Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 149. (Read 141878 times)

Players like Toni Kroos remind me of pass masters like Zinedine Yazid Zidane who are extraordinary ball controllers. These maestros can easily find spaces and exploit them to get the needed results. The pass to Vinicius Junior was a masterclass because it gave the Brazilian striker the space to do what he wanted with the ball. Some players are evergreen and irreplaceable for a long time. Some players would have retired at that age but the German footballer has kept improving and contributing immensely to Real Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti will be using the midfielder to mentor the young players in the club.


Such a match will make you want to support the proposed Super League by some top clubs in Europe. There was no dull moment from the beginning of the match till the end. We also saw the tactical battle between two of the best coaches in the world. Real Madrid will have the advantage in the second because of home support. But that's not a genuine reason that they would qualify for the finals.

The first leg match was held at Bayern Munich's home ground and Real Madrid drew the match at the opponent's home venue. In the event that Real Madrid will enter the second leg match at their home ground, it is certain that Real Madrid will be slightly ahead of Bayern Munich and then start the second leg match. In the beginning, Real Madrid fell behind Munich and until about 80 minutes, the best team in La Liga was behind, but after 80 minutes, Vinicius Junior, one of the best wingers of the team, managed to equalize the team due to a penalty. Due to his excellent performance, Real Madrid was able to end the match with a draw in the first leg match. Real Madrid will certainly aim to join the ranks when they take on Bayern Munich in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real Madrid will be sure of the final of the Champions League if they overcome the obstacle of the second leg.

Yes, it looks like PSG doesn't want to waste the opportunity they have and it looks like they don't want to repeat the same mistakes in previous seasons. Borussia Dortmund is clearly not an easy opponent. Even though they have lost many great players, but not many clubs can reach the semifinals, so I think Borussia Dortmund will be quite a tough obstacle for PSG, especially in this first leg Dortmund will play at home.

I think both PSG and Dortmund know each other well enough because they both were once in the same group. If you look at the results in the group phase, Dortmund does have better points than PSG, but for the match between the two teams, PSG was still better.

It is not wrong for Kroos to be nicknamed "The Sniper" because after all the passes he gives are so able to spoil the attackers that make them comfortable in scoring goals and this is not the first time he has done that because indeed if you see what he does throughout the season passes like this become an attraction for him so it is not wrong if he is still one of the players who is trusted as a line up in Madrid.
Kroos and Modric always control the midfield well and he's such a visionary player that no one would argue that Madrid's midfield is still very good.
In today's match, with Kroos' fine pass, it seemed that the focus was on Vini's movement, but the hand movement that was given was able to make the Bayern defenders a little fooled, which made them lag behind Vini because if we look at at least 4 Bayern defenders who did not expect Kroos' pass to reach Vini smoothly.

I also predict that the match will be a draw like in the Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich match last night because these two clubs also have almost equal performance, I mean Borussia Dortmund and PSG, so favoring PSG to win seems too risky because PSG is playing away and Dortmund has big advantage at home so the possible option is that I choose to bet on BTTS which is most likely they will both score.

According to the bookies, PSG is indeed superior for this semifinal match, but maybe for the second leg when PSG plays at home and is likely to beat Borussia Dortmund in Paris. Regarding today's match, I'm not sure PSG can win the match against Dortmund easily, more It's better not to take risks by choosing between them to be the winning option.

It's definitely a good result for Real Madrid.After conceding one goal after another in the second half, Real Madrid were hesitating whether they would be defeated in a game in which they were in the lead, but with the penalty they won in the last minutes, we can say that getting a draw from this away game is a great chance for them to pass the round.It is difficult for Bayern Munich to pass the round on Real Madrid's field and obviously Real Madrid may defeat Bayern heavily in their home game.

For other semifinal match between Dortmund vs PSG today and since the beginning of season PSG was dreaming Champion League trophy so that's why PSG owner has decide to hire Luis Enrique as the replacement of Christophe Galtier because previously Luis Enrique has successfully to get that trophy with Barcelona so with his experience PSG owner hopes he can realized that target and at group stages both teams has been met twice because at that time they are in the same group and PSG has good records from Dortmund because they can gets 1 win and 1 draw

Just like i said before Dortmund is underrated team because people weren't counting this team as the favourite because previously people are more likely to talking about Arsenal and Manchester City as the favourite but surprisingly Dortmund can displayed fantastic performance and they can advances to the semifinal and for PSG although since group stages their performance is not too impressive but gradually they can bounce back and now they will fight at the semifinal

For squad conditions i can see all of PSG key players were in the good shape because there was no players from them who got injured and for Dortmund seems they facing unfavourable conditions because some of their players will be absense and probably Donyell Malen and Marcel Sabitzer will be doubtful to play and about the outcomes of this match considering Dortmund conditions which not really good so i doubt they can beat PSG even i was thinking although this is away match for PSG but probably they can win this match and PSG win has high odds @2.36

The quality of his pass to Kroos was outstanding. When Real Madrid made a statement after the match as if Ancelotti had established a different game system without the centre-forward, he said: Bayern Munich played one of their best matches, while we played a normal match.

