Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 1166. (Read 141749 times)

Panathinaikos is not a serious opponent for Marseille. They are teams from very different quality leagues and Marseille will probably win this game not to be too tired in the return home match. Although this is foodball and there are often surprises. But I think that in this game everything will be predictable.

PSG have eliminated any form associated with Mbappe. I saw on social media that all the shirts in the official booth had been taken again. In addition, the image of Mbappe in the stadium has also been removed. So it looks like Mbappe is indeed going to leave, it's just that they are waiting for the best moment. So even though it is currently in difficult conditions, it seems that it will end soon.

Which player? Kyle and Silva already confirmed stay in manchester city this year. I think that city is only willing non beneficial player like cancelo. Barcelona has been linked to him but no answer from manchester city. All the elite clubs gonna be competitors for manchester city in UCL.
We will have some new fresh name like newcastle. I don't even think arsenal will able to go to the last 16. Arsenal was always showing poor performance when it came to the european competition like UCL.
Arsenal was getting win streak in EPL last season but it's easily kicked out from UEL last season against a mediocre club. Arsenal has been buying some expensive players from chelsea and westham. It's not giving guarantee if arsenal's will able to compete with some powerful clubs in UCL.
The performance from united and arsenal are still questionable at this moment. The opening match of EPL has not yet commenced. We don't know how good arsenal and MU right now in the real match.

As the Manchester City team managed to secure two trophy victories last season. As such, the confidence level will be high among every player in the team. From that point of view, we can expect good things from Manchester City this season.

yesterday's games had some expected results, such as in the case of galatasaray's game against olinpija, in this game galatasaray did very well, with 16 shots galatasaray managed 9 shots on target, this is an excellent use, possession of ball was something more disputed, with 49% for olinpija and 51% for galatasaray. by the highlights of the game, olinpija wasted some good opportunities to score a goal but olinpija's problem is in selfishness, each olinpija player seemed to want attention, the goal that olinpija scored was a very beautiful goal but the olinpija player fouled then the goal was disallowed, then galatasaray was very close to getting the second goal but failed, then there were 2 more opportunities for galatasaray to score but they wasted again

after wasting many good opportunities to score a goal, galatasaray managed to score the second goal, and then again wasted more other opportunities, then they scored 2 goals that were canceled, galatasaray could have left this game with more than 3 goals and would go to second leg much more comfortable, but unfortunately they failed a lot and the opponent couldn't score a goal, so in the second leg it's certain that galatasaray will strive to score 1 or 2 goals to be more comfortable. I also don't see any chance of olinpija moving on to another phase

Braga also won without any difficulty, scored 3 goals and did not concede a single goal, with this victory Braga is close to moving to another stage, I doubt that Braga will lose by more than 3 goals and not score a goal in the second leg. another team that also convincingly won was PSV, they scored 4 goals and conceded only 1 goal, I believe that in the second leg PSV will also win, I doubt very much that they will lose by many goals. so I see PSV moving into another phase. the question will be whether these 3 teams will be able to go far in the champions league, I particularly doubt it very much

Olimpija can be expected to score goals and win the second leg at Rams Park Stadyumu, but considering Galatasaray have 3 goals in hand it is certainly difficult for Olimpija to score 4 goals or more without conceding. The Olimpija probability is so low that I think Galatasaray will be quite comfortable in the second leg. In fact I could say that Galatasaray has a bigger chance of winning the match at home than Olimpija, but something different can certainly happen during a match.

If you look at the stats for the first leg, I don't think Olimpija was lucky even though they had a few chances. The match was very even because the two teams attacked each other, but Galatasaray had a good finishing so they managed to score 3 goals.

The Manchester City squad has indeed proven a great, because they were very solid in the previous season. So yes, for now there is no squad that looks better rather than Manchester City because this competition has not started yet right, and we don't know the performance improvements of several clubs in this new season. Bayern Munich squad looks good, but they still haven't got a reliable striker. Despite that their defense is probably looks perfect at the moment, as they have already signed several players in the summer transfer window.

We cannot yet give the fact that any team will be consistent in the Champion League group phase starting still long so I think it cannot be determined even though Manchester City is widely favored.
We never know how their game rotation will be in the future, of course every team has the desire to get the UCL trophy this is not easy and this is difficult to guess.
You said the other contenders aren't from other leagues apart from the English league, so what about Real Madrid and Barcelona? And teams from Serie A can't compete?

Agree, so far it can be said that Man City is still strong. The reason is that Pep Guardiola has expressed his desire to retain players Kyle Walker and Bernardo Silva in the Man City squad this season because according to him the two players still have an important role in the Man City squad. Even though several of their star players left, I still believe in Pep Guardiola's ingenuity to build a stronger squad.

When it comes to the Champions League, I would compare Man City to Real Madrid rather than the English league team you mentioned. Man City's competitor for the Champions League this season is Real Madrid because so far Real Madrid has made major improvements by bringing in several new stars, and until now Mbappe's arrival is expected to complete his squad this season to win the Champions League trophy. And I believe that eventually Mbappe will go to Real Madrid.

