Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 1130. (Read 141749 times)

Real Madrid were champions of the Champions League two seasons ago, even when they were not so favored because their player material was old enough for that time but they answered doubts that they were kings in the Champions League, and with current player material such as how their midfielder Jude Bellingham is adapting so quickly, it seems unreasonable to underestimate them, and where this season will be the last season for their coach Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid he will fight to give the best for the Spanish club. It is not for any club to underestimate Real Madrid in the Champions League including Manchester City even though this English club has better player material.
Napoli in the Champions League will undergo a new return, Qualifying for the last 16 may not be an obstacle for them but getting to the quarterfinals like last season or even better will still be a question for this Italian club.

Manchester City and Real Madrid are big clubs who are always the favorites to win the UCL, Manchester City success last season has again placed it as one of the favorite teams this season. Manchester City still have great squad depth despite a slight change in the transfer market, Gundogan departure has been replaced by the arrival of Kovacic, overall Guardiola current squad still places them as a team to watch out for in the UCL.

Real Madrid have no doubts about their quality, Benzema departure has left a void for a reliable goalscorer, but Bellingham's arrival has eased those worries with impressive performances in both of his La Liga games. The changes that have occurred in the Real Madrid squad will not greatly affect their performance in the UCL and La Liga, Real Madrid performance is still very consistent, they have had a new idol since Bellingham put on a good performance. I am not excluding Real Madrid in the race for the UCL title this season, Ancelotti team is still able to provide competition even without the presence of Benzema.

I've my nominations for clubs that exhibits good chances of lifting the trophy. However I will not disclosed that information yet, because we're yet to discover the performance from these competitive clubs, besides it's still early to decides the winner. When it comes to UEFA Champions League, I don’t expect these clubs to be reluctant in their performance, everyone wants the CL trophy which is up for grab from any elite competitive club. Like you said, Manchester City are the reigning champions, but I don't expect the cityzens to win two times in a row, it's impossible for an English club to do that,  because it would be that Pep Guardiola wants to repeat history.

If you have Manchester City as champions league favourites, you must consider Real Madrid as your champions league favourites. You won't get all the players Manchester City had last season but you won't find them at Manchester City this season. Karim Benzema has left Real Madrid This may be why you don't consider Real Madrid among the Champions League favourites, but Real Madrid have made a number of changes in other positions despite not having appointed a replacement for Karim Benzema. With all the players that Real Madrid has so far, Real Madrid certainly has the potential to do well in the Champions League. Like last season, I will place Real Madrid as Champions League favorites this season as well.

I would not mind how good or bad the overall performance is from galatasaray. As a bettor and winning against molde is more than enough to make me feel so happy with it. Molde was in a difficult position as it must be playing away with losing an aggregate against galatasaray.
The next game gonna happen in NEF stadyumu. It will be an easy game for galatasaray as long as the defenders keep perform consistently. The defensive line is the main weakness from galatasaray.
This club conceded so many goals due to the inconsistency from the defenders. The match against zalgiris was making me aware if galatasaray lack of good defenders at this moment.
The club just needs to repeat the same result as the first leg and galatasaray will be able to be qualified for UCL soon.

Real Madrid won many titles in the Champions League for which they were called the kings of the Champions League. But currently we have seen Manchester City become champions last season only because of Pep Guardiola. Also this season maybe real madrid won't be in that position to be champion but manchester city will try hard to win uefa again. Moreover, both Barcelona and Bayern Munich are strong teams this season and have become even stronger with the transfer of their players.  However, it is difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title in the coming season with many strong teams. But I think Real Madrid should not be looked at differently because they are called the king of the Champions League because they will also hope to do well this season. We have seen Real Madrid play the best in the Champions Leagues and they are strong enough to win the Champions League.

Real Madrid's reign as the champions league king will eventually be a thing of the past. That spot would be taken by another qualified team that is serious about winning the champions league. To carry out it in the future, I am seeing Manchester City. They have won the champions league for the first time, but before Pep Guardiola leaves Manchester City for another club, they will lift the champion league again.
I anticipate seeing teams like Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and AC Milan in the upcoming seasons as they fight for multiple chances to win the UEFA Champions title. As a result, Real Madrid won't always be considered the Champions League's king just because of their numerous victories in the eyes of many. The title of "King of the Champions League" would then pass to another club. 

I also see Manchester City as the clear favorite, but I don't think it's right to say that now and my other favorites are Arsenal and Bayern Munich. Arsenal are about to turn into a better team than last season. Harry Kane and Kim Min-jae can bring Bayern Munich back to their old days. I think the squad depth and quality of teams like PSG, Real Madrid and Barcelona are not enough to be successful in this division. Of course, it's not right to talk about these things now, but I think that's the outlook for now. Also, I'm curious about Napoli and Osimhen's performance, they were great last season. I wonder if they will be able to maintain the same consistency this season.

I was thinking the same way about the English teams and I think the teams in the premier league usually got much better performance than other teams even if they spent more money. The reason is mostly because of the quality of the league we see in the French league just PSG is investing and spending money Also they don't have a good competitor there while in the premier league, there is a close race and all the teams are racing for the champions league ticket which can make them ready for this tournament.