Bayern Munich was quite problematic last time, they lost the match in which they had an advantage due to the mistakes they made, so they ended up with a draw. Ancelotti uses Vinicous Jr as a hidden centre-forward on the left and it works every time. Ancellotti also makes this decision very well, no matter how good the player is, he does not insist too much on that player if he is having a bad day. This is very true. Bellingham was not on the field much today and it was the right decision to take him off early.

Real Madrid's performance in that match met my expectations. Even though the final result, Real Madrid only achieved a draw. However, this is still an advantage for Real Madrid. Because bringing a draw in an away game is quite a good thing. Apart from that, in this match, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid players both showed very good performances. The reason is that both teams attacked each other in a very organized manner. So it's natural that the match ended in a draw. And I personally really liked Vinicius' performance in this match. The reason is that even though he is playing at the opponent's home ground, Vinicius looks very relaxed and full of confidence. As a result, he was able to score 2 goals in that match.

And for the second leg, Real Madrid should be able to play even better. Because the match will be held at its own headquarters. So don't let the second leg end in a draw again.
Like when Real Madrid played against Manchester City in the quarter-finals. However, I am sure that in the second leg, Real Madrid will definitely be able to win the match. Because after watching the first leg match, I saw that the performance of the Real Madrid players was superior to that of the Bayern Munich players. So in the second leg, Real Madrid players like Vinicius and Bellingham will certainly make things even more difficult for Bayern Munich.

Both sides performed wonderfully, and I thoroughly liked watching the game. In my opinion, Munich should have won yesterday so that when they travel to Santiago Bernabeu, they can easily defend the game and potentially proceed to the final. Real Madrid will certainly defeat Bayern Munich next week, as I don't believe Munich can beat Real Madrid at home. Tuchel feels he can defeat Madrid but fails to do so, and he has already failed because Ancelotti will be prepared to do whatever it takes to knock Munich out of the Champions League.

Harry Kane doesn't have luck in the Bayern Munich club in as he already lose all the trophy this season and people are expecting that he will win trophys in the team since he didn't win any in Tottenham, but unfortunately he is already losing in Munich, he lose the league title Leverkusen as perform more than them and collect the league with them this season, and the champions league is under probability because I don't think Tuchel can win Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu next week. let see what will happen in the second leg if they can get the opportunity and win the game, but everyone believes in will definitely difficult to defeat madrid at home, am seeing Munich is already eliminated in the competition already.

While we are having match between two top teams we can expect result like this with both were at the top of the game they avail their chances which helps them for having result like this even one stage I was expecting we will have win for the Bayern Munich but Real Madrid which is magician of the Champions League done good fight back and now all eyes on Bernabéu for the second leg game which could be also not easy for both sides if they are going to play with their full strength then surely we are going to watch top quality soccer and with still anybody game.

In the first half, we have Bayern Munich in dominance, but we have lead for the Real Madrid in the second half we are having good fight back from the Real Madrid but here we have two goals from the Bayern Munich which done good job and now have to play with same spirit in the second leg game.

The result is a good one for Real Madrid, and will I say a bad one for Bayern Munich. Perhaps, the winner is still open to both clubs on a level ground, because if Bayern Munich can play without being intimidated in Spain, they can win the game or settle for a penalty shootout.

However, how don't know how possible it will be for Bayern Munich to win away from home, when it is the second leg, the chance of that happening is very slim, because Real Madrid are fierce and desperate when it comes to games like this, and being played at home. From the game play yesterday, both teams will have a tough fight in the second leg.

Did not make any bet yesterday, we all had how hopes high that there is no way that Madrid would have lost to Bayern, both reasons and emotion you would still have chosen the option you went for, the game was quite interesting and we were proved wrong by Bayern and how they were able to equalize was a surprise for everyone but the good thing is that they equalized and they proved to everyone that they can not be underestimated it was quite an interesting game at the end of the day.

