Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 1133. (Read 141749 times)

If you were picking PSV and you ain't good at this moment. The second leg gonna be better than the first leg. I refrain myself from picking PSG in the first leg as the result is still random. My prediction if draw might be happen was coming true but im feeling convinced to take PSV for the second leg. PSV was playing away in the first leg but it will be hosting the second leg which is good. Ranger has good record played at home. That's the reason why i were not picking in the first leg.
I may pick PSV for the second leg as the chance for the club to win is far bigger now. Many people who pick PSV in first leg feel this appointed.

So far so good for PSV during the first leg as the club was playing away. The revenge will happen once rangers must be facing PSV away. PSV will be playing fully offensive against rangers.
Picking PSV in the second leg is the sense thing right now. Rangers had very small probability to win the second leg.

Nice game all around by us (Galatasaray). Expected it to be tougher than people thought it would be for a few reasons; first of all they are on like week 20th already, so it was obvious that they were a lot more in form whereas most of our players are either playing but not in shape, or not even playing as well, just for example Tete got his first ever minutes today. Next up, we are going to be playing at home, with Torreira back, and some of our players much more in form. I am guessing that it will be better, I do not know if Zaha will be back or not and how serious his injury is and even if he is back, would he be able to start. But at least we know that home will be easier, or at least should be easier.

Any team that competes in the Champions League is regarded as the strongest, most capable, and best-performing squad in its respective league. Since being eligible for the Champions League indicates that a team is among the champs in their league, none of them would think less of the other because they can compete and lift the Champions League trophy like the others.
Teams that haven't won the Champions League trophy in a while would like to make another attempt to do so this season, while those that haven't in the past would like to compete for the Champions League title(increasing the level of competition in the Champions League this year).  I can't wait to see how Manchester City and the rest would dig out their match result this time around

I didn't have much information about Molde FK before but it seems this team got the fourth place in the Norway league and they are one of the strongest teams in this country. Also, Molde lost the last game against Galatasaray with a 3-2 result which shows us the performance of both teams is very close.
That's why the rates are very low for Galatasaray unless Molde shows a better performance in the second leg.

Are you just calling teams that have history to be considered as the big teams in this years tournament. Teams like Manchester united aren't meant to be included as top teams as they have no chance of winning this year champions league tophy, they probably might get kicked out of the competition in the group stage as they have always been getting knockout of recent. Manchester united making top 4 finish in their local league this season is going to be a big achievement as the top 4 position (fighting for a champion league spot next season) is looking more challenging each season. Barcelona, PSG etc aren't no big teams anymore, Barcelona has been awful in the champions league even though they have been phenomenal in the league games and PSG has lost Neymar and Messi, only Mbappe can't do the job.


Pep Guardiola changed the game of football, before managers wanted typical sticker as they thought they can't win games or trophy without having one in their team but Pep Guardiola showed everyone that it can be down and he did it multiple times then also signed a striker and use him to win the treble. Pep Guardiola is a genuine Manager excluding the fact that he can't manage a team that don't have cash to spend. Also there was a school of thought that supported using same lineup week in and out to increase the chances of winning the league but Pep Guardiola has rotated the whole thought as having squad depth that can be rotated is now been sorted after instead of relying on same players every week.

Tonight Icardi pulled a rabbit out of the hat and gave life to Galatasaray. In fact, Galatasaray played very badly against Molde tonight but won the game thanks to their individual talent. Galatasaray will undoubtedly be the favorites again in Istanbul, but Okan Buruk needs to analyze tonight's game very well. If we watch the same Galatasaray in the rematch, Galatasaray could lose the round to Molde. It won't be easy for Galatasaray in the rematch.

The truth is that Pep Guardiola has been one of the best managers of his generation and there's no way that we can talk about European football managers in the history of the beautiful game of soccer that he won't be named among the elites.
His ability to continuously rotate his squad and play his players in their strange positions and bring out the best in them is also another reason why he's regarded as best among all the active managers in football

It is an away game, so a victory there even if it is hard remain important. They were late before turning the score in their side, Molde got the draw but couldn't hold it until the end. I find that Galatasaray made their job there, it is only 1 goal isn't enough to play comfortably home but as I see in the play-offs matches, the second leg will start with 0 - 1 goal difference for all the 6 games!

Galatasaray barely won the match against Molde. Molde was better at start of the match and could have scored more then 1 at start. Galatasaray got lucky with that own goal from the free kick and thats when the game took a different turn. But i still think that Galatasaray will win easily at home against Molde.

I watched the game today and the main problem is not the defense. Nelsson is playing well, the problem lies in the midfield, especially in the position of the CDM. It was like there was no midfield at all, if Molde had been a bit better they could have scored 4-5 goals without any problems. Icardi really saved Galatasaray today, they won't get far with a game like that.

But this was a game that was quite common for the Gasgow Rangers as they can be fierce on the pitch. Everything went as expected since PSV had most of the ball control, did a lot of passing with good accuracy as well, but still the Ranger's defense is difficult to overpower and creating big chances against them is also not that easy. If they then also successfully score goals themselves, the game is anything but a pleasure with the crowd supporting them. But the draw is favoring PSV I think. They will create even more chances in front of their own supporters and it will be hard for the Glasgow Rangers to score again while PSV is almost guaranteed to score. The rangers would need a lot of luck to win this in both legs.