It is reported that Bayern Munchen have made a fourth bid to Tottenham management with a total of 94 million pounds, this will be their last offer and I think Tottenham will agree. This will be a step forward for Harry Kane career, at least he will feel the domestic league trophy namely the Bundesliga champion. Something that is impossible if Kane stays at Tottenham, because the EPL competition is very tight.

Even though it cannot be a long-term investment for Bayern Munchen, at least Kane can help them fight for the UCL trophy. And the impact of Kane departure will be felt directly by Tottenham, it is possible that they will fill the bottom of the standings.

I have never doubted the strength of Manchester City even though they have just been left by several of their top players, Pep Guardiola knows what to do in order to keep the quality of his team consistent. With the quality of the players that Manchester City has this season coupled with the arrival of several new faces after being successfully brought in in the transfer market, Manchester City is still in the ranks of the team that is the favorite to win the race.

Perhaps Arsenal and Manchester United will be Manchester City toughest competitors this season after the two rival clubs in the EPL made major changes to their teams. I also don't exclude Bayern Munich, even though they haven't managed to sign Kane yet. Tuchel's squad is still able to compete with other elite clubs even though they failed to bring in a new striker after the transfer market closed.

Bayern Munich will waste many times if at the end they agree a demand price from Tottenham. It will help them to have Harry Kane but they will not give Kane enough time for preseason trainings. It will be loophole for understanding and combination of players in the team with Harry Kane.

Missing one or some early matches will not be problems but Bayern Munich will not have best Harry Kane for this season.

After all, this is the first leg and even if they can't win this one, at least they will still have a great chance for the second leg in a home match later. Thus, then at least the famous teams will probably be favored to win in this round, because in addition to them being famous teams but at least they have also become teams that are used to difficult competitions like this. So yes, especially about Marseille even though the opponent is also not a weak team but still, I believe that Marseille will be able to qualify.

Rangers and Marseille are without question the favourites in today's games. I think they will be the winners. But the third game between Slovan Bratislava and Maccabi Haifa makes me doubt who can win. Haifa probably has a slight advantage, but they play away, so it's hard for me to say who is stronger.

Tottenham's situation is never been ideal even they bought few tops ranked coached, but they are not able to have anything impressive in last few years with this all mostly now feeling change of management can bring positive change but how is this possible nothing is sure right now we have two big headaches in transfer window with Mbappé to Real Madrid and then Harry Kane to Bayern Munich and most chances these both are not going to be ended as fans wants because no one having any regard about fans everyone is looking for his own interest and personal ego.

Harry Kane wants to win trophies but while he was at his prime he never tries to change his club which is also currently case because if he has done this all years ago then surely he has many trophies under his name and also having tag of one of the best striker with trophies, but he is now looking for the change, but it's not happening as he wants.

although several players have been confirmed to leave the Man City squad, their team does have enough good quality players to be consistent this season both in the domestic league and in the Champions League. but I feel that Man City's competitors in the Champions League are not Munich, they are still struggling up front. Man City's competitors might as well be from the Premier League. maybe Arsenal or United. these two teams are quite ready to compete this season.

Against Galatasaray, his job is completely dependent on miracles. Despite losing 3-0 in the first match, they showed a performance that I liked. They tried so hard, they got into positions. Their misfortune was their lack of finishing skills. If they had been a little better in finishing, they could have hoped for the rematch. Galatasaray was also superior in terms of squad quality. Favorite team won the first match.

This victory will put Galatasaray in a comfortable position when competing in the second leg, 3 goals is a very difficult goal for the visiting club to catch up later. besides they will have the full support of the supporters, they will also definitely be more comfortable with their current advantage. They could play a defensive game to keep the score down, but I don't think they'll do that, I mean they'll keep attacking just not as aggressively in this game.
Galatasaray's victory wasn't without their weaknesses, there are some weaknesses especially at the back, I agree with that. They have to evaluate again.

Despite that many teams have built up their squads for next season's Champions League and their domestic leagues, currently, in my own view, I have not yet seen any squad that is still better than Manchester City's squad, so thinking that Manchester City can't win the Champions League next season again is something I can't easily predict because the competition has not yet started to see their performances. The only squad I can currently use to compare Manchester City's squad standards is Bayern Munich, which I still believe doesn't have Manchester City's number of quality players. But the truth is that any other club can be the winner of next season's Champions League, but for now, their chances of winning the Champions League compared to Manchester City are not great. Let's wait and see how their performance will be when the Champions League starts.

I'm looking forward to Panathiniakos vs Marseille. Although Marseille is the favorite, I expect them to struggle against Panathiniakos on the road. Marseille's offensive line is strong and I don't think they will have problems scoring goals.
Rangers, on the other hand, have to win against Servette. Servette is a team in form, but there is definitely a power difference between the two teams. I think there will be plenty of goals in the match and both teams will be eager to score.