I hope what happened to Real Madrid will not happen to psg today, and if psg should lose or play draw to that shows that they are serious. Because seriously a lot of people will go for a win for psg.

This is a fascinating catch. I am not that active on Twitter / X, but is this the moment before the pass and the goal when Kroos points into that direction with his finger? Quite funny and thinking about it, Kim shouldn't have been caught by surprise like that. Passing is probably the best quality that Kroos has, but in this case it was made too easy for him. If he gets this offer from the Bayern Munich defense, Kroos immediately takes it. It was bad defensive play in my opinion, but combining Vinicius Junior's speed with Kroos' passing accuracy, I think everyone knows how such a game situation ends up when the defense is open like that.

Both teams played this match seriously as a semi-final. the match ended with 2-2 goals. It was very good. the match had a hard fight. Real Madrid scored a goal in 24 minutes which is why I thought that Real Madrid would probably be at least 1 goal ahead of Bayern Munich. and when the half time of the game ended I had more confidence on Real Madrid that they will definitely win the match with a margin of 1 to 2 goals but in the 2nd half Bayern Munich scored 2 goals and Real Madrid scored 1 goal to finish the match with equal score.  But the 2nd half of the match was very enjoyable

That pass from Kross was top class, was like magic, some people talks about the Vinicius movement on that goal, and its ok but for me 80% of the goal stay in the key pass made from Kross.

I can understand how pissed Bayern Munich fans can be when an former player of your team makes this peak performance against you.

It was still an unforgettable night where Real Madrid still proved their Champions League DNA when they visited Bayern Munich's headquarters and were lucky they had the capital in the second leg when they only drew 2-2 against Bayern Munich. Each goal from Bayern Munich was scored by Leroy Sane and a penalty from Harry Kane, while Real Madrid's two goals were scored by Vinicius.

But what was most special was not the goal, but everyone was talking about the assist from Toni Kroos which made the world trending, especially on Twitter. We know that it is not difficult for Toni Kroos to provide a pass that is pleasing to the eye and that was proven by his assist for Vinicius' first goal where he saw the empty space left by Kim Min Jae and at that moment he appointed Vinicius to immediately run into that space and yes Immediately, it became a goal that managed to break through Manuel Neuer's goal. It is extraordinary that he is 34 years old but is still a mainstay in setting the tempo of the game and as the most active midfielder in helping the attack.

Bayern Munich failed to beat Real Madrid at home.Real Madrid managed to take the lead in the first half with a goal from Vinicius. Bayern Munich started the second half fast and managed to score 2 goals in 12 minutes.Bayern, who took the lead with the goals they found with Sane and Kane, could not keep the score and the situation was equalized again with Vinicius' goal from the penalty.In the match where both sides played a good game, the winner of the round will be determined in Real Madrid's field.

You can't win even playing at home, let alone playing at Madrid's home, don't get your hopes up that Madrid will be easy to beat at their home, especially with a score of 0 - 2, maybe you are joking with your prediction, Madrid is not a weak team in the UCL, they are one of the strongest teams in the UCL and has a lot of experience and has even won many UCL trophies, so don't think they are easy to beat at home, in fact Munich should be careful when playing in the second leg, because they could be beaten with a landslide score.

We can't predict which team will be the best in this match because both are equally strong. If you look at the statistics, Madrid is actually much more favored, but keep in mind that the statistics are for previous players and are different from the current players, so there are definite changes. From the way they play and the quality of the team's strength, I'm not sure that Munich will win against Madrid because at Madrid's home ground they will definitely have prepared themselves to celebrate their victory because they have qualified for the UCL final. I hope that PSG will meet Madrid in the UCL final this season. 

The UCL semi final kicked off yesterday with a match that holds great history and rivalry. The match between Bayern and Real Madrid was one that got me glued to the TV all through the 90 minutes of the encounter. Yes the rivalry between these teams was shown in their performance yesterday and the match was real thrilling. Bayern really put up a big show against Real Madrid as they were able to challenge this Real Madrid side so many times with their attack. They did well in terms of possession in the game and that helped them be able to have 2 goals.

 ⁠Real Madrid though sluggish, I think because of missing Carvajal weren’t so good on the left flank still were able to give the respect to this Bayern side and contained them. Real Madrid got a draw and I think going forward they will be the team to progress from this match.

 ⁠The return leg will be one exciting one as I hope Real wouldn’t make the silly errors they made defensively and then they will be able to defeat this Bayern side hands down. I wish Ancelotti goes good with hos tactics as the right tactics will be able to help the team progress.