madrid needs to immediately get a quality striker, regardless of who it is, and I think Ancelotti also realizes that.

Whatever he can say...

At the end of the season he will leave the team so he will says only good things for the team.

Actually I think he should give Onana a bit of a rest.Maybe when he sees Altay Bayındır playing well he might come to him to compete for the shirt.I don't think he can start more at Manchester United with this performance.He might have had a hard time adapting to the league or he might have trouble getting along with the defenders. There are slight differences between the two leagues, but of course the manager should talk to the players to find out, at least to reduce the problem instead of eliminating it.Onana can be a good goalkeeper, but I think he needs a little bit of rest. It would be better to keep him on the bench for at least 1-2 weeks to recover.

Very clear, in fact I have said it in many posts. Honestly, I don't underestimate the current Madrid squad. In fact, they are still very consistent in playing their matches in both the domestic league and the Champions League. It's just that Don Carlo cannot always rely on their young players, one of whom is Bellingham. The center forward they have is Joselu, but Ancelotti prefers to apply his new system rather than 4-3-3. while we know, Joselu is a pure striker. ideally, Ancelotti applies the system as usual. or, Ancelotti plays a single striker on the front line. However, it seems that because Joselu is not at Benzema's level, in the end Ancelotti always uses a 4-3-1-2 or 4-1-2-1-2 pattern.

Well, we can refer to the Madrid match against Union Berlin. where even though Madrid had lots of opportunities, they were only able to score one goal. even then, not from their striker players. For me, this is a problem. because when Madrid meets an equally strong team, they will find it difficult to score goals. especially, if the opposing team has a very disciplined and solid defense. Well, referring to what you said, we agree on why Madrid didn't bring in a ready-to-use striker who was very established. It seems that Madrid has plans to bring in Mbappe this summer. regardless of what I say, let's see and see, how far Madrid can go in this competition.