Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 166. (Read 141878 times)

I agree with you. Real Madrid's strength is that they have a very dangerous counter attack. That could be a threat to teams that have ball control tactics. I think Bayern Munich is a team that also plays with ball possession so this will be a very difficult match for them. I'm sure Real Madrid will be able to win the semifinals and will go to the final and will be champions. No one doubts their quality this season. And after City lost, I thought nothing could stop Real Madrid from getting the 15th Champions League trophy in the club's history.

The competition will be between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and in this competition, the two managers will make almost all the decisions for their teams off the field. However, although the two managers are quite experienced, considering Real Madrid's team, Ancelotti will have some chance to stay ahead of Bayern Munich with his team. The first leg match is important for both the teams so both the teams will definitely want to do well in the first match and take the pressure off in the second match. If the first leg is a draw between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, the second leg will undoubtedly be a tough match.

Real Madrid hardly plays defensive game, but if that is what they can use to win or get rid of their rival or any club to quify to the next round, then they should use that strategy. Real Madrid will not play a defensive game against their opponent in their next UCL match. Bayern Munich should be ready to face Real Madrid striking force and quality football.

Before this match takes place, both teams will study the strengths of their opponents. Ancelotii is not stupid to implement a defensive strategy for no reason, as long as we know that Manchester City's attack line is good, and they also have good ball control. So Ancelotti will implement a strategy which will benefit them, and after considering everything, Ancelotti makes a decision to implement what kind of strategy, and that is his choice.

We all know that Real Madrid does not emphasize possession of the ball, they put more emphasis on fast counter-attacking play. If they had played with an open strategy, would they be in the semifinals now? Not just Real Madrid, even all teams will definitely adjust their strategy based on the opponent they will face.

Defense is part of strategy, and here actually whoever can implement a better strategy will be able to win, and Real Madrid proves that.

Anyways it seems like Bayern Munich are in big trouble with many injury news. I mean really important players Sane, Musiala, Coman seem like injured and they all are likely to miss the first leg if the team doctor can't do something to make them catch up with the game. If this happens then I won't be surprised to see Real Madrid winning this game and gaining a big advantage before the rematch at Santiago Bernabeu.

I'm just quoting what many people thought about Ancelotti's style in that game. That was why I used quotation marks while writing "annoying".    It was a really defensive play but that was a smart choice. There wasn't any other way to beat this powerful Manchester City in the end. We all know that.

What do you mean by that? What's annoying about the tactical approach of the game? Isn't defending part of the game now? I don't like the way too many people viewed that game.
I was amongst those that said, Real Madrid has been too defensive. But, after that game, I had a quick glance at what Sir Alex Ferguson said that, defending is also part of the game and that's what win you trophies.

You should know that Mbappe is the key player of PSG, only his presence on the field will frightening many players and goalkeeper because they know how dangerous he is. However, I don't think that we use use the recent results of these two clubs in their domestic leagues to judge the outcome of their semifinals match.

Most clubs playing in the champions league currently are not taking their domestic league matches too serious for a compulsory win, because they have a big challenge ahead of them and no need to over work the players on small matches.

Seems there was a consensus by PSG and Borussia Dortmund to hide their playing skills this weekend, the reason PSG nearly lost to an unexpected team like Le Havre and Borussia Dortmund suffered the humiliating defeat from RB Leipzig. May pundits gave PSG express win over Le Havre and expected Borussia Dortmund to at least get a draw from Leipzig, maybe these predictions were made ignoring the fact that they will be reserving players. But I'm quite disappointed at PSG for being unable to win a match due to the absence of a single major player Kylan Mbappe. Well, those are the things that makes it gambling. I expect their champions league match to be a very tough one because they are both prepared from what I have seen so far.

For the past two years they have been poor,as they almost bottled the Bundesliga League Competition last season, thanks to Borrussia Dortmund who couldn't make good use of what opportunity they had.

Thomas Tuchel just fumbled it again this season. Injuries and his strategies caused all of it though, I won't put all of the blame on him but he had a hand in this matters.
Carlo Ancellotti has a good record in the Champions League Competition against Bayern Munich and we'll see what can be done. Can remember Thomas Tuchel winning Real Madrid with Chelsea.

Mine, is not just about Bayern Munich, they all have won stuff's in a way, it's all about Harry Kane. Lad deserves silverwares to beautify his career profile.

Seems there was a consensus by PSG and Borussia Dortmund to hide their playing skills this weekend, the reason PSG nearly lost to an unexpected team like Le Havre and Borussia Dortmund suffered the humiliating defeat from RB Leipzig. May pundits gave PSG express win over Le Havre and expected Borussia Dortmund to at least get a draw from Leipzig, maybe these predictions were made ignoring the fact that they will be reserving players. But I'm quite disappointed at PSG for being unable to win a match due to the absence of a single major player Kylan Mbappe. Well, those are the things that makes it gambling. I expect their champions league match to be a very tough one because they are both prepared from what I have seen so far.