Real Madrid laughing over it is a show of disregard and disrespect to PSG. At least if the price is too much for them, they can negotiate about it with them instead of replying with laughter. That money might be way too big since it’s far above his market value but for a player like Mbappe, he’s worth any price being slated for him currently. I just imagine the so much confidence and wins he’ll bring into the Real Madrid team which is worth more than the money PSG is asking for. It is clear that PSG just want to reap high profit from Mbappe and I see nothing wrong in that. They’ve groomed the player well and given him all he needed while staying at the club with them all this years. They should also reap from his benefits before leaving the club.

to be honest i still don't understand why the turkey teams are not teams with great financial power and performance in european competitions, for example in the champions league the turkish teams haven't gotten far, i don't even know if any turkey team has managed to win the european champions league for the last 20 years or if they ever won the european champions league, I googled it and didn't see anything about the great teams in turkey having managed to win the european champions league, so i must assume they never won the european champions league european champions league, but i wonder why turkey teams are not on the same level with other teams from big european countries when turkey is a rich country?

my only assumption is that the government of turkey does not pay much attention to soccer, if they create more good policies that facilitate the development of soccer then Turkish teams would have more money, because what I have seen is that the very skilled players that go to turkey, they go when there are no other better options in other big clubs in europe, i.e. the turkish league is a bit similar to the arab league, they don't attract many good young players who are in a great european team, it is necessary that the guys who manage soccer see this and change this scenario

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the second leg games will be very unpredictable, with the favorites on paper being in a bad situation, braga for example won in the first leg by a very small goal difference, galatasarey is the same thing. psv got a draw, so these 3 teams have great risks of not being able to pass to another stage, they will have very difficult games in the second leg

With the current squad at Real Madrid, I think they are one of the favorites alongside Bayern and Manchester United to win this season's UEFA Champions League title
Mbappe's reported move to Real Madrid this summer I think might not happen anytime soon because of the fact that the France national team captain is in advanced talks with the PSG management to extend his contract with the club. However, Real Madrid current squad has the ability to win the European title without signing Mbappe

Galatasaray got an important win against Molde. However, like everyone else, I didn't like Galatasaray's performance but the important thing was to win and Galatasaray did that. Also, the big teams are the ones that win even when they play badly. That's why it was more important to win this game than anything else. Galatasaray are a team that have a habit of playing in the Champions League. We've been away from this level because we've had a bit of a bad performance recently. I hope we can return to the Champions League with a lot of ambition and remind everyone of our glory days.

If Real get Mbappe, then Real-Bayern-City will be the favorites (maybe in that order due to the KDB injury). With PSG everything is clear, but why do you underestimate Bayern? They got Kane and their lineup looks balanced.
As for Mbappe, who can greatly change the balance of power, it remains to wait 6 days to find out where he will spend the season. PSG's plans to sell him for 250 million caused nothing but laughter in Madrid.

Yep. Don't underestimate any team in UCL, we often got a surprise by small teams in this competition. Although those small teams have no many popular players, it doesn't mean they are easy to be defeated. Galatasaray actually has several popular players in their attacking line, I'm sure no team will underestimate them. Although Galatasaray isn't a favorite team, but they are not impossible to make difficulties for any team to get a win and not qualify for the next round.

In theory those small teams seem impossible to survive or qualify for the next round. However, it is a football match, there is always a chance for a surprise. A strong team can be defeated by a smaller team if they can't play as as a cohesive (solid) team.

So, if you look at the descriptions, all teams want to target the UCL Trophy because in this case they are able to make historical records for the club. For example PSG where they target the UCL Trophy every season but they fail miserably. They don't even think about money too much in this regard because they have a larger income stream from other sectors.

The Champions League is the most prestigious league and every team wants to win a trophy to prove to the world that they are the strongest team that season. Big teams who have strong finances certainly don't think about money in this competition.

You make an excellent point, and the cash generated by qualifying for the Champions League group stage is sufficient for them to put in all of their efforts and still return the following season after season. The Champions League is a competition for the best clubs in Europe, and if they are allowed to compete in it, they have worked far more than other clubs who will only be able to compete in the Europa League.

Even if I were in their situation, I would do the same thing and always return for the money because I know that no matter how hard I work, I will not make it to the final round of the tournament. It's all okay because they can still earn money by qualifying for the competition. Given their team's calibre, I won't mind them always coming for the money rather than the competition. 

Only the costs are much higher than the revenue from being knocked out of the Champions League. Imagine that the team still scored enough goals in the group stage, it is after all necessary to give a bonus to those players who scored. There are a lot of other factors, staff, flights for them, etc., there is probably even more spent there, despite the fact that the club is small in terms of importance

Galatasaray looks really weak as a squad compared to other teams in the UEFA champions league, this has always been the case. This year, the squad is deeper and we are in the second year of formation, with the same coach and players who left with almost the same staff. Galatasaray, but the bone squad still continues. If it comes out in the group stages, of course, it will be very good, but I think the probability is a little low, depending on the next opponents, if there is an average group, Galatasaray may be lucky for the last sixteen.