The big teams playing in the champions league this season have definitely prepared their best strength to be able to provide stronger competition in the grub phase matches later. In exactly 7 days, we will see the grub phase drawing being carried out and there is always a hellish grub or grub filled by big teams.

It's not just English league teams that are counted as strong teams in the Champions League, But teams from Serie A and also Laliga and the Bundesliga will be included in it. Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester United and Manchester City as well Bayern Munich and Psg still have the same opportunities and all teams will show their best strength in the grub phase later.

Galatasaray still managed to win by 3-2 against Molde. But the problems in defense were quite visible during the match. Nelsson is still not ready for the season. Since the first matches of the qualifiers his performance has been inadequate. Abdülkerim's performance has been much better than him in the defense line. Maybe Kaan Ayhan can be given a chance in Nelsson's place to see what changes. Because with this defending Galatasaray can have more serious problems in the future.

I mean the group stage can be really difficult for Galatasaray. Because they are likely to face much bigger opponents.

I too was expecting a win from PSV and I definitely wasn’t expecting them to concede two goals as well. It is clear they had a defense that was wanting and it’s a good thing they still scored a late goal to equalize the score line and finally end the game with a draw. A draw is always welcomed instead of a loss
The game was quite thrilling as it had produced goals from both sides. PSV would have narrowly lost the game despite having played better than their opponents.
Rangers didn’t have much of the ball in their possession as PSV was majorly in control of the ball but they still managed to score two goals. Perhaps, playing at home with the home crowd cheering them on was pretty motivating.

We got a chance to enjoy a wonderful match. I did not expect this match to be so competitive and exciting. Molde players dominated the first half. They probably made 12 shots in total. Still, Molde trailed 2-1 in the first half. In the second half we also see the dominance of Molde. In the 56th minute, Molde's midfielder Haugen managed to equalize the match. However, in the second half, Galatasaray's players could not make a single shot. It seems their main task is to counter Molde's attack. Galatasaray should play more attacking strategy. I think Galatasaray will be able to win the match if they play attacking strategy.

Galatasaray may be able to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League this season, but as usual they are not the seeded team that can easily qualify for the round of 16. I believe all the teams that qualify for the group stage from this playoff round will not qualify for the round of 16, but of course I'm not taking it completely lightly. The quality of these teams won't be comparable to the other teams in the group stages, but if they do improve then it's not impossible to have a surprise.

So far I haven't watched a single Champions League game from qualifying to playoffs, this does not interest me. But I'm very curious how the group stage starts and which team will enter the group of hell this season.

PSV didn't win and that was a big disappointment for me. I really expected them to do a lot better and I was disappointed with the result. I get that it's not that easy to get a win at UCL and they may end up getting the win next game and then go to group stages, but I really expected them to play better defensively.

There is nothing wrong with their offense, they scored 2 goals and that's fine, but the fact that Rangers scored two goals as well shows the void in PSV defense and they need to do a better job there. In any case, there is one more game to bet, and I will keep on betting PSV to win as well, can't say if I will be right or wrong but I will certainly hope that they will do their best and get that win.

3 goals scored in the first half of the Molde-Galatasaray match. Both teams can score easy goals. Galatasaray started the match badly, recovered quickly and scored 2 goals. Molde started the match fast but slowed down a bit after the goals. There might be goals in the second half because the teams' midfields are very easy to penetrate.

Galatasaray's new signing Tete might come on in the second half. I'm curious to see how Tete performs. The first half ended 2-1 but the score could change in the second half. It's a good match and I hope the second half will continue like this.

The first half was very exciting. I bet Galatasaray to win. However, seeing their performance at the start of the match, I doubted whether they would win. Because Molde's players started well. And Amatra went ahead with a goal in 8 minutes. Galatasaray, on the other hand, were busy keeping their defense tight. This group did not attack much in the beginning. Then Galatasaray suddenly started to attack. Attacking Icardi, Akgun and Oliveira are playing well today. Galatasaray managed to take a 2-1 lead at the end of the first half. Yunus Akgun scored a goal in the 44th minute but the goal was disallowed. Still nothing to worry about. Galatasaray are able to dominate the match. molde can't score any more goals despite attacking a lot.


Braga vs Panathinaikos match scoreless in the first half. My favorite was Braga. Performance of both the teams is quite stable. And so it is difficult to predict which team will win today. The match is more likely to be a draw.

Galatasaray now lead 3-1. The team managed to score 3 goals from 4 shots. I really like Galatasaray's match strategy today. From the beginning of the match we see Molde attacking. This group is not weak. And so Galatasaray is playing very carefully from the beginning of the match. They were able to identify Molde's weak points. For the first 15/20 minutes of the match we didn't see much attack from Galatasaray's players. But after that the group started attacking. And they are successful now. Galatasaray scored the first goal in 25 minutes, the second in 29 minutes and the third in 43 minutes. Despite conceding three goals, Molde is playing very attacking. They could not keep their defense strong Molde players made 10 shots in the first half while Galatasaray made only 4 shots.