Bayern Munich made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League although they were never favourites at all, as well as Dortmund who managed to beat Atletico Madrid to reach the semi-finals this season, both teams showed us how the atmosphere in the Champions League is very different from the domestic league, so when a team like Bayern Munich performs poorly in the league of course in the Champions League they will play quite well because the knockout stages applied in the Champions League so far, this season maybe only PSG and Madrid are favourites to reach the Champions League final but I think there will be surprises that might make this season's Champions League finish far from our expectations.

Madrid are an incredible team so it's no wonder they are favourites to win the Champions League this season, but I think facing Bayern Munich will certainly be a challenge for Ancelotti's squad because Munich currently have high motivation to win trophies after their failure in the league, honestly for now I dare not say if Munich will lose easily to Madrid,  Because in my opinion Tuchel has certainly prepared his squad to face the pressure of Madrid in the first leg.

Seems there was a consensus by PSG and Borussia Dortmund to hide their playing skills this weekend, the reason PSG nearly lost to an unexpected team like Le Havre and Borussia Dortmund suffered the humiliating defeat from RB Leipzig. May pundits gave PSG express win over Le Havre and expected Borussia Dortmund to at least get a draw from Leipzig, maybe these predictions were made ignoring the fact that they will be reserving players. But I'm quite disappointed at PSG for being unable to win a match due to the absence of a single major player Kylan Mbappe. Well, those are the things that makes it gambling. I expect their champions league match to be a very tough one because they are both prepared from what I have seen so far.

I also have same reasoning too because Bayern Munich is not that backwards in performance what they are experiencing is just a drop in form as compared to how they used to be before in previous seasons so they still have that quality and professional players just like the ones you mentioned like this are basically goal scorers that can shock everyone at any time at all so they should never be underrated. Remember Bayern Munich have been a major competitor in the champions league for so many seasons now so they also deserves some respect even if they are not in their very best now.

Thomas Tuchel is still consisder average when we're talking about Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti, managers that have equipped themselves with good results. Real Madrid will always take up high level of task because they're elite team and strong enough to face any opposing opponents. Bayern Munich have no good odds of winning Real Madrid in the UCL semifinal. We know what it took the Bavarians to reach this stage this season but they just have to fight for crucial points meant to be accumulated.

I agree with this, Bayern should not be underestimated, especially since they have very good matches, and they have Kane, Sane, Gnabry, these guys know how to score. Real are in great shape now, but we need to see how the first match ends, especially since for Real it will be an away game, and Bayern looks better at home. The confrontation between these teams has always been difficult, and the first match will be especially important for Bayern, if they cannot win at home, then in Madrid it will be almost impossible to do so.

Sincerely the match is going to be tough and probably the real final of this champions league event, both teams are on top form and both have a good manager that has also proved themselves to be champions league winners, bayern suffered lose in their league and is unable to seize the title of winner against Bayer leverkusen and that poses a question if they are the better side to win the champions league.

Bayern has been on a top notch finishing this season and that is undeniably true and same with real madrid, real Madrid has a good forward set with vinicius as a real speedster that can forward any counter, real Madrid has a lot of players to be scared of in this upcoming match and most of all their zeal and passion to hold the title once again ever and claim their birth right tingles me to place my bet on real Madrid. The question is can bayern not concive against real Madrid that has both a sold defence and attack while bayern has more of an attack than defence and it even cost them their own league title. My bet is on real Madrid and that is because they have a more sold team than bayern in terms of overall strength, but miracles do happen as in the case of man City vs real Madrid, everyone was sure that man City had it in their hands, so many chances missed, they had kept Madrid at defence for more than all the second halve, everyone was tired but luck was on their side as the penalty coin rolled to them, would we be expecting a tough match like the one we just witnessed against man City and real Madrid or would the winner be already decide in the first leg playoffs.

I am also wishing Bayern Munich well, not because I have issues with Real Madrid but because I will ordinarily wish Bayern Munich could, at least, for this season. So they can have a feel of what it takes to win over the big guys in the Champions league. However, football doesn't work like that, everyone is working hard to win and they are all putting in their efforts and expertise to bring results. If that is the case, Tuchel have a lot of works to do because some of his players are also not in good standing, including Gnabry, Coman and Sané.

Everyone expects Bayern Munich to play with their best. But it doesn't mean Bayern Munich will defeat Real Madrid. With the current condition in Bayern team, I am not sure Bayern Munich will defeat Real Madrid. Tuchel will leave Bayern Munich and they are experiencing bad season in Bundesliga. There should be no good mentality of the players with this condition. Meanwhile Real Madrid is in a good condition because they won La Liga and expect to win again the UCL trophy. So, I believe Real Madrid will have no problem to eliminate Bayern Munich in semi-final. Real Madrid will go to the final round, they probably will meet PSG in the final match.